§ 2. Definitions.

As used in this Charter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) City.

"City" means the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, the body corporate as established by Section 1 of this Article I.

(b) Voter.

"Voter" means any person whose name appears on the election records kept by the Board of Supervisors of Elections of Baltimore City, as a qualified voter in the City.

(c) Charter.

"Charter" means this Charter, composed of Articles I to IX, inclusive, and any amendments and additions thereto which may hereafter be duly adopted; reference herein to articles and sections by number are references to articles and sections of the Charter.

(d) Person.

"Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, or body politic except the City; and includes any personal representative, agent, trustee, receiver, assignee or other similar representative thereof.

(e) Number; Gender.

Except where such construction would be unreasonable, the singular always includes the plural, and vice versa, and the masculine includes all genders.

(f) Officer; Municipal officer.

"Officer" and "municipal officer" shall include, but shall not be limited to, the City Administrator, the heads of all departments and bureaus, the members of all commissions and boards, and persons who exercise authority comparable to that of heads of departments or bureaus.

(g) Term of office.

"Term of office" means the period of time for which any person shall have been elected or appointed to hold office, and in addition such time as shall elapse after the expiration of his term until his successor shall have been elected or appointed and qualified.

(h) Ordinance of Estimates.

"Ordinance of Estimates" and "annual Ordinance of Estimates" shall include supplementary appropriation ordinances.

(i) Subject to the authority.

"Subject to the authority" shall mean that the person or body possessed of such authority may amend or revoke the action or decision subject to such authority or reserve to himself or itself such action or decision.

(j) Municipal agency.

"Municipal agency" shall include all departments, bureaus, boards and commissions and persons not embraced in a department who exercise authority comparable to that of heads of departments or bureaus.

(k) Street.

"Street", unless the contrary clearly appears from the context, shall include any public street, boulevard, road, alley, lane, sidewalk, footway or other public way owned by the city or habitually used as such by the public.

(1) Members.

Wherever provision is made in the Charter that the City Council shall act by a majority or other proportion of its members, the term "members" in the phrase "of its members" shall mean the total number of members provided for by law, including the President, whether or not any vacancies due to death, resignation, disqualification or other cause may then exist.

(m) Headings.

Any headings preceding the text of the several articles and sections hereof are inserted solely for convenience of reference, and shall not constitute a part of the Charter, nor shall they affect its meaning, construction or effect.

(n) Acting.

"Acting" status authorizes one who is substituting for another to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the other's office.

(o) Law.

"Law" consists of those rules that bind or control the actions of Baltimore City and its officers and agents, including, when applicable, federal law, state law and city ordinances.