“Administrator” means the municipal administrator;

“Assembly” means the assembly of the city and borough of Sitka;

“Assembly clerk” means the municipal clerk;

“Assessor” means the municipal assessor;

“Attorney” means the municipal attorney;

“Borough” means the city and borough of Sitka, or the area within the territorial limits of the city and borough, over which the city and borough has jurisdiction or control through any constitutional, Charter provisions, law, constitutional or statutory provision;

“Building official” means the municipal building official;

“Charter” means the Charter of the city and borough;

“City” means the city and borough of Sitka (see definition of “Borough”);

“City and borough” means the city and borough of Sitka;

“Clerk” means the municipal clerk;

“Clerk-treasurer,” whenever the reference is to duties involving money, means the municipal finance director;

“Clerk-treasurer,” whenever the reference is to duties not involving money, means the municipal clerk;

“Computation of time” means the time within which an act is to be done. It shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last day; and if the last day is Sunday or a legal holiday, that day shall be excluded;

“Council” means the assembly of the city and borough. “All councilmen” means all assemblymen;

“Court” or “district court” means the municipal court for the city and borough;

“Day” means a calendar day composed of 24 hours, beginning at 12:00 a.m. and ending at 11:59 p.m. on the same day, unless otherwise specified;

“Deputy presiding officer” means the deputy mayor;

“Engineer” means the municipal engineer;

“Finance director” means the municipal finance director;

“Health officer” means the municipal health officer;

“Include” or “including” shall be construed as though followed by the phrase “but not limited to”;

“Judge” or “magistrate” means the judge of the municipal court;

“Law” denotes applicable federal law, the Constitution and statutes of the state of Alaska, the Charter and ordinances of the city and borough, and when appropriate, any and all rules and regulations which may be promulgated thereunder;

“May” is permissive;

“Mayor” means the municipal mayor;

“Month” means a calendar month;

“Municipality” means the city and borough of Sitka (see definition of “Borough”);

Must and Shall. Each is mandatory;

“Oath” shall be construed to include an affirmation or declaration 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”;

Occupant. See “Tenant”;

“Or” may be read “and” and “and” may be read “or” if the sense requires it;

“Ordinance” means a law of the city and borough; provided, that a temporary or special law, administrative action, order or directive, may, as allowed by the Charter, be in the form of a resolution;

“Owner,” applied to a building or land, includes any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, joint tenant or tenant by the entirety, or agent in charge for any of the foregoing, of the whole or a part of such building or land;

“Peace officer” means any officer of the state police, members of the police force of any incorporated city or borough, United States Marshals and their deputies, and other officers whose duty it is to enforce and preserve the public peace;

“Person” means natural person, joint venture, joint stock company, partnership, association, club, company, corporation, business, trust, organization, or the manager, lessee, agent, servant, officer or employee of any of them;

“Personal property” includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt;

“Preceding” and “following” mean next before and next after, respectively;

“Presiding officer” means the mayor;

“Property” includes real and personal property;

“Real property” includes lands, tenements and hereditaments;

“Registered mail” includes certified mail. When the use of registered mail is authorized or required by the Sitka General Code, certified mail may be used unless expressly prohibited;

“Sidewalk” means that portion of a street between the curb line and the adjacent property line intended for the use of pedestrians;

“Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the person cannot write, with his name written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the person’s name, but a signature or subscription by mark can be acknowledged or can serve as a signature or subscription to a sworn statement only when two witnesses so sign their own names thereto;

“Sitka” means the city and borough of Sitka (see definition of “Borough”);

“State” means the state of Alaska;

“Street” includes all streets, highways, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places, squares, curbs, parking areas, or other public ways which have been or may hereafter be dedicated and open to public use, or such other public property so designated in any law of the state of Alaska;

“Superior court” means the superior court of the state of Alaska at Sitka;

“Tenant” and “occupant,” applied to a building or land, includes any person who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land, whether alone or with others;

Title of Office. Use of the title of any officer, employee, board or commission means that officer, employee, department, board or commission of the city and borough;

“Written” includes printed, typewritten, mimeographed or multigraphed;

“Year” means a calendar year. (Ord. 07-03 § 4, 2007; Ord. 06-07 § 4, 2006; Ord. 73-68 § 3, 1973; B.C.S. § 1.16.090; S.G.C. § 1.04.010.)