§ 1-2. Rules of construction and definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Code, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Code shall mean the Code of Bal Harbour Village, Florida.

Computation of time. Whenever a notice is required to be given or an act to be done a certain length of time before any proceeding shall be had, the day on which such notice is given or such act is done shall not be counted in computing the time, but the day on which such proceeding is to be had shall be counted. If the last day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, such period shall continue until the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

County shall mean Metropolitan Dade County, Florida.

County Code shall mean the Code of Metropolitan Dade County.

Delegation of authority. Whenever a provision appears requiring the head of a department or some other Village officer or employee to do some act or perform some duty, it shall be construed to authorize the head of the department or other officer or employee to designate, delegate and authorize subordinates to perform the required act or perform the duty, unless the terms of the provision or section specify otherwise.

Gender. A word importing the masculine or feminine gender only shall extend and be applied to males and females, and to firms, partnerships and corporations.

Joint authority. All words giving a joint authority to three or more Persons or officers shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such Persons or officers.

Keeper and Proprietor shall mean and include Persons, firms, associations, corporations, clubs and copartnerships, whether acting by themselves or by a servant, agent or employee.

Manager shall refer to the Village Manager of Bal Harbour Village.

Mayor shall be construed to mean the Mayor of Bal Harbour Village.

Nontechnical and technical words. 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 law shall be construed and understood according to such meaning.

Number. A word importing the singular number only may extend and be applied to several Persons and things as well as to one Person and thing.

Oath shall be construed to include an affirmation 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."

Officers, boards, commissions, committees, departments, etc. Whenever any officer, board, commission, committee, department or other agency is referred to by title, such reference shall be construed as if followed by the words "of Bal Harbour Village," unless indicated to the contrary.

Owner, as applied to a building or land, shall include any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, tenant in partnership, joint tenant or tenant by the entirety of the whole or of a part of such building or land.

Person shall extend and be applied to associations, clubs, societies, firms, partnerships and bodies politic and corporate as well as to individuals.

Personal Property includes every species of Property except real property.

Property shall include real property, Personal Property and mixed property.

Public Place shall mean any place subject to the primary control of any public agency, including but not limited to any park, Street, public way, cemetery, or open space adjacent thereto, and any lake or stream.

Sidewalk shall mean any portion of a Street between the curbline and the adjacent property line intended for the use of pedestrians, excluding parkways.

Signature or Subscription includes a mark when the Person cannot write.

State shall be construed to mean the State of Florida.

Street shall include avenues, boulevards, roads, alleys, lanes, viaducts and all other public ways in the Village.

Tenant or Occupant, applied to a building or land, shall include any Person holding a written or oral lease of or who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land, either alone or with others.

Tense. Words used in the past or present tense include the future as well as the past and present.

Village shall mean Bal Harbour Village, Florida.

Village Clerk shall be construed to mean the Village Clerk of Bal Harbour Village.

Village Council or Council shall be construed to mean the Council of Bal Harbour Village.

Written or in Writing shall include any representation of words, letters or figures, whether by printing or otherwise.

(Code 1974, § 1-2)

State law reference

Definitions of terms, F.S. § 1.01.