Terms used in this code, unless specifically defined otherwise in another section, shall have the meanings prescribed as follows:

“Alley” means a public right-of-way, other than a street, affording secondary means of access to abutting property.

“City” means the city of Ida Grove, Iowa.

“City code” means the city code of the city of Ida Grove, Iowa, 1975.

“Clerk” means the city clerk of Ida Grove, Iowa.

“Code” means the specific chapter in which a specific subject is covered and bears a descriptive title word (such as the building code and/or a standard code adopted by reference).

“Council” means the city council of Ida Grove, Iowa.

“County” means Ida County, Iowa.

“Measure” means an ordinance, amendment, resolution or motion.

“Month” means a calendar month.

“Oath” shall be construed to include an affirmation in all cases in which by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in such cases the words “affirm” and “affirmed” shall be equivalent to the words “swear” and “sworn.”

“Occupant, tenant” when applied to a building or land shall include any person who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land, whether alone or with others.

“Ordinances” means the ordinances of the city of Ida Grove as embodied in this code, ordinances not repealed by the ordinance adopting this code, and enacted hereafter.

“Person” means an individual, firm, partnership, domestic or foreign corporation, company, association or joint stock association, trust, or other legal entity, and includes a trustee, receiver, assignee, or similar representative thereof, but does not include a governmental body.

“Preceding, following” means next before and next after, respectively.

“Property” includes real property and tangible and intangible personal property unless clearly indicated otherwise.

“Property owner” means a person owning private property in the city as shown by the county auditor’s plats of the city.

“Public place” shall include in its meaning, but is not restricted to, any city-owned open place such as parks and squares.

“Public property” means any and all property owned by the city or held in the name of the city by any of the departments, commissions or agencies within the city government.

“Public way” shall include any street, alley, boulevard, parkway, highway, sidewalk, or other public thoroughfare.

“Sidewalk” means that portion of the street between the edge of the traveled way, surfacing, or curbline and the adjacent property line.

“State” means the state of Iowa.

“Statutes, laws” means the latest edition of the Iowa Code, as amended.

“Street” means and includes any public way, highway, street, avenue, boulevard, parkway, or other public thoroughfare, and each of such words shall include every other of them, and unless otherwise indicated in the text, shall include the entire width between property lines.

“Writing, written” shall include printing, typing, lithographing, or other modes of representing words and letters.

“Year” means a calendar year. [Code 1975 § 1-1.0102.]