820_00001ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION AND INTERPRETATION OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MOSES LAKE AND THE MOSES LAKE CITY
CODE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOSES LAKE,WASHINGTON,DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 DEFINITIONS The following words and phrases,whenever used in the ordinancesioftheCityofMosesLake,Washington,shall be construed as defined in this sectionunlessfromthecontextadifferentmeaningisintendedorunlessadifferentmeaningisspecificallydefinedandmoreparticularlydirectedtotheuseofsuchwordsorphrases:
A."City"and "town"each mean the City of Moses Lake,Washington or the area withintheterritoriallimitsoftheCityofMosesLake,Washington,and such territoryoutsidethecityoverwhichthecityhasjurisdicationorcontrolbyvirtueof
any constitutional or statutory provision.
B."Council"means the City Council of the City of Moses Lake."All its members"
or "all councilmen"means the total number of councilmen holding office.
C."County"means the county of Grant.
D."Law"denotes applicable federal law,the constitution and statutes of the stateofWashington,the ordinances of the City of Moses Lake,and,when appropriate,
any and all rules and regulations which may be promulgated thereunder.
E."May"is permissive.
F."Month"means a calendar month.
G."Must"and ushall"are each mandatory,
i H."Dath"includes an affirmation or declaration in all cases in which,by law,
an affirmation may be substituted for an cath,and in such cases the words "swear"and "sworn"shall be equivalent to the words "affirm"and "affirmed".
I."Owner",applied to a building or land,includes any part owner,joint owner,tenant in common,joint tenants tenant by the entirety,of the whole or a partofsuchbuildingorland.
J."Person"includes a natural person,joint venture,joint stock company,partnership,association,club,company,corporation,business,trust,organization,or themanager,lessee,agent,servant,officer or employee of any of them.
K."Personal property"includes money,goods,chattels,things in action and evidencesofdebt.
L."Preceding"and "following"mean next before and next after,respectively.
M."Property"includes real and personal property.
N."Real property"includes lands,tenements and hereditaments.
O."Sidewalk"means that portion of a street between the curbline and the adjacentpropertylineintendedfortheuseofpedestrians.
P."state"means the state of Washington.
Q."Street"includes all streets,highways,avenues,lanes,alleys,courts,places,squares,curbs,or other public ways in this city which have been or may hereafterbededicatedandOPentopublicuserorsuchotherpublicpropertysodesignatedinanylawofthisstate.
R."Tenant"and "occupant",applied to a building or land,include any person whooccupiesthewholeorapartofsuchbuildingorland,whether alone or with others.
S."Written"includes printed,typewritten,mimeographed,multigraphed,or otherwise
reproduced in permanent visible form.
T."Year"means a calendar year.
Section 2 TITLE OF OFFICE Use of the title of any officer,employee,department,
board or commission means that officer,employee,department,board or commission of
the city.
Section 3 INTERPRETATION OF LANGUAGE All words and phrases shall be construed
according to the common and approved usage of the.language,but technical words and
phrases and such othere as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the
law shall be construed and understood according to such peculiar and appropriate
meaning.
Section 4 GRAMMATICAL INTERPRETATION The following grammatical rules shall apply
in the ordinances of the City of Moses Lake unless it is apparent from the context
that a different construction is intended:
A.Gender.Each gender includes the masculine,feminine and neuter genders.
B.Singular and Plural.The singular number includes the plural and the plural
includes the singular.
C.Tenses.Words used in the present tense include the past and the future tenses
and vice versa,unless manifestly inapplicable.
Section 5.ACTS BY AGENTS When an act is required by an ordinance,the same being
such that it may be done as well by an agent as by the principal,such requirement
shall be construed to include all such acts performed by an authorized agent,unless
otherwise specified.
Section 6 PROHIBITED ACTS INCLUDE CAUSING AND PERMITTING Whenever in the ordinances
of the City of Moses Lake,any act or omission is made unlawful,it shall include
causing,allowing,permitting,aiding,or abetting the fact of such act or omission.
Section 7 CONPUTATION OF TIME Except when otherwise provided,the time within which
an act is required to be done shall be computed by excluding the first day and includin
the last day,unless the last day is Sunday or a holiday,in which case it shall also
be excluded.
Section 8 CONSTRUCTION The provisions of the ordinances of the City of Moses Lake
and all proceedings under them are to be construed with a view to effect their objects
and to promote justice.
Section 9 REPEAL SHALL NOT REVIVE ANY ORDINANCES The repeal of an ordinance shall
not repeal the repealing of an ordinance or revive any ordinance which has been repealed
thereby.
Section 10 CUMULATIVE EFFECT The provision of this ordinance shall be cumulative
and shall not operate to repeal any ordinances other than those specifically repealed.
Section 11 SEVERABILITY The invalidity of any part of this ordinance shall not
effect the validity of any other part which can be given effect without such invalid
part or parts.
Section 12 EFFECTIVE DATE This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five
(5)days after its passage and publication as provided by law.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Moses Lake,Washington and APPROVED by
its Mayor this 19th day of April ,19
Mayo
ATTEST:
City Clerk
CiË Attorney