•“City” and “town” each mean the City of Capitola or the area within the territorial limits of the City of Capitola and such territory outside those areas, over which the City has jurisdiction or control by virtue of any constitutional or statutory provision.

•“County” means the County of Santa Cruz.

•“District” means the Board of Directors of the Santa Cruz County Sanitation District. “All its members” or “all Board members” means the three members appointed to hold office.

•“Law” denotes applicable Federal law, the Constitution and statutes of the State of California, the ordinances of the City of Capitola and County of Santa Cruz, and when appropriate, any and all rules and regulations which may be promulgated thereunder.

•“May” is permissive.

•“Month” means a calendar month.

•“Must” and “shall” are each mandatory.

•“Oath” includes 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 the words to “affirm” and “affirmed.”

•“Owner,” applied to a building or land, includes any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, joint tenant, tenant by the entirety, of the whole or a part of such building or land.

•“Person” includes a 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” means next before and next after, respectively.

•“Property” includes real and personal property.

•“Real property” includes lands, tenements and hereditaments.

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

•“State” means the State of California.

•“Street” includes all streets, highways, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places, squares, curbs or other public ways in this District’s jurisdiction, which have been or may hereafter be dedicated and open to public use, or such other public property so designated in any law of this State.

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

•“Written” includes printed, typewritten, mimeographed, multi-graphed, or otherwise reproduced in permanent visible form.

•“Year” means a calendar year. (Ord. 66 §1.04, 1989)