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File #: 23-037-O    Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/23/2023 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: 10/30/2023 Final action: 11/13/2023
Enactment date: 11/13/2023 Enactment #: 10858
Title: ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1, SEC. 1-2, OF THE DULUTH CITY CODE BY UPDATING DEFINITIONS FOR CLARITY.
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ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1, SEC. 1-2, OF THE DULUTH CITY CODE BY UPDATING DEFINITIONS FOR CLARITY.

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CITY PROPOSAL:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That Chapter 1, Sect. 1-2, of the Duluth City Code be amended as follows:
Sec. 1-2. Definitions and rules of construction.

In the construction of this Code, and of all ordinances of the city, the following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the city council or context clearly requires otherwise:
Building official. Unless otherwise provided in this Code, whenever the words "building official" are used in this Code, they shall mean the person, or the person's designee, having supervisory authority of the administrative division of the city responsible for administering the specified powers or duties.
City. The words "the city" or "this city" shall be construed as if followed by the words "of Duluth."
City assessor. Whenever the words "city assessor" are used in this Code, they shall mean the persons, which may include city employees, or entity retained to perform property assessment functions on behalf of the city.
Code. The words "the code" or "this code" shall mean "The Legislative Code of the city of Duluth, Minnesota, 1959."
Computation of time.1 The time in which any act provided by law is to be done is computed by excluding the first day and including the last, unless the last day is a Sunday or a city recognized holiday and then it is also excluded.
Council. Whenever the word "council" is used in this Code, it shall be construed to mean the city council of the city of Duluth.
County. The words "the county" or "this county" shall mean the county of St. Louis.
Day.2 A day is the period of time between any midnight and the midnight following.
Daytime, nighttime. "Daytime"3 is the period of time between sunrise and sunset. "Nighttime"4 is the ...

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