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(2) Sections may be referred to and cited by the designation Ð£Ñ followed by the number, such as £ <br />10.01. <br /> <br />(3) Headings and captions used in this code other than the title, chapter and section numbers are <br />employed for reference purposes only and shall not be deemed a part of the text of any section. <br />§ 10.02 RULES OF INTERPRETATION. <br />(A) Generally. Unless otherwise provided herein, or by law or implication required, the same rules of <br />construction, definition and application shall govern the interpretation of this code as those governing <br />the interpretation of state law. <br />(B) Specific rules of interpretation. The construction of all ordinances of this city shall be by the following <br />rules, unless that construction is plainly repugnant to the intent of the legislative body or of the context <br />of the same ordinance. <br /> <br />(1) AND or OR. Either conjunction shall include the other as if written and/or, whenever the <br />context requires. <br /> <br />(2) Acts by assistants. When a statute, code provision or ordinance requires an act to be done which, <br />by law, an agent or deputy as well may do as the principal, that requisition shall be satisfied by <br />the performance of the act by an authorized agent or deputy. <br /> <br />(3) Gender; singular and plural; tenses. Words denoting the masculine gender shall be deemed to <br />include the feminine and neuter genders; words in the singular shall include the plural, and words <br />in the plural shall include the singular; the use of a verb in the present tense shall include the <br />future, if applicable. <br /> <br />(4) General term. A general term following specific enumeration of terms is not to be limited to the <br />class enumerated unless expressly so limited. <br /> <br />§ 10.03 APPLICATION TO FUTURE ORDINANCES. <br /> <br /> All provisions of Title I compatible with future legislation shall apply to ordinances hereafter adopted <br />which amend or supplement this code unless otherwise specifically provided. <br /> <br />§ 10.04 CAPTIONS. <br /> <br /> Headings and captions used in this code other than the title, chapter and section numbers are employed <br />for reference purposes only and shall not be deemed a part of the text of any section. <br /> <br />§ 10.05 DEFINITIONS. <br /> <br />(A) General rule. <br />3 ΋tğŭĻ <br /> <br />