Saratoga Municipal Code Art. 1-15 Rules of Construction

The general rules of construction set forth in this Article shall be applied throughout this Code, unless the context or the provision clearly requires otherwise.

Chapter, article and section headings are not part of and do not in any manner affect the scope, meaning or intent of the provisions of this Code.

Whenever reference is made to any portion of this Code or any State law, the reference applies to all amendments and additions thereto now or hereafter made.

Whenever certain hours are designated in this Code, they shall mean Pacific Standard Time or Pacific Daylight Savings Time, as may be in current use in the City.

(a) The time in which any act provided by this Code is to be done is computed by excluding the first day and including the last.

(b) Whenever any act is required by this Code to be performed on a particular day which day falls upon a day on which the city offices are closed, or within a specified period of time which ends on a day on which the city offices are closed, the act may be performed on the next day on which the city offices are open with the same effect as if it had been performed upon the day appointed.

(Ord. No. 383, § 1(Exh. A, § 1), 11-17-2021)

All public officials, officers, boards, commissions, departments and employees to which reference is made in this Code are those of the City unless otherwise indicated.

Whenever a power is granted to, or a duty is imposed upon, an officer or employee of the City, the power may be exercised or the duty may be performed by a deputy or a duly authorized representative of such officer or employee, unless this Code expressly provides otherwise.

Words giving a joint authority to three or more public officers or other persons shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such officers or persons, unless the provision giving the authority expressly provides otherwise.

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

Words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter.

The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future includes the present.