This title shall be known as "the Zoning Code."

The purpose of this title is to implement the general plan and to establish a set of development regulations that serve the public health, safety, and general welfare, and that provide the economic and social advantages resulting from an orderly planned use of land resources.

Section headings contained herein shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify, or in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of any section hereof.

The present tense includes the future, and the future the present.

The singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular.

Copies of this title shall be available for purchase from the department of community development. The selling price of the copies shall be fixed by the city council. The funds received from the sale of the copies shall be credited to the general fund.