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16.12.020 General rules of interpretation.
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For the purpose of BMC Titles 15, 16, 17 and 18, unless otherwise indicated by the context, words, terms and phrases used in such titles shall be interpreted as follows:

A. Words used in the present tense include the future tense;

B. The singular number includes the plural, and the plural includes the singular;

C. Words of any gender may, when the sense so indicates, refer to any other gender;

D. The word “person” includes a corporation and any other entity or form of association as well as an individual;

E. The words “must” and “shall” are always mandatory and the terms “must not,” “shall not” and “may not” are prohibitory;

F. The word “used” or “occupied,” as applied to any land or structure, shall be construed to include the phrase “intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied.” [Ord. 10-15 § 6.]