<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 7-47. - Definitions.</div>
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               The following words, terms and phrases used in the fire prevention code adopted in
               <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH7FIPRPR_ARTIIIFIPRCO_S7-46ADRE" class="section-link" data-product-id="12419">section 7-46</a> shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context
               clearly indicates a different meaning. Wherever generic terms are used that describe
               municipal offices and departments, they shall be deemed to mean the appropriate corresponding
               county office or department.
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               <span class="ital">Chief of police</span> means sheriff.
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               <span class="ital">Corporation council</span> means the attorney for the board of commissioners for the county.
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               <span class="ital">Fire chief</span> means fire marshal.
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               <span class="ital">Municipality</span> means the county, including all areas of Currituck County, except within corporate
               limits of municipalities located therein.
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               (Ord. of 11-5-90, Â§ 3)
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            <p class="refcross0" block_type="hang"><b>Cross referenceâ€” </b>
               Definitions and rules of construction generally, <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH1GEPR_S1-2DERUCO" class="section-link" data-product-id="12419">Â§ 1-2</a>.
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