(A) Unless otherwise provided herein or by law or implication required, the same rules of construction, definition, and application shall govern the interpretation of this code as those governing the interpretation of the Illinois Revised Statutes.

(B) As used in the code, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) The singular includes the plural, and the plural includes the singular.

(2) Words of one gender include the other genders.

(3) Words in the present tense include the future.

(4) A general term following specific enumeration of terms is not limited to the class enumerated unless expressly so limited.

(C) Where a section of this code is followed by a reference to state statutes, such reference indicates that the section is analogous or similar to such state statutes section. Footnotes, cross-references, and other comments are by way of explanation only and should not be deemed a part of the text of any section. Historical references following a section show the ordinance number where applicable, and the date of passage, along with any amendments to the section.

(D) Authority. When the law requires an act to be done which may by law as well be done by an agent as by the principal, such requirement shall be construed to include all such acts when done by an authorized agent.

(E) Joint authority. All words purporting to give joint authority to 3 or more municipal officers or other persons shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority of such officers or other persons, unless it shall be otherwise expressly declared in the law giving the authority or inconsistent with state statute or other provisions. (S.H.A. Ch. 131, § 1.09)

(F) Exceptions. The rules of construction shall not apply to any law, which shall contain any express provision excluding such construction, or when the subject matter or context of such law may be repugnant thereto. (‘69 Code, § 1.001)