4.31.020 Definitions.
The following terms are defined by the state’s historic provisions in chapter 84.26 RCW and chapter 254-20 WAC and have special meaning in this chapter:
(1) "Actual cost of rehabilitation" means costs incurred within twenty-four months prior to the date of application for special valuation and directly resulting from one or more of the following:
(a) Improvements to an existing building located on or within the perimeters of the original structure;
(b) Improvements outside of, but directly attached to, the original structure that are necessary to make the building fully useable, but shall not include rentable/habitable floor space attributable to new construction;
(c) Architectural and engineering services attributable to the design of the improvements; or
(d) All costs defined as "qualified rehabilitation expenditures" for purposes of the federal historic preservation investment tax credit.
(2) "Certification of historic structure" is the process by which a determination is made that a structure within an historic district contributes to the significance of the historic district.
(3) "Commission" means the Snohomish County Historic Preservation Commission created by chapter 2.96 SCC.
(4) "Historic district" means historic property consisting of multiple buildings, structures, sites or objects located in proximity to one another and related in historic period or theme.
(5) "Historic property" means real property together with any improvements, except property listed in a register primarily for objects buried below ground, and is listed in the local register, certified by the United States Secretary of the Interior as provided in 16 U.S.C. 470, or listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
(6) "Local register" or "county register" means the Snohomish County Register of Historic Places created by chapter 30.32D SCC.
(7) "Local review board" as referenced in chapter 84.26 RCW and chapter 254-20 WAC for the special valuation of historic properties refers to the Snohomish County Historic Preservation Commission created in chapter 2.96 SCC.
(8) "Monitor" means to have the commission review proposed modification to properties listed on the local register in accordance with SCC 30.32D.080.
(9) "National Register of Historic Places" means the register maintained by the United States Secretary of the Interior composed of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects significant in American history, architectural history, archaeology, engineering, and culture.
(10) "Ordinary repair and maintenance" means work for which a permit issued by Snohomish County is not required by law, and where the purpose and effect of such work is to correct any deterioration or decay of, or damage to, the real property or structure appurtenances and to restore the same, as nearly as may be practicable, to the condition prior to the occurrence of such deterioration, decay, or damage.
(11) "Rehabilitation" means the process of returning a property to a state of utility through repair or alteration, that makes possible an efficient contemporary use while preserving those portions and features of the property and are significant to its architectural and cultural values.
(12) "Special valuation" means the determination of the assessed value of the historic property subtracting, for up to ten years, such cost as is approved by the commission. (Added by Amended Ord. 06-038, Dec. 13, 2006, Eff date Jan. 5, 2007).