Lemon Grove Municipal Code Ch. 1.08 Definitions

The words set forth in this chapter have in this code the signification attached to them in this chapter unless otherwise apparent in the context.

(Prior code § 12.106)

A. Officers, Boards, Commissions and Departments. Whenever in this code reference is made to some officer, board, commission, institution, department, office or division, it shall mean an officer, board, commission, institution, department, office or division of the city, unless otherwise specified.

B. Tenses. The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future, the present.

C. Gender. The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.

D. Number. The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular.

E. Shall and May. "Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.

(Prior code §§ 12.101—12.105; Ord. 190, 1991)

"Person" means any individual, firm, copartnership, joint venture, association, social club, fraternal organization, corporation, estate, trust receiver, syndicate, county, city and county, city, municipal corporation, district or other political subdivision, or any other group or combination acting as a unit.

(Prior code § 12.115)