1.12.010 Definitions.
For the purpose of this code, and in the interpretation and application of all other ordinances heretofore or hereafter adopted, except as the context may otherwise require:
“City” shall mean the city of Cudahy.
“Clerk” and “city clerk” shall mean the city clerk of the city of Cudahy.
“Council” shall mean the city council of the city of Cudahy.
“County” shall mean the county of Los Angeles.
“Goods” shall mean and include wares or merchandise.
“Month” shall mean a calendar month unless otherwise specifically provided.
Office. The use of the title of any officer, employee, office or ordinance shall mean such officer, employee, office or official of the city of Cudahy.
“Operate” shall mean and include carry on, keep, conduct, or maintain.
“Owner,” as applied to a building or land, shall mean and include any part owner, joint owner, tenant, tenant in common, or joining tenant of the whole or a part of such building or land.
“Person,” as used in this code or in any ordinance or code adopted hereby, shall mean and include any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, company or corporation, and any municipal, political or governmental corporation, district, body or agency, other than the city of Cudahy.
“Sale” shall mean and include any sale, exchange, barter, or offer for sale.
“Sheriff” shall mean the sheriff of the county or such law enforcement officer designated by the city as the officer responsible for law enforcement within the city.
“State” shall mean the state of California.
“Street” shall mean and include all streets, highways, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places, squares, sidewalks, parkways, curbs, or other public ways in the city which have been or may hereafter be dedicated and open to public use, or such other public property as designated by any law of the state.
“Tenant” or “occupant,” as applied to a building or land, shall mean and include any person who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land, whether alone or with others.
“Year” shall mean a calendar year unless otherwise specifically provided.
Technical words and phrases, and words and phrases having a special or accepted meaning in the law, shall be construed in accordance with such technical or special and accepted meaning. (Ord. 464 § 1. 2002 Code § 1-5).