Part 2 — DEFINITIONS

1320. • GENERAL.

Unless the context otherwise obviously requires, or unless any of the following words or terms are otherwise or further defined for the purpose of a Section, Title, Division, Part, Chapter or Article, the words or terms defined in this Part shall, whenever used in this Code, have the meanings specified in the following sections of this Part.

1321. • ATTORNEY.

Attorney or City Attorney means the City Attorney of the City as prescribed by the Charter.

Charter is the Charter of the City of Arcadia, voted by a Special Election April 24, 1951, and adopted by the State Legislature on May 14, 1951, as thereafter amended by First Amendment voted by a Special Election November 6, 1956, and approved by the State Legislature by Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 18 filed with the Secretary of State January 15, 1957, and as the same may hereafter be duly amended from time to time.

Chief of Police or Police Chief is the Chief of the Police Department of the City.

1322. • CITY.

City is the City of Arcadia, as the same now exists or as the same may at any time hereafter be constituted.

Clerk or City Clerk means the City Clerk of the City as prescribed by the Charter.

Code means the Arcadia Municipal Code as compiled, adopted or amended pursuant to the Charter.

1323. • CONTROLLER.

Controller means the City Controller of the City as prescribed by the Charter.

Council is the City Council of the City.

County is the County of Los Angeles.

1324. • DEPARTMENT, BOARD, AGENCY OR COMMISSION.

Department, Board, Agency or Commission shall mean the respective department, board, agency or commission of the City.

Fire Chief is the Chief of the Fire Department of the City.

Goods includes wares or merchandise.

1325. • MANAGER.

Manager means the appointed official of the City who occupies the position of the City Manager of the City as prescribed by the Charter.

The use of the title of any official, officer, employee or office shall mean such official, officer, employee or office respectively of the City.

1326. • OPERATE.

Operate includes carry on, keep, conduct or maintain.

Owner, when applied to a building or land, shall include any part owner, joint owner, tenant, tenant in common or joint tenant of the whole or a part of such building or land.

1327. • PERSON.

Person, when not preceded by the word "individual", includes any person, firm, association. organization, society, partnership, business trust, Massachusetts Trust, syndicate, company and corporation, foreign or domestic, joint stock corporation, and every city, county, quasi-public unit, body, agency or entity.

Sale includes any sale, exchange, barter, hypothecation or offer for sale.

Section means any portion of the Code preceded by a number containing at least four digits. Section includes Subsection.

1328. • STATE.

State is the State of California.

Street includes all streets, highways, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places, squares, sidewalks, parkways, curbs or other public ways in the City which have been or may hereafter be dedicated and open to public use, or such other public property so designated in any law of the State.

Subsection means any section containing one or more numerals to the right of a decimal point. The term "following subsections", unless otherwise limited or further defined. means all sections succeeding the section using the term which are preceded by the same numerals to the left of the right-hand decimal point and which contain higher numerals to the right of the right-hand decimal point.

1329. • TENANT OR OCCUPANT.

Tenant or Occupant, when applied to a building or land, shall include any person who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land, whether alone or with others.

Treasurer or City Treasurer means the City Treasurer as prescribed by the Charter.