(1) “Conversion from forestry use/timber management” or “conversion” means any timber harvest requiring a Class IV general forest practice application (FPA) from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources as defined by RCW 76.09.050. This refers to the cutting and removal of trees for the purpose of converting forest land to a use incompatible with forestry use or commercial timber management. Reforestation (per Chapter 222-34 WAC) may not be required for these conversions. This term does not include COHP.

(2) “Conversion option harvest plan (COHP)” means a plan voluntarily developed by the landowner and approved by Clallam County, indicating the limits and types of harvest areas, size and type of trees to be retained, road locations, critical area buffers, and details including the location of the nonforest-related uses, if known. A COHP, when submitted to the Department of Natural Resources as part of the forest practice application and followed by the landowner, maintains the landowner’s option to convert to a use other than forest product production (releases the landowner from the six-year moratorium on future development).

(3) “Development moratorium” means a temporary prohibition by Clallam County of any and all applications for uses incompatible with forestry use for a period of time established in RCW 76.09.460. The development moratorium is six years outside of urban growth areas, and 10 years within UGAs, from when the FPA was required or obtained.

(4) “Continued forestry use/commercial timber management” refers to the cutting and removal of trees, requiring a Class II, Class III and Class IV special forest practice application (FPA) from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (as defined by RCW 76.09.050 and WAC 222-16-050), where the harvested areas are retained in timber management, required to meet Chapter 222-34 WAC reforestation requirements, and may be subject to a development moratorium.