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Clerk 03/26/2000
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AN ORDINANCE relating to rules of construction and revision for county ordinances and code; adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 1.02 and adding a new chapter to K.C.C. Title 1.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. K.C.C. chapter 1.02, "Ordinance Rules Pertaining to Number and Gender," is retitled "Ordinance and Code Construction and Rules."
NEW SECTION. SECTION 2. There is hereby added to K.C.C. chapter 1.02 a new section to read as follows:
Code may be cited as "K.C.C." The code may be cited by the abbreviation "K.C.C."
NEW SECTION. SECTION 3. There is hereby added to K.C.C. chapter 1.02 a new section to read as follows:
Words and phrases - construction. All words and phrases in the King County Code must be construed according to the common and approved usage of the language, but technical words and phrases and such other words and phrases as have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law must be construed and understood according to the peculiar and appropriate meaning.
NEW SECTION. SECTION 4. There is hereby added to K.C.C. chapter 1.02 a new section to read as follows:
General definitions. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following definitions apply throughout the King County Code.
A. "Filed" means a document is received by the county agency or office required by law to receive the document during the agency or office's regular business hours. Delivery to the incorrect county agency or office does not constitute filing of the document.
B. "May" is permissive. "Shall" and "will" are mandatory. "May not" and "shall not" are prohibitive.
C. "Month" means a calendar month.
D. "Officer" means a person authorized by law to discharge the duties of the officer.
E. "Person" includes an individual, partnership, association, corporation, firm, institution or other entity, whether or not operated for profit, and includes governmenta...
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