The following words and phrases, whenever used in the ordinances
of the City of Santa Maria, California, 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:
mean the City of Santa Maria, California, or the area within
the territorial limits of the City of Santa Maria, California, and
such territory outside the City over which the City has jurisdiction
or control by virtue of any constitutional or statutory provision.
means the City Council of the City of Santa Maria. "All its
members" or "all Councilmembers" means the total number of Councilmembers
holding office.
means the County of Santa Barbara.
means the period of time between any midnight and the midnight
following.
is the period of time between sunrise and sunset. "Nighttime"
is the period of time between sunset and sunrise.
denotes applicable federal law, the Constitution, and statutes
of the State of California, the ordinances of the City of Santa Maria,
and, when appropriate, any and all rules and regulations which may
be promulgated thereunder.
is permissive.
means a calendar month.
are each mandatory except in reference to acts or omissions
of the City, Council, or any board, commission, officer, agent or
employee of the City while acting in the course and scope of their
duties or employment. Within this exception "must" and "shall" are
directory only.
includes an affirmation or 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."
if the sense requires it.
applied to a building or land, includes any part owner, joint
owner, tenant in common, joint tenant, tenant by the entirety, of
the whole or a part of such building or land.
signifies any one of the officers mentioned in Section 817
of the Penal Code of the State of California.
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.
includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences
of debt.
mean next before and next after, respectively.
includes real and personal property.
includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments.
means that portion of a street between the curb line and
the adjacent property line intended for the use of pedestrians.
includes a mark when 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 to a sworn statement only when
two witnesses so sign their own names thereto.
means the State of California.
includes all streets, highways, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts,
places, squares, curbs or other public ways in this City which have
been or may hereafter be dedicated and open to public use, or such
other public property so designated in any law of this State.
applied to a building or land, includes any person who occupies
the whole or a part of such building or land, whether alone or with
others.
means seven consecutive days.
includes any form of a recorded message capable of 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.
includes printed, typewritten, mimeographed, multigraphed,
or otherwise reproduced in permanent visual form.
means a calendar year.
(Ord. 84-1083 § 1, eff. 10/18/84; Prior Code § 1-2)