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Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section shall apply throughout this chapter.

(1) "Parties of record" means for each appeal:

(a) The appellant;

(b) All persons, county departments and/or public agencies who testified at the appeal hearing;

(c) All persons, county departments and/or public agencies who individually submitted written comments concerning the specific matter into the hearing record prior to the close of the appeal hearing (excluding persons who have only signed petitions or mechanically produced form letters); and

(d) All persons, county departments and/or public agencies who specifically request notice of decision by entering their name and mailing address on a register provided for such purpose at the appeal hearing.

A party of record to an application/appeal shall remain such through subsequent county proceedings involving the same appeal; PROVIDED a new parties of record register shall be started whenever an appeal comes on for supplementary hearing 18 or more months after the most recent examiner decision was issued. The county may cease mailing material to any party of record whose mail is returned by the postal service as undeliverable.

(2) "Principal party" means the applicant (if any), the appellant and the respondent in a matter pending before the examiner, county council or county board of health.

(3) "Appeal hearing" means a hearing that creates the record on an appeal through testimony and submission of evidence and information.

(4) "Administrator" means the administrator of the office of hearings administration.

(5) "Office" means the office of hearings administration created by this chapter.

(6) "Examiner" means the hearing examiner or a deputy examiner or examiner pro tem appointed by the council as provided in this chapter.

(7) "Exempt personnel system" means the conditions of employment under the provisions of chapter 3.68 SCC and amendments thereto. (Added by Amended Ord. 90-174 § 3, Nov. 14, 1990; Amended by Amended Ord. 92-075, July 22, 1992; Amended by Amended Ord. 96-003 § 9, Feb. 21, 1996, Eff date Apr. 1, 1996; Amended by Ord. 02-098, Dec. 9, 2002, Eff date Feb. 1, 2003; Amended by Amended Ord. 13-043, June 19, 2013, Eff date Jan. 1, 2014; Amended by Amended Ord. 22-061, Oct. 26, 2022, Eff date Dec. 31, 2022).