| Sec. 1-1. How Code designated and cited. shall constitute and be designated the "Code of Ordinances, City of Sugar Land, Texas," and may be so cited. Such Code may also be cited as the Sugar Land Code or the Sugar Land Municipal Code. (Code 1974, § 1-1; Ord. No. 1577, § 19, 8-1-2006) State law references: Authority of city to adopt code, Vernon's Ann. Civ. St. art. 1176a. Sec. 1-2. Definitions and rules of construction. (a) In the construction of this Code, and of all ordinances and resolutions passed by the city council, the following definitions and rules shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the city council: City, the city, this city or city means the City of Sugar Land, in the County of Fort Bend and State of Texas. Code, the Code or this Code means the "Code of Ordinances, City of Sugar Land, Texas," as designated in section 1-1, as amended. Computation of time. In computing a period of days, the first day is excluded and the last day is included. If the last day of any period is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the period is extended to include the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. If a number of months is to be computed by counting the months from a particular day, the period ends on the same numerical day in the concluding month as the day of the month from which the computation is begun, unless there are not that many days in the concluding month, in which case the period ends on the last day of that month. State law references: Similar provisions, Tx. R. Civ. P. Rule 4, Vernon's Ann. Civ. St. art. 5429b, § 2.04. Council, this council, the council, city council means the City Council of the City of Sugar Land, Texas. County, the county, this county means Fort Bend County, Texas. Day means the period of time between any midnight and the midnight following. Gender. A word importing the masculine gender only shall extend and be applied to females and to firms, partnerships and corporations as well as to males. Highway means any street, alley, highway, avenue or public place or square, bridge, viaduct, tunnel, underpass, overpass and causeway in the city dedicated or devoted to public use. In the city means and include all territory over which the city now has, or shall hereafter acquire, jurisdiction for the exercise of its police, regulatory and other powers. State law references: Extraterritorial jurisdiction of city, Vernon's Ann. Civ. St. art. 970a, § 3. Joint authority. Words purporting to give authority to three or more officers or other persons shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such officers or other persons, unless it is otherwise declared. May is permissive. Month means a calendar month. Must is mandatory. Number. Any word importing the singular number will include the plural and any word importing the plural number will include the singular. Oath means and includes 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" will be equivalent to the words "affirm" and "affirmed." Officers, boards, etc. When reference is made to any officer, board or commission, the same will be construed as if followed by the words "of the City of Sugar Land." Reference to any specific officer will also be deemed to include his duly authorized assistants and representatives. Official time standard. When certain hours are named in this Code, they will mean Central Standard Time or Central Daylight Saving Time, as may be officially in current use in the state. Or, and. "Or" may be read "and," and "and" may be read "or" if the sense requires it. Owner, applied to a building or land, includes 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 extends and is applied to associations, corporations, firms, partnerships and bodies politic and corporate as well as to individuals. Personal property includes every species of property, except real property as defined in this section. Preceding, following means next before and next after, respectively. Property includes real and personal property. Public place means any public street, alley, square, highway, grounds, house or premises; or any hotel, restaurant, boardinghouse, grocery, saloon, garden, workshop or other place, or part of the same, to which people usually resort, or have a right to resort for business or pleasure. Real property includes land, tenements and hereditaments. Roadway means that portion of a street improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular traffic. Shall is mandatory. Sidewalk means any portion of the street between the curb, or the lateral line of the roadway and the adjacent property line intended for the use of pedestrians. Signature or subscription includes a mark when a person cannot write. State, the state or this state means the State of Texas. Street includes any highway, alley, street, avenue or public place or square, bridge, viaduct, underpass, overpass, tunnel or causeway in the city dedicated or devoted to public use. Tense. Words used in the past or present tense include the future as well as the past and present. Written or in writing includes any representation of words, letters or figures, whether by printing or otherwise. Year means a calendar year. (b) The provisions of Titles 1, 2 and 3 of the Penal Code will apply in the interpretation of all penal provisions of this Code to the extent that the Penal Code mandates that they shall apply. State law references: Similar definitions, Vernon's Ann. Civ. St. arts. 10, 23, 5429b-2; application of Titles 1, 2 and 3 of Penal Code, V.T.C.A., Penal Code § 1.03. (Ord. No. 1577, § 19, 8-1-2006) |
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