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The City intends that all provisions set forth in this Ordinance be construed to serve the public interest and the foregoing public purposes, and that any Franchise issued pursuant to this Ordinance be construed to include the foregoing finds and public purposes as integral parts thereof. C. Existing Franchise and Agreements. To the extent permitted by law and unless expressly agreed to otherwise, this Ordinance shall apply to Franchises and other Agreements in effect at the time of adoption of this Ordinance. II. Definitions and Word Usage A. Definitions and Usage - General For the purposes of this Ordinance, the following terms, phrases, words, and abbreviations shall have the meanings given herein, unless otherwise expressly stated. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future tense and vice versa, words in the plural number include the singular number, and vice versa, and the masculine gender includes the feminine gender and vice versa. The words "shall" and "will" are mandatory, and "may" is permissive. Unless otherwise expressly stated or clearly contrary to the context, terms, phrases, words, and abbreviations not defined herein shall be given the meaning set forth in Title 47 of the United States Code, Chapter 5, Subchapter V-A, 47 U.S.C. § § 521 et seq., as amended, and regulations issued pursuant thereto, and, if not defined therein, their common and ordinary meaning. For convenience, Federal definitions are set forth in the glossary to this Ordinance, which glossary may be revised by the City Attorney to reflect subsequent changes in federal law without the need for an amendment of this Ordinance. For further conveniences, the first letter of terms, phrases, words, and abbreviations defined in this ordinance or by federal law have been capitalized, but an inadvertent failure to capitalize such letter shall not affect meaning. B. Cable Act. "Cable Act" shall mean Title 47 of the United States Code, Chapter 5, Subchapter V-A, 47 U.S.C. §§ 521 et seq., as amended from time to time. C. City. "City" shall mean the City of University City, Missouri, and its agencies, departments, agents, and employees acting within their respective areas of authority.