(1) “Appellant” means a person, organization, association or other similar group who files a complete and timely appeal in accordance with Clallam County Code.

(2) “Applicant” means a person (or persons) who is the legal owner of the subject property or the representative authorized in writing of the owner of the subject property and who has applied for a land use permit. If a personal representative has been authorized in writing to proceed on behalf of the property owner with an application, the County shall deal exclusively with that representative as the primary contact for the application proposal.

(3) “Application” means any land use or environmental permit or license required from the County for a proposed development or action subject to this chapter, including, but not limited to, building permits subject to SEPA, zoning conditional use or variances, land divisions, shoreline substantial development permits or conditional uses or variances or exemptions, and critical areas permits.

(4) Closed Record Appeal. A “closed record appeal” is held by the appropriate decision-making body to act on such appeal on the record or decision following the conclusion of an open record hearing held on an application whereby the appeal involves a review of the record or decision with no new evidence or information allowed to be submitted unless it could not with reasonable diligence have been discovered and produced at the open record hearing. Only written appeal argument will be allowed by the person(s) filing such appeal, the applicant if different than the appellant, and any parties of record. Argument shall be based on the record. The closed record appeal is held at either a regularly or specially scheduled meeting by the appropriate authority to act on such appeal.

(5) “Complete application for processing” shall refer to a development application subject to this chapter, which has been determined by the review staff to contain the minimum application requirements specified under CCC 26.10.310. Determining an application to be complete for processing shall not prevent the review authority from requesting additional information relating to the proposal if that is necessary for reaching an informed decision.

(6) Days. All “days” mean calendar days unless otherwise specified.

(7) “Decision” means a final determination on a land use permit application by the designated decision-making body, or a final decision on other matters addressed by this chapter.

(8) “Decision-making body” means that officer or body prescribed by applicable County regulations as having the authority to approve, approve with conditions, or deny a project permit, or render a final decision, in accordance with adopted County land use regulations, or a final decision on other matters addressed by this chapter; this may include the Administrator of the applicable regulation, the Hearing Examiner or the Board of Clallam County Commissioners, as prescribed.

(9) Open Record Appeal Hearing. An “open record appeal hearing” is conducted by a single hearing body or officer as the appropriate decision-making body which is authorized by the Board of County Commissioners to conduct such hearing in accordance with the applicable regulation that creates the record through testimony and submission of evidence and information under procedures prescribed by the adopted regulation(s).

(10) “Open record hearing” means a hearing conducted by a single hearing body or officer as the appropriate decision-making body to conduct such hearing in accordance with the applicable regulation that creates the record through testimony and submission of evidence and information under procedures prescribed by the adopted regulation(s).

(11) “Parties of record” include the applicant and those persons who have provided oral testimony at an open record, land use hearing or who are parties to a final decision on other matters addressed by this chapter.

(12) “Permit type” means a categorization of different permits and actions into types due to similarity of procedures.

(13) Project Permit or Project Permit Application. See “Application.”

(14) Reconsideration. A request for “reconsideration” of the decision-making body’s decision may be made by any party of record in accordance with CCC 26.10.600 for the purposes of providing additional information or evidence on the application which was not available at the time of the public hearing or the date of decision, or for the purposes of clerical or factual corrections.

(15) “Record” means the oral testimony and written documents presented and accepted at an open record, land use hearing or submitted by parties for a final decision on other matters addressed by this chapter.

(16) “Vested application,” for the purposes of this chapter, means a permit application subject to the County regulations in effect on the date submitted, provided the said application is determined to be complete for processing pursuant to CCC 26.10.320. If further information is requested pursuant to CCC 26.10.320(2), vesting shall occur on the date on which the final information that results in a complete application for processing is submitted. The application shall be considered vested until final approval has been granted or the permit application has expired. The term “vested application” shall not in any way imply or otherwise indicate the granting of approval of a permit, or imply license to proceed with development related to the underlying vested application.