Article VII Definitions

Development. The division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels; the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation, or enlargement of any structure; any mining, excavation, grading, landfill, drainage, removal of vegetation, or disturbance of land or water; and use of land or water or the intensification or extension of the use of land or water.

For the purposes of administering RMC Chapter 3.10, Impact Fees, and RZC 21.29, Transportation Standards, “development” shall mean, in addition to the activities in the previous paragraph, any change in the use of a building or structure, or any changes in the use of land, where the construction, expansion, or change, when occupied or used for its intended purpose, has adverse impacts on, and may create additional demand and need for public facilities, programs, projects, or services, including fire, park, school or transportation facilities, programs, projects, or services.

For the purposes of administering RZC 21.64.040, Frequently Flooded Areas, development shall mean any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations, storage of equipment or materials, subdivision of land, removal of substantial amounts of vegetation, or alteration of natural site characteristics.

(Ord. 2652)

Effective on: 4/16/2011