9-1201. 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 city or town a
development application for a property for approval.
2. "Property" means all real property subject to zoning regulations and
restrictions by a city or town.
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 and this article, without compliance with subsequent changes in zoning
regulations and development standards, except as provided by section 9-1204.
4. "Protected development right plan" means a plan submitted by a landowner to a
city or town, that, if approved by the legislative body of the city or town 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 city or town for site development approval. A protected
development right plan for a phased development shall be in the form of a plan for a
master planned development which may include 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 city or town. 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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