20.08.010 Definitions.
The words and phrases designated in this section shall be defined for the purposes of this title as follows:
(1) “Abate” means to take whatever steps are deemed necessary by Clallam County to remove, stop, rehabilitate, demolish, or repair a condition which constitutes a public nuisance.
(2) “Appellant” means the party appealing a citation, notice and order, order to stop work, or Director’s decision on a request for certificate of correction.
(3) “Civil code violation” means and includes one or more of the following:
(a) An act or omission contrary to an ordinance of Clallam County that regulates or protects the public health, safety, environment, or use and development of land or water, whether or not the ordinance is codified; and
(b) An act or omission contrary to the conditions of any permit issued pursuant to any such ordinance, or a notice and order or stop work order issued pursuant to this title.
(4) “Department” means:
(a) The Clallam County Department of Community Development; or
(b) Such other department as the Clallam County Board of County Commissioners by ordinance authorizes to utilize this title.
(5) “Director” means, depending on the code violated:
(a) The Director of the Department of Community Development, and authorized representatives of the Director, including, but not limited to, enforcement officers and inspectors whose responsibility includes the detection and reporting of civil code violations;
(b) The Director and authorized representatives of such other department as the Clallam County Board of County Commissioners by ordinance authorizes to utilize this title; or
(c) Such other person as the Clallam County Board of County Commissioners by ordinance authorizes to utilize this title.
(6) “Hearing Examiner” means the Clallam County Hearing Examiner, as provided in Chapter 26.04 CCC, Hearing Examiner.
(7) “Mitigate” means to take measures, subject to Clallam County approval, to minimize the harmful effects of the violation where remediation is either impossible or unreasonably burdensome.
(8) “Permit” means any form of written certificate, approval, registration, license, or any other written permission issued by Clallam County.
(9) “Permit conditions” means the conditions of permit approval including but not limited to:
(a) The provisions of any mitigation plans, habitat management plans, and other special reports submitted and approved as part of the permit approval process;
(b) The easement and use limitations shown on the face of an approved final plat map which are intended to serve or protect the general public.
(10) “Person” means any individual, association, partnership, corporation, or legal entity, public or private, and the agents and assigns of the individual, association, partnership, corporation, or legal entity.
(11) “Person responsible for code compliance” means either the person who caused the violation, if that can be determined, or the owner, lessor, lessee, tenant, or other person entitled to control, use or occupy, or any combination of control, use or occupy, of the subject property, or both.
(12) “Remediate” means to restore a site to a condition that complies with regulatory requirements as they existed when the violation occurred; or, for sites that have been degraded under prior ownerships, restore to a condition that does not pose a threat to public health, safety, or environment.
(13) “Subject property” means the real property where the civil code violation has occurred or is occurring.