The terms defined in this Chapter apply to each Title set forth in PCC 18.20.020, Applicability, including but not limited to General Provisions, Zoning, Signs, Environmental, Critical Areas, Forest Practices, Natural Resource Lands, Design Standards and Guidelines, Subdivisions and Platting, and Shoreline Management. In certain circumstances, a term may only apply to an individual Title or Chapter. In these cases, see the individual Title or Chapter for that definition. Any inconsistency in definitions between Titles or Chapters shall be resolved in favor of the later adopted definition.

Any word or phrase not listed in this Chapter which is in question when administering the Development Regulations shall be defined from one of the following sources which are incorporated herein by reference. Said sources shall be utilized by finding the desired definition from source number one, but if it is not available there, then source number two may be used, and so on. The sources are as follows: