La Puente Municipal Code Ch. 1.20 Definitions and Interpretation

Sections:

• 1.20.010 Definitions.

• 1.20.020 Grammatical interpretation.

• 1.20.030 Interpretation of terms.

The following words and phrases used in this code will be construed as defined in this section unless a different definition is specifically set forth or the context requires a different meaning:

“City” means the city of La Puente.

“Clerk” or “city clerk” means the city clerk of the city of La Puente.

“Council” means the city council of the city of La Puente.

“County” means the county of Los Angeles, California.

“Goods” means and includes wares and merchandise.

“Month” means a calendar month unless otherwise specifically provided.

“Oath” includes affirmation or declaration.

“Operate” means and includes carry on, keep, conduct and maintain.

“Owner” means, as applied to land or to a building, any part owner, joint owner, owner of a community or partnership interest, life tenant, tenant in common, or joint tenant.

“Person” means any individual, firm, association, organization, company, partnership, joint venture, corporation, or business trust, and any municipal or governmental corporation, district, agency or body, excluding the city of La Puente.

“Sale” means and includes any exchange, barter, or offer for sale.

“State” means the state of California.

“Street” means all highways, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places, squares, curbs, sidewalks, or other public ways in the city that have been or in the future may be dedicated and open to public use, and any other public property so designated by any law of this state.

“Tenant” or “occupant” means, as applied to land or to a building, any person who occupies, the whole or part of such land or building, whether alone or with others.

“Year” means a calendar year unless otherwise specifically provided.

(Ord. 762 § 1 (part), 1998)

(a) Words used in this code in the present tense include the future as well as the present tense; words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter; and the singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular.

(b) Words and phrases used in this code that are not specifically defined will be construed according to the context and approved usage of the English language. The provisions of Section 1645 of the California Civil Code are adopted with regard to the interpretation of technical words.

(Ord. 762 § 1 (part), 1998)

Whenever the following terms are used in any county ordinance that is adopted by reference and incorporated in this code, those terms will have the following meanings unless the context requires a different meaning:

“County of Los Angeles” means the city of La Puente.

“Board of supervisors” means the city council of the city of La Puente.

“Unincorporated territory” means the incorporated territory of the city of La Puente.

“County” means the city of La Puente.

“County officer” means the designated officer or employee of the city of La Puente.

(Ord. 762 § 1 (part), 1998)