1-1-6. Definitions and rules for construction of ordinances.

In the construction of these revised ordinances, and all ordinances amendatory thereof, the following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Board of County Commissioners, or repugnant to the context of the ordinance.

(1) Mere language changes are not intended to reflect changes in the substance or meaning of the ordinances.

(2) The singular number includes the plural.

(3) Words used in the present tense include the future.

(4) Words used in the masculine gender comprehend, as well, the feminine and neuter.

(5) The term "Board of Health" is the Tooele County Board of Health.

(6) The term "business" is any activity, operation, enterprise or calling referred to in this ordinance for which a license is required.

(7) The term "Commission" is the Board of County Commissioners of Tooele County, Utah.

(8) The word "County" or the term "Tooele County" may be construed to mean the portions of Tooele County, Utah, outside the limits of incorporated cities or towns therein, and shall include the entire County when the context requires such an interpretation.

(9) The term "County Assessor" is the County Assessor of Tooele County, Utah.

(10) The term "County Attorney" is the County Attorney of Tooele County, Utah.

(11) The term "County Auditor" is the County Auditor of Tooele County, Utah.

(12) The term "County Clerk" is the County Clerk of Tooele County, Utah.

(13) The term "County Recorder" is the County Recorder of Tooele County, Utah.

(14) The term "County Sheriff" is the County Sheriff of Tooele County, Utah.

(15) The term "County Surveyor" is the County Surveyor or Tooele County, Utah.

(16) The term "County Treasurer" is the County Treasurer of Tooele County, Utah.

(17) The words "highway" and "road" include public bridges, and may be held equivalent to the words "County way", "County road", "common road", "state road". They may also include sidewalks or crosswalks.

(18) The term "knowingly" imports only a knowledge that facts exist which bring the act or omission within the provisions of these ordinances. It does not require any knowledge of the unlawfulness of such act or omission.

(19) The term "maliciously" or "malice" imports a wish to vex, annoy or injure another person, or an intent to do a wrongful act, established either by proof or by presumption of law.

(20) The word "owner" applied to a building or land shall include any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, joint tenant or lessee of the whole or of any part of such building or land.

(20) The term "person" includes bodies politic and any individual, partnership, association, corporation or group of individuals, however styled or designated.

(21) The word "street" includes alleys, lanes, courts, boulevards, public squares, public places and sidewalks or crosswalks.

(22) The word "tenant" or "occupant" applied to a building or land shall include any person who occupies the whole or any part of such building either alone or with others.

(23) The term "willfully" when applied to the intent with which an act is done or omitted, implies simply a purpose or willingness to commit the act or make the omission referred to. It does not require any intent to violate law, or to injure another, or to acquire any advantage. (Ord. 95-19, 9/12/95; Ord. 92-5, 9/1/92)