(1) The provisions in this chapter apply to all properties zoned R-5, except for R-5 zoned properties located within the boundaries of the Tulalip Reservation, designated Local Commercial Farmland in the comprehensive plan, or designated within the Rural/Urban Transition Area overlay in the comprehensive plan.

(2) The site for a rural village housing demonstration program development shall be a minimum of 100 contiguous acres under the same ownership or control prior to the effective date of this chapter. For purposes of this chapter, "contiguous acres" are those acres that are physically contiguous and do not include sites with two or more lobes of land that are connected by an area less than 100 feet wide, which absent such connection would be discontiguous.

(3) Applications for a rural village housing demonstration program development shall be submitted no later than two years after the effective date of this chapter. Applications under the program shall expire four years after submittal unless approval has been obtained.

(4) Approved applications shall commence construction within five years of receiving approval, otherwise the approved application shall expire. The department may grant a one-time two-year extension of an approved application. The applicant must submit the extension request to the department prior to the expiration. The applicant shall pay a fee for the extension pursuant to SCC 30.86.150. Approved site plans for which construction has commenced shall remain in effect after chapter 30.41H SCC has been repealed.

(5) Rural village housing demonstration program developments shall comply with all applicable provisions of title 30 SCC, except as modified in this chapter. Where there is a conflict between a provision of this chapter and a provision in another chapter in this title, the provisions of this chapter shall apply. (Added by Ord. 23-051, June 14, 2023, Eff date June 26, 2023).