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 Cambridge
 Code of Ordinances
 Title 1. General Provisions
 Chapter 1.04. General Provisions

  § 1.04.030. Definitions  

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  • In the construction of this code and of all ordinances, the following definitions shall be observed, unless inconsistent with the manifest intent of the City Council or the context clearly requires otherwise:

    1. "A.L.M., c. , § ," means the Annotated Laws of Massachusetts.*

    2. "Auditor" means the City Auditor.

    3. "Charter" means the Charter of the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

    4. "City" means the City of Cambridge, in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, except as otherwise provided.

    5. "Clerk" means the City Clerk.

    6. "Commonwealth" means the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

    7. "Council" means the City Council of the City of Cambridge.

    8. "County" means the County of Middlesex.

    9. "G.L., c. , § ," means the Official Edition (1986) of General Laws.

    10. "Manager" means the City Manager.

    11. "Mayor" means the Mayor of the City of Cambridge.

    12. "Month" means a calendar month.

    13. "Oath" means and includes 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."

    14. "Owner," applied to a building or land, means and includes any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, tenant in partnership, joint tenant, or tenant by the entirety, of the whole or of a part of such building or land.

    15. "Person" means and includes a corporation, firm, partnership, association, executor, administrator, guardian, trustee, agent, organization and any other group acting as a unit, as well as a natural person.

    16. "Personal property" means and includes every species of property, except real property as defined in this chapter.

    17. Preceding and Following. The words "preceding" and "following" means next before and next after, respectively.

    18. "Property" means and includes real and personal property.

    19. "Public grounds" means and includes the common and all public lands placed by the City Council under the charge of the Park Department or the Water Department and those parts of public places which do not form travelled parts of highways.

    20. "Real property" means and includes land, together with all things attached to the land so as to become a part thereof.

    21. Shall, Must and May. The words "shall" and "must" are mandatory, and the word "may" is permissive.

    22. "Solicitor" means the City Solicitor.

    23. "Tenant" or "occupant," applied to a building or land, means and includes any person holding a written or oral lease of or who occupies, the whole or a part of such building or land, either alone or with others.

    24. "Treasurer" means the City Treasurer.

    25. "Ways," "streets" or "highways" means and includes boulevards, avenues, courts, lanes, alleys, squares, places and sidewalks, and each of these words includes every other of them.

    26. "Writing" or "written" means and includes printing and any other mode of representing words, letters and figures.

    27. "Year" means a calendar year.

    *  Editor's Note: "G.L.," as used in this code, refers to the most recent official edition of the General Laws of Massachusetts. Any references in this code to "A.L.M." are also intended to refer to the most recent official edition of the General Laws of Massachusetts.

(Ord. 1092 (part), 1989; prior code § 1-6)