32.04.010 Definitions.

(1)    “Commercial/noncommercial ventures” as used in this title shall have the following meanings: Any person engaged in the development, management, sale, rental or use of property solely for the purpose of residential occupancy by such person or such person’s immediate family shall be deemed to be engaged in a noncommercial venture. All other persons shall be deemed to be engaged in commercial ventures.

(2)    “Director” as used in this title shall mean the director of public works, director of community development, or director of public health, or such other person as the county council shall by ordinance authorize to utilize the provisions of this title and shall also include any duly authorized representative of such director. “Director” shall also mean the “local health officer” as that term is used in Chapter 70.05 RCW.

(3)    “Hearing examiner” as used in this title shall mean the person or tribunal appointed by the board of county commissioners to hear appeals or any appeal under this title or his duly authorized representative.

(4)    “Land disturbing activity” as used in this title shall mean any activity that results in a change to the existing soil cover, both vegetative and nonvegetative, or existing soil topography. Land disturbing activities include, but are not limited to: demolition, construction, clearing, grading, filling or excavation.

(5)    “Land use ordinance” as used in this title shall include this title and any other existing or future ordinance or resolution of the county which regulates the use and development of land, including but not limited to zoning regulations, subdivision regulations, short subdivision regulations, signing regulations, land disturbing activity, erosion control and water quality regulations and all building, fire and construction codes. “Land use ordinance” shall also include any existing or future law of the State Legislature which regulates the use of and development of land, including but not limited to: the State Subdivision Law, Chapter 58.17 RCW; the Shorelines Management Act, Chapter 43.51 RCW; and the Solid Waste Management Act, Chapter 70.95 RCW. This title shall be construed as, and is intended to be enacted as, a regulation adopted pursuant to any such state law and pursuant to Art. II, Sec. 11, Washington State Constitution.

(6)    “Nuisance” as used in this title is defined as the commission of any unlawful act or the failure to perform a duty, which act or omission either annoys, injures or endangers the comfort, repose, health or safety of others, offends decency, or unlawfully interferes with, obstructs, or tends to obstruct, or renders dangerous for passage, any lake or navigable river, bay, stream, canal or basin, or any public park, square, street or highway; or in any way renders other persons insecure in life or in the use of property.

(7)    “Person” as used in this title shall include any natural person, organization, corporation or partnership and their agents or assigns.

(8)    “Public nuisance” as used in this title is defined as a nuisance which affects the rights of an entire community or neighborhood, although the extent of the nuisance may be unequal.

(9)    “Public health ordinance” as used in this title shall include this ordinance and any other existing or future ordinance or resolution of the county and rules and regulations of the board of health or the county commissioners which regulate the public health, which may be enforced by the local health officer or by the director where applicable, such as health and sanitation regulations, solid waste regulations, rabies control regulations, water and sewer systems regulations, uniform regulations required pursuant to Chapter 19.27 RCW and board of health rules and regulations pertaining to food service establishments and on-site sewage disposal systems. The term shall also include state laws of a similar nature, and this title shall be construed as, and is intended to be enacted as, a regulation adopted pursuant to said laws of Art. II, Sec. 11, Washington State Constitution. (Sec. 1 of Ord. 1977-12-51; amended by Sec. 1 of Ord. 1982-03-07; amended by Sec. 10 of Ord. 1990-02-23; amended by Sec. 2 of Ord. 1993-03-17; amended by Sec. 17 of Ord. 2009-10-19; amended by Sec. 1 (Att. A § 2) of Ord. 2011-08-08; amended by Sec. 15 of Ord. 2018-01-09)