The following words and phrases, whenever used in the ordinances of the Town of Frederick and/or any codification of the same, shall be construed as defined in this Section, unless a different meaning is intended from the context or unless a different meaning is specifically defined and more particularly directed to the use of such words or phrases:

Board of Trustees means the Board of Trustees of the Town of Frederick.

Code means the Municipal Code of the Town of Frederick as published and subsequently amended, unless the context requires otherwise.

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.

County means the county of Weld, Colorado.

C.R.S. means Colorado Revised Statutes.

Law denotes applicable federal law, the Constitution and statutes of the State of Colorado, the ordinances of the Town and, when appropriate, any and all rules and regulations which may be promulgated thereunder.

May is permissive.

Misdemeanor means and is to be construed as meaning violation and is not intended to mean crime or criminal conduct.

Month means a calendar month.

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.

Ordinance means a law of the Town; provided that a temporary or special law, administrative action, order or directive may 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, of the whole or a part of such building or land.

Person means natural person, joint venture, joint stock company, partnership, association, club, company, corporation, business, trust or 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.

Professional services. This purchasing policy shall not apply to professional services and the requirements shall not be mandatory in the employment of professional services. Professional services include, but are not limited to, the following: attorneys, bond counsel, certified public accountants/auditors, consultants, engineers, financial advisors, physicians, artists and real estate brokers.

Property includes real and personal property.

Real property includes lands, tenements and hereditaments.

Sidewalk means that portion of a street between the curbline and the adjacent property line intended for the use of pedestrians.

State means the State of Colorado.

Street includes all streets, highways, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places, squares, curbs or other public ways in the Town 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, includes any person who occupies 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, department, board or commission means that officer, employee, department, board or commission of the Town, or his or her designated representative.

Town means the Town of Frederick, Colorado, or the area within the territorial limits of the Town of Frederick, and such territory outside of the Town over which the Town has jurisdiction or control by virtue of any constitutional or statutory provision.

Written includes printed, typewritten, mimeographed or multigraphed.

Year means a calendar year. (Prior code 1.4; Ord. 348 §1, 1992; Ord. 1170 §1, 2014)