11-1201. Definitions
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. " Landowner" means any owner of a legal or equitable interest in real property, including the heirs, devisees, successors, assigns and personal representative of the owner, or a representative authorized by a landowner to submit to a county a development application for a property for approval.
2. " Property" means all real property subject to zoning regulations and restrictions by a county.
3. " Protected development right" means the right to undertake and complete the development and use of property under the terms and conditions of a protected development right plan established pursuant to this article, without compliance with subsequent changes in zoning regulations and development standards, except as provided by section 11-1204.
4. " Protected development right plan" means a plan submitted by a landowner to a county, which, if approved by the board of supervisors of the county and if identified as a protected development right plan at the time it is submitted, grants the landowner, for a specified period of time, a protected development right to undertake and complete the development as shown on the plan. The protected development right plan shall be submitted to a county for site development approval. A protected development right plan for a phased development shall be in the form of a plan for a master plan development which may include a plan for a planned unit development, planned community development or district, planned residential development or district or planned area development or district if such land use category or district is recognized and provided for in the zoning ordinance of the county. A protected development right plan for a nonphased development must provide the final site development approval needed for issuance of a building permit.
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