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Whenever any words or phrases used in this Title are not defined herein, but are defined in related sections of the Utah Code or in the Subdivision Ordinance, such definitions are incorporated herein and shall apply as though set forth herein in full, unless the context clearly indicates a contrary intention.

(1) "City" shall mean West Valley City, Utah, when the word is capitalized.

(2) "City Attorney's Office" means the Law Department of West Valley City.

(3) "City Council" or "Council" means the City Council of West Valley City, Utah.

(4) "Code" means the West Valley City Municipal Code.

(5) "County" means the County of Salt Lake.

(6) "Day" is the period of time between any midnight and the midnight following.

(7) "Officers, Departments, etc." means officers, departments, boards, commissions, and employees of the City.

(8) "Owner," when applied to a building or land, shall include 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.

(9) "Person" includes any individual, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, or company.

(10) "Personal Property" includes every species of property, except real property, as defined in this section.

(11) "Preceding/Following" mean next before and next after, respectively.

(12) "Property" shall include real and personal property.

(13) "Real Property" shall include lands, tenements, and hereditaments.

(14) "State" or "This State" means the State of Utah.

(15) "Tenant" or "Occupant," applied to a building or land, shall include 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.

(16) "Week" consists of seven consecutive days.

(17) "Writing" means any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. Whenever any notice, report, statement, or record is required or authorized by this Code, it shall be made in writing in the English language, unless it is expressly provided otherwise.

(18) "Year" shall mean a calendar year, except where otherwise provided.