Piedmont Municipal Code § 1.2 Definitions and Rules of Construction

In the construction of this Code and of all ordinances of the City, the following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the City Council or the context clearly requires otherwise:

is computed by excluding the first day and including the last, unless the last day is

a holiday, and then it is also excluded.

City Council of the City of Piedmont, California.

sunset. "Nighttime" is the period of time between sunset and sunrise.

department, board, commission, office, or officer or employee is referred to it

shall mean a department, board, commission, office, officer or employee of the

City unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

For purposes of this Section, "Director" means the City

2 For similar state law, see Gov. C.A., §6800. 3 For similar state law, see Gov. C.A., §6806. 4 For similar state law, see Gov. C.A., §6807.

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all territory over which the City now has, or shall hereafter acquire, jurisdiction

for the exercise of its police powers or other regulatory powers.

officers shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such persons

or officers.

Standard Time or Daylight Saving Time whichever may be in current use in the

City.

owner, joint owner, tenant in common, tenant in partnership, joint tenant or tenant

by entirety, of the whole or of a part of such building or land.

partnership, business trust, corporation or company.

5 For similar state law, see Gov. C.A., §12. 6 See C.C., §12. 7 For similar state law, see Gov. C.A., §6804. 8 For similar state law, see Gov. C.A., §13. 9 For similar state law, see Gov. C.A., §15. 10 For similar state law, see Gov. C.A., §17. 11 See C.C., §14.

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and next after, respectively.

proceedings of either a civil or criminal nature.

the signer or subscriber cannot write, such signer's or subscriber's name being

written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the signer's or

subscriber's name; but a signature or subscription by mark can be acknowledged

or can serve as a signature or subscription to a sworn statement only when two

witnesses so sign their own names thereto.

land, shall include any person holding a written or oral lease of, or who occupies

the whole or a part of such building or land, either alone or with others.

comprehension by ordinary visual means. Whenever any notice, report, statement

or record is required or authorized by this Code, it shall be made in writing in the

English language, unless it is expressly provided otherwise.

12 For similar state law, see Gov. C.A., §22. 13 See C.C., §14. 14 See C.C., §14. 15 For similar state law, see Gov. C.A., §14. 16 For similar state law, see Gov. C.A., §16. 17 For similar state law, see Gov. C.A., §11. 18 For similar state law, see Gov. C.A., §6805. 19 For similar state law, see Gov. C.A., §8.

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