(A) In general, the singular number shall include the plural, and the plural the singular; the word “building” shall include the word “structure”; the word “used” shall include arranged, designed, constructed, altered, converted, rented, leased, or intended to be used; and the word “shall” is mandatory and not directory. “Now” shall mean at the time of the adoption of this subchapter; “hereafter” shall mean after the date on which the intent to adopt this subchapter was first advertised.
(B) For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
BUDGET OFFICER. The Director of the Development Management and Budget, or its successor agency, for the Carroll County.
BUILDING PERMIT. A written statement issued by the Bureau of Permits and Inspections, or its successor agency, authorizing buildings and structures in accordance with the provisions of the Building Code of the county; or any permit authorizing construction in the county issued by any jurisdiction in the county.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. Land acquisition, site development, equipment, or facilities for public facilities. The phrase CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS also includes school construction projects, liquid or solid waste facility construction projects, road, drain and bridge projects, public building projects, reservoir construction projects, and park and recreation construction projects contained in the adopted county capital budget and six-year community investment plan.
CARROLL COUNTY. The geographic area within the corporate limits of Carroll County.
DEVELOPER. Any person, firm, corporation, cooperative, or any combination thereof, or any other entity, irrespective of nomenclature, which is undertaking or participating in the development of any property, land or subdivision of land; or in the construction, enlargement, placement, or establishment of buildings on any lot, tract, or parcel of land, thereby engaging in the developing of land for the purpose of providing a dwelling unit or units.
DEVELOPMENT. Any activity, other than normal agricultural activity, which materially affects the existing condition or use of any land or structure and results in the construction, establishment, or placement of a dwelling unit or units on the land.
FINANCE OFFICER. The Comptroller for Carroll County.
PERSON. An individual man, woman, or child or a body of persons whether incorporated or not and shall include a firm, association, organization, partnership, trust, company, or corporation, as well as an individual, and does not include a county, state, or federal governmental entity, or a church or nonprofit hospital.
SOLID WASTE FACILITY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. Any service, facility or property (real or personal), used or useful, or having present capacity for future use in connection with the collection or disposal of solid wastes by any means, including disposal through the production of energy or products. The phrase SOLID WASTE FACILITY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT includes land, buildings, structures, machinery, equipment, rail or motor vehicles, barges, boats, and all properties and rights therein and appurtenances thereof, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other interests in land; all land and facilities which are functionally related and subordinate to a solid waste project; and all patents, licenses, and other rights necessary or useful in the construction or operation of a solid waste project. The phrase also includes any service, facility, or property, used or useful, or having present capacity for future use in connection with:
(a) The transportation, transference, compaction, burial, incineration, reduction, composting, collection, storage, treatment, utilization, processing, or final disposition of solid wastes;
(b) The conversion of solid wastes to fuel, steam, electricity, energy, or other resources or the generation of steam, electricity, or other forms of energy from fuel which is derived, or is otherwise related to solid wastes;
(c) The reconstruction, conversion, or other recycling of solid wastes into materials which are not solid wastes, or which are useful or marketable; or
(d) Any combination of the foregoing (whether such facilities are located on a single site).
SOLID WASTES. All waste materials, whether solid, liquid, or gas, including garbage, rubbish, ashes, incinerator residue, wastewater treatment residue, street cleanings, dead animals, demolition and construction debris, household appliances, automobile bodies, offal, paunch manure, methane or other gases, sewage sludge, and solid or gaseous waste materials from commercial, agricultural, industrial, or community activities.
SQUARE FEET. Gross square feet regardless of habitability or usefulness of occupancy.
STRUCTURE. As defined in the Carroll County Construction Codes.
(2004 Code, § 102-1) (Ord. 165, passed 11-18-1998)