Town of Smithfield
Town of Smithfield Zoning Ordinance
§ 2.1

General

2.1 GENERAL

A. For the purposes of this Ordinance, certain terms or words used herein shall be interpreted as follows:

  1. The word "person" includes a firm, association, organization, partnership, trust, company or corporation as well as an individual.
  2. The present tense includes the future tense, the singular number includes the plural, and the plural number includes the singular.
  3. The word "shall" is mandatory, the word "may" is permissive.
  4. The words "used" or "occupied" include the words "intended, designed, or arranged to be used or occupied".
  5. The word "lot" includes the words "plot" or "parcel".
  6. The word "land" includes the words "water" and "marsh", unless otherwise designated herein.
  7. The word "structure" includes the word "building".

B. Where used in the Ordinance, the specific definition of words and terms listed in this Section shall be interpreted as stated and shall have the meaning ascribed to them.