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ORD INANCE NO .'1,0'S 9 rJ . C'. S.
INT TC~'D BY COUNCILMAi~ SECON~Ell„BY CnUNCILMAN
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AN ORDINI~NCE OF THE CITY OF P~TALUMA, CALIFORN:IA
PROVIDING FOR TIIE DEFIPdZTION'S APPLICABLE GENER~LLY
TO OFtDINANCES OF TIIE CSTY OF PET~LUMA., . CALIFORNIA
AND PROVIDING FOR RULES OF C(ONS,TRU.C-TION FOFt TIiE
OR~INZaNC~S OF TI3E CITY OF PETAIrUM11, GALIFUFtNIA
BE IT ORDAINED BY TIIE COUNCIL OF TI3E CITY OF PETAI;UMA, AS FOLLOWS :
S~ction l. Definitians. TYie following words and ~hrases wh~never
used in the ordinances of the Cit.y of Petaluma, California,
shall be aonstrued as defin~d in this section unless from
the cantext a different meaninc~ i.s intenciEd or unless
different meaninc~. is s~aecifi.cally aefin~d and more ~
particularly directed fic~ th~ use of such ~,aords ar
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C1:) "Cit_y" means th~ Ci~y of` P~ta.l.uma, teal:iforni~., c~r
the area within the terra,tor.i_al limi~s of the Citv ~t
~e~aluma, and such terri~ary outs,ide the Citv over which
the C~.ty has jurisdiction or c~nt~ol b~ virtue ot any
constitut~ional or statutorv provision.
~2) "Computatinn of ~.i.me" means the time within_ ~ahich
an act is to be donep It sha11 bs computed by exc3uding
the first day and including the last day; arid if ~he
last day be Sunday or a legal holiday, that day shall k~e
~xcluded. .
(3) "Councii" m~ans the City Coiancil of' the City af
Pe~aluma, Cala.fornia. '°I~11 its memk~ers" or "all.
Cauncilmen" mean the tota.l nurriber of Councilm.en a~ ~r~vir~ed
by the Petaluma City Charte~.
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(~~j "County" mean°s the Caunty of Sonoma, California.
(5? "Law" derio~tes applica-ble federal law,, the .consti-
tut%on anc~ statu:tes of the S'tate of California, the
ordinances of th,~ Ci~ty of k~etaluma, and wYien appropriate,
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any a~rid .all rules and regu`lations wh~ich may be promulgatec~
. th'ereunder .
(6~ "May" i<<s permissiae.
~.7'~ "Month" means a calendar mon'th..
(8) "Must" and "sha1L". Eac-h is mandatory.
(9) "Qath"' sha'11 be construed to include ari affirma~tion
- or declaration in all cases;in which, by law, an affirma-
tion may be substi,tuted for an oa~th, and in such cases tlie
wo~ds "swear" and "swor.n" sh'alI be equ°ivalent to-the words
"affirm" and '"affirmed".
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~l0) Or may be,read and and and may be read or ~
if the sense requir,es it.
C1~) "Orc~inance" means a. 1:aw .o`f the city; provided tha-t
a temporary or special Taw,, administrative action, ord~er
or d~.z°eetive, may be in the form of a resolution.
(12) "Owner" applied to a building or land includes any
part own~r, joint'owner, 'tenant 'in common, joint tenant or
tenant by the entirety,, of the whole or a part of such
building or land. , ~ .
(13) "Person" mean;s natural per's9n, joint venture, joinnt
stock company,, partnership, associa,tion, club, company,
corporatian, business, trust, organizat'ion, or: the maria.ger,;
lessee, agent, s~rvant, office~° or. emplo.yee~of any of them.
(14) "Personal property", irie~ludes money, goods, chattels,,.
things in action~and,evid~nces~of debt.
(15) "Preceding" and "foll:owing"' mean`nex~t before and next
after, respectively.
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(16) "Property" includes real and persomal property.
(17) •"Real property" ineludes lands, tenements and
heredi~aments.
(18~ "Sidewalk" means that portYOn of a street between
the curb line and the ad.jacent p~°operty line intended for
the use o,f pedestrians.
~19) "State" means the State of'Californiao
(20) "Street" includes all streets, highways, avenues,
lanes, alleys, courts, places, square's,; c:urbs, or other-
public ways in this city which have beeri or may hereafter
be dedicated and open to public use, or° such other~'public
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`~ property so design'ated in any law o:f this.state.
(21) "Tenant° and "oceupant°, applied to a building or
land, includes any person who occup%es whole or a part of
such buildi:ng or land, whether aTone or with others.
(22) Title of Office: Use of the title of any officer,
employee,-board or commission:means that officer, employee,
depa~°tment, board or commission of the city.
(23a "~Vritten" includes printed, typewritten, mimeo-
graphed or multigr°aphed. .
(24~ "Year"' means a calenc~ar year°.
(25) A11 words and phrases shall be construed and under-
s~ood aceording to the common.and apgroved usage of the
language; but technical wor.ds an'd phrase.s and sueh ot=hers
as may have acqu'ired a peculiar and appropr.iate meaning .
in the .law shalT be construed and understood according
to sueh peculiar and appropriate meaning.
(26) When an act is required by 'an o~dinance the same
being such that it.may be done as we~l by an agent as by
the principal,, such requirement.shall be construed as to
include.all such ac.ts performed by an authorized agent.
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Section 2. Grammatical :inte:preta~;tion. The f~ollow;ing grammatical
rules shall a~?ply in :the ordinarices of. the City of
Petaluma, Califo:rnia~s
(1) Gender° . Any- gender inc`l.udes tYie otYier gender s,
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(2) Singular and:Pl,u;ral. The singular number include's
the plur-,al_ and the pliiral includes the singular..
(3) Ten°ses-. 'Word~s ~u'~s:ed in the pr'esent tense include
the pas't .and' tYie future tenseis and v=ice versa .
(4) Use o,f Words and Phrases: Words and phrases not
specific'ally def`ined s~hall `be construed according to the
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context aiid appr,oved usage of t`he language .
Sect'ion 3. Prohibited~acts;include causing,; permit:ting, etc. Vlhen-
ever .in the ordinances o;f the C'ity of Petaluma, any act
or omission is made unlawful, it shall include causing,
allowin.g,, permitting:, aiding,;~abetting, su~ffering, or
concealirig the •fact:of such act or omission.
Section 4. Constr~uction. The provi;sions' o:f: the ordinanees o;f ~the
City of Petaluma, and all proce;edings under them are to
be construed w~ith a, view to effec~t their objects and to
promote justice..
Sectian: 5. Repeal shall not revive~any orc~_in_ance~s. The repeal of an
' ordinance s;hall not repeal the,r.epealing elause of such
ordiriance or re;vive any o:rdin~a~nce. which ha~s been rep'ealed
thereby.
Section 6. The City Clerk be, and s~he is, hereby dir-ected to
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post/~i~. this O~d.inance. ~~~~~i~~~~~-
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period and in the manne"r required! by the City Charter.
ORDERED POSTED/~~ this 8th day of Augu,st , 1972.
AYES: CO,UNGILMEN $RUNNER,,~ CAVANAGH, .~JR. ,• C,LECAK; .DALY, MATTEI.~
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I hereby' certify'that ;Ehe witliin ordinance was p.osted 'in t~r~e p;ublic places:in Ehe; CiEy ,of Petaluma,'to-wit:: In; fi~
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'' ,I <hereby certif : thac; ~he whole number of inembers of ,thee Council, o'f the', Gity of Petaluma, is. seven, and tliat tlie
;fore"going~,ordinance was.pa"ssed by tlie Council.at its,ineeting of.. 2:1_S:t_.! _._._,day of _____________P,UCjU_8t'__ _ _ :
19_ 7.2, by the'following~ vote, to-wit:
AYES: courrciLMAN_ _:__. BRUNNER_ _ :.. .. ......:..... CourrciLMArr CAVANAGH_r__ JR ... ~
t1YES: CQUNCILMEIN ...___.._CLECAK '
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