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General Provisions — Lake Waukomis, MO
The inhabitants of the City of Lake Waukomis, as its limits now are or may hereafter be defined by law, shall be and continue a body corporate by the name of "The City of Lake Waukomis" and as such shall have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, defend and be defended in all courts of law and equity and in all actions whatever; may receive and hold property, both real and personal, within such City and may purchase, receive and hold real estate within or without such City for the burial of the dead; and may purchase, hold, lease, sell or otherwise dispose of any property, real or personal, it now owns or may hereafter acquire; may receive bequests, gifts and donations of all kinds of property; and may have and hold one (1) common Seal and may break, change or alter the same at pleasure; and may do any act, exercise any power and render any service which contributes to the general welfare, and all courts of this State shall take judicial notice thereof.
Section 100.015. Corporate Limits Described. [CC 1974 §1-10; Ord. No. 2 §1-201, 2-8-1958]
The corporate limits of the City are hereby declared to embrace and include the following described property: Lake Waukomis, a subdivision of land in Platte County, according to the recorded plats thereof, which plats are Recorded in the Recorder's office in and for the County.
Section 100.020. City Seal. [CC 1974 §1-9; Ord. No. 4 §1-401, 2-8-1958]
The common Seal of the City shall be circular in form, encircled with the words "City of Lake Waukomis, Missouri" and inscribed in the center with the word "Seal".
Section 100.025. City Jail Designated. [CC 1974 §1-8; Ord. No. 14 §3-112, 2-8-1958]
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Code and other ordinances of the City, the common jail of Platte County is designated as the City Jail.
This Code contains all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of Lake Waukomis, Missouri, and includes ordinances dealing with municipal administration, municipal elections, building and property regulation, business and occupations, health and sanitation, public order and similar subjects.
This Code may be known and cited as the "Municipal Code of the City of Lake Waukomis, Missouri".
Section 100.080. Definitions and Rules of Construction. [CC 1974 §1-2]
ACTS BY AGENTS — When a provision of this Code requires an act to be done which may by law as well be done by an agent as by the principal, such requisition shall be construed to include all such acts when done by an authorized agent.
BOARD OF ALDERMEN — The Board of Aldermen of the City of Lake Waukomis, Missouri.
CITY — The words "the City" or "this City" or "City" shall mean the City of Lake Waukomis, Missouri.
COUNTY — The words "the County" or "this County" or "County" shall mean the County of Platte, Missouri.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY — The City Marshal or other Chief Law Enforcement Officer.
MAYOR — An officer of the City known as the Mayor of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Lake Waukomis, Missouri.
OATH — Includes an affirmation in all cases in which an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in such cases the words "swear" and "sworn" shall be equivalent to the words "affirm" and "affirmed".
OWNER — The word "owner", as applied to a building or land, shall include any part owner, joint owner, tenant in common, joint tenant or tenant by the entirety of the whole or a part of such building or land.
REAL PROPERTY — The terms "real property", "premises", "real estate" or "lands" shall be deemed to be co-extensive with lands, tenements and hereditaments.
REASONABLE TIME — In all cases where any Section of this Code shall require any act to be done in a "reasonable time" or "reasonable notice" to be given, such "reasonable time" or "notice" shall be deemed to mean such time only as may be necessary for the prompt performance of such duty or compliance with such notice.
STATE — The words "the State" or "this State" or "State" shall mean the State of Missouri.
STREET — Includes any highway, street, avenue, boulevard, parkway, alley or other thoroughfare, and each of such words shall include all of them.
TENANT, OCCUPANT — The words "tenant" or "occupant", applied to a building or land, shall include any person who occupies the whole or a part of such building or land, whether alone or with others.
WEEK — The word "week" shall be construed to mean seven (7) days; but publication in a newspaper of any notice or other matter indicated to be for a stated number of weeks shall be construed to mean one (1) insertion in each week, unless specifically stated to be for each day of the week or for more than one (1) day in each week; and all publications heretofore made in accordance with the terms of this definition are hereby validated.
YEAR — A calendar year, unless otherwise expressed, and the word "year" shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord".
B. Newspaper. Whenever in this Code or other ordinance of the City it is required that notice be published in the "official newspaper" or a "newspaper of general circulation published in the City", and if there is no newspaper published within the City, the said notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the City, regardless of its place of publication. Such newspaper shall not include an advertising circular or other medium for which no subscription list is maintained.
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