30.70.300 Vesting of applications.
The purpose of this section is to implement local vesting regulations that are best suited to the needs of the county and consistent with state law. This section is intended to provide property owners, permit applicants, and the general public assurance that the regulations for project development will remain consistent during the life of an application. This section is modified by SCC 30.70.310.
(1) Except for rezones, an application for a permit or approval type set forth in SCC Table 30.70.140(1) shall be considered under the development regulations in effect on the date a complete application is filed, pursuant to SCC 30.70.040. Provided, that projects under the authority of the director of the department of public works, the county engineer, or the director of the department of conservation and natural resources pursuant to SCC 30.63B.100 shall vest as of the date the county engineer or the surface water management engineering manager approves a design report or memorandum for the project.
(2) Building permit or land disturbing activity permit applications that are subsequent and related to the development identified in an application listed in SCC 30.70.300(2)(a) through (n), shall vest to the development regulations in effect at the time a complete application listed in SCC 30.70.300(2)(a) through (n) is filed pursuant to SCC 30.70.040.
(b) Administrative site plan (pursuant to chapter 30.23A SCC);
(c) Binding site plan;
(d) Conditional use permit;
(e) Official site plan and site plan (pursuant to chapters 30.31A and 30.31B SCC);
(k) Short subdivision;
(l) Subdivision;
(m) Urban center development;
(n) Cottage housing (pursuant to chapter 30.41G SCC).
However, a complete application for any subsequent application must be submitted prior to the expiration date of the permit(s) or approval(s) applied for in the application types listed in this subsection.
(3) For the purpose of this section, "development regulation" means those provisions of Title 30 SCC that exercise a restraining or directing influence over land, including provisions that control or affect the type, degree, or physical attributes of land development or use. For the purpose of this section, "development regulation" does not include fees listed in Title 30 SCC or procedural regulations.
(4) A complete building permit application shall always be subject to that version of subtitle 30.5 SCC in effect at the time the building permit application is submitted.
(5) Notwithstanding any other provision in this section, any application dependent on approval of a rezone application shall not vest until the underlying rezone is approved. (Added by Amended Ord. 16-004, Mar. 16, 2016, Eff date Apr. 1, 2016; Amended by Amended Ord. 16-073, Dec. 21, 2016, Eff date Feb. 19, 2017; Amended by Amended Ord. 20-081, Jan. 20, 2021, Eff date Jan. 30, 2021; Amended by Amended Ord. 21-008, Apr. 7, 2021, Eff date Apr. 22, 2021).