City of Somerville, Massachusetts - File #: 22-1992

• File #: 22-1992
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Ordained
• File created: 11/9/2022
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 11/10/2022
• Final action: 3/30/2023
• Enactment date: 3/23/2023
• Enactment #: 215117
• Title: Amending Section 1-4 of the Code of Ordinance to add definitions for relationship status and intimate personal relationship.
• Sponsors: Willie Burnley Jr., Jefferson Thomas (J.T.) Scott
• Code sections: Ordinance Not Zoning -
• Related files: 23-0299, 23-0378

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/30/2023	1	City Council	Mayoral Approval
3/23/2023	1	City Council	Ordinance ordained	Pass
3/14/2023	1	Legislative Matters Committee	Recommended to be approved as amended	Pass
2/14/2023	1	Legislative Matters Committee	Kept in committee
11/10/2022	1	City Council	Referred for recommendation	Pass

Agenda Summary
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Amending Section 1-4 of the Code of Ordinance to add definitions for relationship status and intimate personal relationship.


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Official Text
That the Code of Ordinances be amended by making the changes noted within.

PART II
CODE OF ORDINANCES
Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 1-4. Definitions and rules of construction.
In the construction of this Code and of all ordinances enacted, the following interpretations shall be observed unless such construction or interpretation shall be manifestly inconsistent with the evident intent of the city council or the qualified voters, or repugnant to the context or to the evident purport of any ordinance:
Board of aldermen. The words "board of aldermen" shall mean the board of aldermen of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts.
Editor's note(s)-Ord. No. 2019-01 , adopted Jan. 24, 2019, pursuant to C355, Acts of 2018, amended the entire Code of Ordinances as follows: change the name of the "Board of Aldermen" to the "City Council", and "Aldermen" to "Councilor" and variants thereof.
Charter. The words "Charter," "City Charter" or "the Charter" shall be deemed to mean and refer to the Charter of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts, being Chapter 240 of the Acts of 1899 as amended.
City. The words "the city" shall mean the City of Somerville, in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Code. Unless clearly indicated otherwise, the term "Code" or "this Code" shall mean the Code of Ordinances of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts as cited in section 1-1.
Commonwealth. The terms "commonwealth" or "state" shall mean the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Computation of time. The time in which an act is to be done shall be computed by excluding the first and including the last day and if the last day is a Sunday or a legal holiday that shall be excluded.
County. The word "county" shall mean the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts.
Delegation of authority. When...