A. “Applicant” means the person or entity proposing a project. “Applicant” includes private or public entities. The applicant shall be the owner of land or authorized representative. “Applicant” includes the entity or person for which an authorized representative is submitting an application.

B. “Application” means a written request to the city to issue a land use permit. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, “application” refers to a “complete application.”

C. “Complete application” means an application that is technically complete and meets all requirements for a determination of completeness.

D. “Consolidated process” means a single project review process for all land use permits subject to the procedural requirements of this title, including the individual procedure option in Section 15.02.050. It does not necessarily refer to consolidating land use permits with all other permits that might be required for a project.

E. “Days” are in calendar days, including weekends and holidays. If a deadline falls on a weekend or federal, state, or city holiday, the deadline shall be extended to the close of the next business day at the applicable city office. When computing time periods, the first day shall be the date from which the designated period of time begins to run (such as the “permit date” or the date that notice is posted or mailed).

F. “Open public hearing” means the open record hearing under RCW 36.70B.020(3). An open public hearing may be held in order to render a project permit recommendation or decision (predecision hearing) or after a determination on which there is an administrative appeal (appeal hearing).

G. “Permit” means any form of written permission given to any person, organization, or agency to engage in a specific activity. A permit includes all or part of an agency permit, license, certificate, approval, registration, entitlement, or other authorization to facilitate a particular proposal.

H. “Permit date” means the date the last city staff member or official executes the project permit document (or in the case of shoreline conditional use or variance permits, the date the permit is executed by the Washington State Department of Ecology). The permit date normally appears on the face of the permit. For Review Process III, the permit date typically will be the date of the hearing examiner decision or city council ordinance, unless there is a project permit administratively signed and issued by city staff to the applicant on that decision.

I. “Project permit” means any land use or environmental permit or license required from the city of Everett for a project action, including but not limited to building permits, subdivisions, binding site plans, unit lot subdivisions, planned unit developments, conditional uses, shoreline substantial development permits, permits or approvals required by critical area ordinances, site-specific rezones authorized by a comprehensive plan or subarea plan, but excluding the adoption of amendment of a comprehensive plan, subarea plan, or development regulations, except as otherwise specifically included in this subsection. A SEPA determination is not a permit; a project permit typically includes any conditions required as a result of SEPA review, as provided by this title. A project permit does not include nonproject actions as defined in the SEPA ordinance (Chapter 19.43). Also see “land use permit.” Preapplication documents and early conceptual review, such as site plan review, do not require open public hearings and are not project permits under this title.

J. “Public hearing or meeting” means an informal meeting, hearing, workshop, or other public gathering of people to obtain comments from the public or other agencies on a proposed project permit prior to the city’s project permit decision. A “public meeting or hearing” is distinguished from the single “open public hearing” that creates the record in a final project permit recommendation or decision or an administrative appeal under this title. A public meeting or hearing may be required by law and may include certain formalities, such as a public hearing on an environmental impact statement. (Ord. 3774-20 § 3 (Exh. 2), 2020.)