[Adopted 12-14-2011]
As used in this Code, and in all ordinances,
the following terms shall have the meanings indicated, unless they
are inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislative body
or the context clearly indicates otherwise:
The Board of Selectmen of the Town of Canton, Connecticut.
The Charter of the Town of Canton, as amended.
The Connecticut General Statutes.
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" shall be equivalent to the words "affirm" and "affirmed."
As applied to a building or land, includes any part owner,
joint owner, tenant in common, joint tenant, or tenant by the entirety
of the whole or of a part of such building or land.
Includes and applies to associations, firms, partnerships,
and bodies politic and corporate as well as to individuals.
Includes every species of property except real property,
as herein defined.
Includes real and personal property.
Includes any and all streets, highways, boulevards, alleys,
or other publicly owned or controlled ways and any and all publicly
owned or controlled sidewalks, parks, squares, spaces, grounds, and
buildings.
Includes lands, tenements, and hereditaments.
Any paved portion of a street between the curbline and the
adjacent property line, intended for the use of pedestrians.
The State of Connecticut.
Includes streets, avenues, boulevards, highways, roads, alleys,
lanes, viaducts, bridges and approaches thereto, and all other public
thoroughfares over which the Town or the state exercises jurisdiction,
except as otherwise defined or construed by the provisions of this
Code or regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
As applied to a building or land, includes 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.
The Code of Ordinances of the Town of Canton, as amended.
The Town of Canton, in the State of Connecticut.
In the construction of this Code, and of all
ordinances, the following rules shall be observed, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise:
A.Â
Computation of time. Whenever a notice is required
to be given or an act is required 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 be counted in computing the time,
but the day on which such proceeding is to be had shall not be counted.
B.Â
Construction of terms. Except as otherwise provided
in this Code, words and phrases shall be construed according to the
common usage of the language and according to the General Statutes;
technical words and phrases, and such as have acquired a peculiar
and appropriate meaning in the law, shall be construed and understood
accordingly.
C.Â
Delegation of authority. Whenever a provision in this
Code requires the head of a department or an officer of the Town to
do some act, it shall be construed to authorize the head of the department
or officer to designate, delegate, and authorize subordinates to perform
the required act unless the terms of the Code specify otherwise.
D.Â
Gender. A word importing one gender only shall extend
and be applied to the other gender as well as to firms, partnerships,
and corporations.
E.Â
Interpretation. In the interpretation and application
of any provision of this Code, it shall be held to be the minimum
requirements adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety,
comfort, convenience, and general welfare. Where any provision of
the Code imposes greater restrictions upon the subject matter than
the general provisions imposed by the Code, the provision imposing
the greater restriction or regulation shall be deemed to be controlling.
F.Â
Joint authority. Unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise, 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.
G.Â
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.
H.Â
Shall; may. Wherever "shall" is used it shall be mandatory;
wherever "may" is used it shall be permissive.
I.Â
Tense. Words used in the past or present tense include
the future as well as the past and present.
J.Â
Titles of officers and employees. The title of any
officer or employee used herein shall be construed as if the words
"of the Town" followed it.
