Rocklin Municipal Code Ch. 1.04 General Provisions

In the construction of this code and of all the ordinances of the city of Rocklin, California, the following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the language or the context clearly requires otherwise:

A. "Building official," "building inspector," "administrative authority" or "authority." All references to the building official, building inspector, administrative authority or authority in this code or in any of the codes hereinafter set forth, shall be construed to refer to the city manager or his duly authorized representative. Such codes are: Uniform Building Code, Uniform Code for Abatement of Dangerous Buildings, Uniform Plumbing Code, Uniform Sign Code, Uniform Housing Code, National Electrical Code, Uniform Mechanical Code and Uniform Swimming Pool Code.

B. "The city" or "this city" means the city of Rocklin, California, a municipal corporation, all the territory within the boundaries thereof, and all territory outside the boundaries thereof over which it has jurisdiction or control by virtue of any constitutional or statutory provision.

C. "The code" or "this code" means the code of the city.

D. "Council" means the city council of the city.

E. "County" means the county of Placer, state of California.

F. "Enforcement officer" means the city manager or his or her designee, unless under another provision of this code another officer is given the authority to enforce specified provisions of this code or another ordinance enacted by the city.

G. "Health officer" means the health officer of the county or any of his duly authorized representatives.

H. "Oath" includes affirmation.

I. "Owner" includes any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, joint tenant or tenant by the entirety, of the whole or part.

J. "Person" means natural person, joint venture, joint stock company, partnership, association, club, company, corporation, business, trust, organization, or the manager, lessee, agent, servant, officer or employee of any of them.

K. "Personal property" includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt.

L. "Property" includes real and personal property.

M. "Real property" includes lands, tenements and hereditaments.

N. "Shall" is mandatory, "must" is mandatory, "may" is permissive.

O. "State" means the state of California.

P. "Tenant" and "occupant" applied to a building or land, include any person who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land, whether alone or with others.

(Ord. 817 § 2, 1999; Ord. 431 § 1 (part)(A, B, C, E—P). 1980).

All words and phrases shall be construed and understood according to common approved usage of the language, but technical words and phrases and others as may have acquired a particular and appropriate meaning in the law shall be construed and understood according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning.

(Ord. 431 § 2, 1980).

A. Designation of the form of any gender includes the masculine, feminine and neuter genders.

B. The singular number includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.

C. Words used in the present tense include the past and future, and vice versa, unless manifestly inapplicable.

D. Words and phrases not specifically defined shall be construed according to the context and the approved usage of the language.

(Ord. 431 § 3(A), 1980).

Whenever any act or omission is made unlawful, it shall include causing, allowing, permitting, aiding, abetting, suffering or concealing the fact of such act or omission.

(Ord. 431 § 3(B), 1980).

The time in which any act provided by law is done is to be computed by excluding the first day and including the last day, unless the last day is a holiday or a Sunday, and then such day shall also be excluded.

(Ord. 431 § 3(D), 1980).

Whenever certain hours are named in this code, they shall mean Pacific Standard Time or Daylight Saving Time, as may be in current use in the state.

(Ord. 431 § 4, 1980).