A. Compliance Required: Beginning the effective date hereof and subsequent amendments, all development of land in the County shall be in conformance with the terms of this Title and other applicable regulations. Any development not in conformity with these regulations shall be regarded as nonconforming, but may be continued, subject to the regulations provided in Section 8-1-10 of this Chapter.
B. Development Defined: Except as otherwise provided, "development" means the commencement of any building or mining operation, the making of a change in the use or appearance of any structure or land, the parceling of land into one or more lots and the creation or termination of rights of access or riparian rights. Development includes all other activities customarily associated with it unless otherwise specified. Reference to any specific operation as not involving development is not intended to mean that the operation or activity when part of other operations or activities is not development. Reference to particular operations is not intended to limit the generality of subsection C of this Section.
C. Activities Or Uses Considered Development: The following activities or uses shall be considered "development" as defined in this Section:
1. Change In Use: A change in the use of a structure or land or a change from one class of use to a use in another class;
2. Reconstruction, Alteration Of Building: A reconstruction, alteration of the size or structural alteration of a building or structure;
3. Increase In Intensity Of Use: An increase in the intensity of use of land such as an increase in the number of businesses, manufacturing establishments, office or dwelling units in a structure or on a parcel of land;
4. Mining Or Excavation: Commencement of mining or excavation on a parcel of land;
5. Fill: Deposit of refuse or soils to fill a parcel of land;
6. Alteration Of Shore, Bank Or Flood Plain: Alteration of a shore, bank or flood plain of a river, stream, lake, pond or artificial bodies of water;
7. Reestablishment Of Use: Reestablishment of a use which has been abandoned for one year;
8. Residential subdivisions;
9. Departure From Normal Use: Departure from the normal use for which development permission has been granted or failure to comply with the conditions of this Title or order granting the development permission under which the development was commenced or is continued.
D. Operations Not Considered Development: The following operations or uses do not constitute development for the purposes of this Title:
1. Maintenance, Improvement Of Public Road, Railroad Track: The maintenance or improvement of a public road or railroad track not involving engineering redesign if the work is carried out on land within the boundaries of the right of way;
2. Work By Utility: Work by any utility not involving engineering redesign for the purpose of inspection, repair, renewal or construction on established right of ways of any sewer, mains, pipes, cables, utility tunnels, powerlines, towers, poles tracks or the like;
3. Work On Interior Of Structure; Change Of Exterior Color: Work for the maintenance, renewal, improvement or alteration of any structure if the work affects only the interior or the color of the structure or decoration of the exterior of the structure but does not otherwise result in a structural alteration;
4. Transfer Of Title: A transfer of title to land not involving the division of land into parcels;
5. Agreements: The creation of lease agreements or other agreements of possession for existing parcels of land;
6. Easements; Covenants: The creation or termination of easements, covenants concerning development of land or other rights in land not otherwise involving development. (Amd. Ord., 5-25-1993)