Chapter 20.04
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections:
20.04.030 Rules of interpretation.
20.04.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this title is to set forth procedures for administering the development code, including procedures to combine and consolidate the application, review, and approval processes for all land development permits in the town of Friday Harbor in order to comply with the procedural requirements of Chapter 36.70B RCW. (Ord. 1219 § 1, 2003; Ord. 1119 § 1, 1999)
20.04.020 Title.
This title shall be known as the development code administration ordinance and may be cited as such. (Ord. 1119 § 2, 1999)
20.04.030 Rules of interpretation.
A. All words used in the development code shall have their normal and customary meanings, unless specifically defined otherwise in the code.
B. Words used in the present tense include the future.
C. The plural includes the singular and vice versa.
D. The words “will” and “shall” are mandatory.
E. The word “may” indicates that discretion is allowed.
F. The word “used” includes designed, intended, or arranged to be used.
G. The masculine gender includes the feminine and vice versa.
H. Distances shall be measured horizontally unless otherwise specified.
I. The word “building” includes a portion of a building and that portion of the lot on which it stands. (Ord. 1119 § 3, 1999)
20.04.040 Definitions.
For the purpose of this title, the terms set out in this section shall have the meanings indicated.
A. “Administrator” means the town administrator, or his designee, as provided for in Chapter 2.08 FHMC as amended from time to time.
B. “Applicant” means the person owning land, or the development rights to land, on which a development project is to be located.
C. “Code” means the Friday Harbor Municipal Code, being a codified compilation of the duly enacted ordinances of the town, also referred to herein as “FHMC.”
D. “Development” means those activities which are regulated by the ordinances which are codified in FHMC Titles 15 through 19.
E. “Development code” means those ordinances which are codified in FHMC Titles 15 through 19, as administered by FHMC Title 20.
F. “Land use certificate” means the document issued by the administrator giving permission for development or use of land or street right-of-way in accordance with the provisions of this code and which contains the record of all land use decisions made by the town in regard to a parcel or portion thereof.
G. “Party of record” means any person who has testified at a public hearing or has submitted a written statement related to a development action and who provides the town with a complete address.
H. “Permit” means the approval given by the town for any development.
I. “Permit coordinator” means that staff person designated by the administrator to have day-to-day responsibility for coordinating the processing of land development permit applications.
J. “Project” means a specific proposal for the development or use of land.
K. “Public hearing” means a hearing before the town council at which the staff, the applicant, and the public present information on a record to be maintained and upon which a development permit decision is to be made.
L. “Rezone” means a site specific change to the zoning designation map which is set forth as Exhibit A to the town’s land use ordinance. (Ord. 1219 § 2, 2003; Ord. 1119 § 4, 1999)