Chapter 11.08 — DEFINITIONS

Sections: 11.08.010 Approved. 11.08.020 Chief of environmental health. 11.08.030 City Manager. 11.08.040 Construction. 11.08.050 Construction of genders. 11.08.060 Construction of singular and plural. 11.08.070 Construction of tenses. 11.08.080 Health officer. 11.08.090 Operate. 11.08.100 Person. 11.08.110 Place. 11.08.120 Possess. 11.08.130 Shall and may.

"Approved," when used in connection with any material, equipment, method, operation or type of construction except building construction, means:

A. Meeting the requirements and approval of the chief of environmental health based upon the results of investigations or tests conducted by a nationally recognized testing agency; or

B. Based upon accepted principles and standards established by national authorities, technical, health or scientific organizations or agencies. (Ord. 4883-NS § 1 Exhibit A, Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 5, 1976)

"Chief of environmental health" means the chief of environmental health of the City, or their designee, including but not limited to sanitarians, vector control technicians and animal-care services personnel. (Ord. 4883-NS § 1 Exhibit A, Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 8, 1976)

"City Manager" means the City Manager of the City of Berkeley or their designee. (Ord. 4883-NS § 1 Exhibit A, Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 6, 1976)

Unless the provisions or context otherwise require, these definitions, rules of construction and the general provisions set forth in Chapter 11.04 shall govern the construction of this title. (Ord. 4883-NS § 1 Exhibit A, Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 1, 1976)

The neutral gender includes the feminine and masculine. "They/them" shall indicate a singular individual, unless the context indicates the contrary. (Ord. 7670-NS § 5, 2019; Ord. 4883-NS § 1 Exhibit A, Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 3, 1976)

The singular number includes the plural and the plural, the singular. (Ord. 4883-NS § 1 Exhibit A, Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 4, 1976)

The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future, the present. (Ord. 4883-NS § 1 Exhibit A, Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 2, 1976)

"Health officer" means the health officer of the City, or their designee. (Ord. 4883-NS § 1 Exhibit A, Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 7, 1976)

"Operate" includes "conduct" and "maintain" and any of its variants. (Ord. 4883-NS § 1 Exhibit A, Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 9, 1976)

"Person" includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, joint venture, corporation or company, and includes the United States, the state of California, the City of Berkeley, and any officer or agency thereof. (Ord. 4883-NS § 1 Exhibit A, Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 10, 1976)

"Place" includes premises, land, place, building, structure, wharf, pier or dock. (Ord. 4883-NS § 1 Exhibit A, Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 11, 1976)

"Possess" includes control, own, lease, occupy, possess or have charge of or dominion over. (Ord. 4883-NS § 1 Exhibit A, Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 12, 1976)

"Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive. (Ord. 4883-NS § 1 Exhibit A, Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 13, 1976)

"Structure" is that which is built or constructed, an edifice or building of any kind, or any piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite manner and which requires location on the ground or attachment to something having location on the ground, as defined in Ordinance 4646-NS, adopting and modifying the Uniform Building Code. (Ord. 4883-NS § 1 Exhibit A, Ch. 1 Art. 2 § 14, 1976)