Rolling Hills Municipal Code Ch. 1.04 General Provisions

The following words and phrases, whenever used in the ordinances of the City of Rolling Hills shall be construed as defined in this section, unless from the context a different meaning is intended or unless a different meaning is specifically defined and more particularly directed to the use of such words or phrases:

A. "City" means the City of Rolling Hills, California, or the area within the territorial limits of the City of Rolling Hills.

B. "Council" means the City Council of the City. "All its members" means the total number of Council persons holding office.

C. "County" means the County of Los Angeles.

D. "Law" denotes applicable federal law, the Constitution and statutes of the State of California, the ordinances of the City, and when appropriate, any and all rules and regulations which may be promulgated thereunder.

E. "May" is permissive.

F. "Month" means a calendar month.

G. "Must" and "shall" are each mandatory.

H. "Oath" includes any affirmation of declaration in all cases in which, by law, an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in such cases the words "swear" and "sworn" shall be equivalent to the words "affirm" and "affirmed."

I. "Owner" applied to a building or land, includes any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, joint tenant, of the whole or part of such building or land.

J. "Person" includes a 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. "Preceding" and "following" mean next before and next after, respectively.

M. "Property" includes real and personal property.

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

O. "Path" or "walkway" means that portion of a street or road between the edge of the paved portion of said street or road, and the adjacent property line intended for the use of pedestrians.

P. "State" means the State of California.

Q. "Street" or "road" includes all streets, highways, avenues, lanes, courts, places, or other public ways in this City.

R. "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.

S. "Written" includes printed, typewritten, mimeographed, multigraphed, or otherwise reproduced in permanent visible form.

T. "Year" means a calendar year.

(Ord. 166 § 1, 1978).

Use of the title of any officer, employee, department, board or commission, means that officer, employee, department, board or commission of the City.

(Ord. 166 § 2, 1978).

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

(Ord. 166 § 3, 1978).

The following grammatical rules shall apply in the ordinances of the City, unless it is apparent from the context that a different construction is intended:

A. Gender. Each gender includes the masculine, feminine and neuter genders.

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

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

(Ord. 166 § 4, 1978).

When an act is required by an ordinance, the same being such that it may be done as well by an agent as by the principal, such requirement shall be construed to include all such acts performed by an authorized agent.

(Ord. 166 § 5, 1978).

Whenever in the ordinances of the City 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. 166 § 6, 1978).

Except when otherwise provided, the time within which an act is required to be done shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last day, unless the last day is Sunday, Saturday, or a holiday, in which case it shall also be excluded.

(Ord. 166 § 7, 1978).

Any action challenging a final administrative order or decision by the City made as a result of a proceeding in which by law a hearing is required to be given, evidence is required to be taken, and discretion regarding a final and nonappealable determination of facts is vested in the City, or in any of its Boards, Commissions, officers or employees, must be filed within the time limits set forth in California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6.

(Ord. 238 § 1, 1993).

The provisions of the ordinances of the City, and all proceedings under them, are to be construed with a view to effect their objects and to promote justice.

(Ord. 166 § 8, 1978).

The repeal of an ordinance shall not repeal the repealing clause of an ordinance or revive any ordinance which has been repealed thereby.

(Ord. 166 § 9, 1978).