[Derived from Sec. 1 of Ch. III, Sec. 1 of Ch. IX, Art. I of Ch. V, Art. I of Ch. VI and Sec. 101 of Ch. XXV of the Charter and Ordinances, 1974]
The following words, when used in this Code, shall have the meanings herein stated, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
CITY AGENCY
Includes every officer, department, division, court, board or commission of the City.
COUNCIL
The Common Council of the City.
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
The doing or commission of any of the acts prohibited in this Code, and any person who shall do or commit any of said acts shall be guilty of "disorderly conduct."
PERSON
Includes an individual, a firm, a partnership, a copartnership, a corporation, a receiver, an association, an executor, an administrator, a trustee, a guardian or an agent.
PUBLIC PLACE
A place to which the public or a substantial group of persons has access, and includes but is not limited to streets, sidewalks, crosswalks, transportation facilities, schools, places of amusement and assemblage, parks, playgrounds and hallways, lobbies and other portions of apartment houses and hotels not constituting rooms or apartments designed for actual residence.
VIOLATION OR OFFENSE
An offense or violation committed within the City of Buffalo.
For the purposes of this Code, the following titles shall have the meanings indicated:
COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH OR HEALTH COMMISSIONER
On and after January 1, 1948, refers to the County Health Commissioner of the County Department of Health having jurisdiction over the County or part-County health district of which the City of Buffalo is a part.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
On and after January 1, 1948, refers to the County Department of Health having jurisdiction over the County or part-County health district of which the City of Buffalo is a part.
DIRECTOR OF LICENSES AND PERMITS AND DIRECTOR OF NEW CONSTRUCTION
Refers to the Commissioner of Inspections and Licenses or his duly authorized deputy who is charged with the specific responsibility or duty referred to in the following chapters, in accordance with Section 144 of the Charter of the City of Buffalo.
DIVISION OF LICENSES AND PERMITS AND DIVISION OF NEW CONSTRUCTION
Refers to the Department of Inspections and Licenses or the division within said Department which is charged with the specific responsibility or duty referred to in the following chapters, pursuant to the provisions of Section 144 of the Charter of the City of Buffalo:
Chapter 35, Personnel Policies, Articles III, IV and V
Chapter 44, Seal
Chapter 48, Time, Official
Chapter 53, Vehicles, City-Owned
Chapter 78, Animals, Article III
Chapter 85, Bait Dippers
Chapter 94, Boilers and Engines; Engineers
Chapter 183, Flags, Article I
Chapter 263, Licenses, Articles I and II
Chapter 286, Naming of Streets, Parks and Public Buildings
Chapter 309, Parks and Other Open Spaces
Chapter 333, Police Shields, Use of
Chapter 345, Public Safety, Obstruction of, Articles III and IV
Chapter 361, Records, Articles I and IV
Chapter 399, Smoking, Article IV
Chapter 409, Statues and Monuments, Article I
Chapter 467, Trees, Shrubs and Plants
Chapter 491, Water and Water Pollution, Article I
Chapter 495, Wharves, Harbors and Bridges