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F. "Complete application"means an application that is technically complete and meets all requirements for a determination of completeness. G. "Consolidated process"means a single project review process for all land use permits subject to the procedural requirements of this Ordinance, including the individual procedure option in Chapter 5, Section 2.A. It does not necessarily refer to consolidating land use permits with all other permits that might be required for a project. H. "Director"means the Director of the Department of Planning and Community Development or successor agency and his/her designee. I. "Examiner"means the City's Land Use Hearing Examiner established under EMC 2.23. J. "Land division"means all forms of division of land governed by this Ordinance, such as subdivisions, short subdivisions, cluster subdivisions and cluster short subdivisions, binding site plans, boundary line adjustments, subdivision alternations and vacations, subdivision variances. For purposes of project review under this Ordinance, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the terms "land division" and"subdivision" include the term"plat,"which refers to the map of a land division. K. "Land use permit"means a permit, decision, or determination listed under Review Processes I through VI and does not include building or similar construction- level permits. L. "Open public hearing"means the open record hearing under RCW 36.70B.020(3). An open public hearing may be held in order to render a project permit recommendation or decision(predecision hearing) or after a determination on which there is an administrative appeal (appeal hearing). M. "Other agencies"means any governmental official or body with jurisdiction by law, including federal, tribal, state,regional, or local entities. N. "Permit"means any form of written permission given to any person, organization, or agency to engage in a specific activity. A permit includes all or part of an agency permit, license, certificate, approval, registration, entitlement, or other authorization to facilitate a particular proposal. O. "Permit date"means the date the last City staff member or official executes the project permit document(or in the case of shoreline conditional use or variance permits, the date the permit is executed by the Washington State Department of Ecology). The permit date normally appears on the face of the permit. For Review Process III, the permit date typically will be the date of the Hearing Examiner decision or City Council ordinance, unless there is a project permit administratively signed and issued by City staff to the applicant on that decision. 4