Words and phrases not defined in this code are construed according to the approved usage of the language. The singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular.
Words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and the neuter.
Words used in the present tense include the future. 1.04.020 Severability . If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion or this code, or any future amendments or additions hereto, is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this code, or any future amendments or additions hereto. The City Council declares that it would have adopted this code and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of any future amendments or additions thereto, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, clauses, phrases, portions or any future amendments or additions thereto be declared invalid or unconstitutional. The provisions of this code and all proceedings under it are to be construed to effect its object and to promote justice.