For the purposes of Articles 1, 2, and 3 of this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in Articles 1, 2, and 3 of this chapter are defined as follows:
(a) “Party” shall mean any person disclosed by an application or the records of the County or an officer thereof to have an interest or possible interest in the subject matter of a hearing.
(b) “Person” shall mean any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, company, or the County, or an officer or department head thereof. (Rule 42, Ord. 555)