§ 2. Definitions and Rules of Construction.

Unless qualified in the text, the following definitions and rules of construction shall apply hereto:

(1)

Board means the Downtown Development Board hereby created, and any successor to its functions, authority, rights, and obligations.

(2)

City and Orlando mean the City of Orlando.

(3)

City Council means the Orlando City Council and any succeeding governing body of the City.

(4)

Orlando Central City Neighborhood Development Area of [or] development area means the area established by the City Council as set forth herein and to which this act primarily relates, including the central district and its environs.

(5)

Herein, hereby, hereof, and similar compounds refer to the entire act.

(6)

Including shall be construed as merely introducing illustrative examples and not as limiting in any way the generality of the inclusive term.

(7)

Majority without qualification means a majority of the board.

(8)

Mayor means the Mayor of the City of Orlando.

(9)

State means the State of Florida.

(10)

Freeholder for the purposes of this act means any owner of real property in the development area not wholly exempt from ad valorem taxation, whether individual, corporation, trust, estate, or partnership residing or with its principal place of business located in the United States.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 71-810, § 2; Laws of Fla. ch. 78-577, § 2)