"Development"means any activity upon the land consisting of construction or alteration of structures, earth movement, dredging, dumping, grading, filling, mining, removal of any sand, gravel, or minerals, driving of piles, drilling operations, bulkheading, clearing of vegetation, or other land disturbance. Development includes the storage or use of equipment or materials inconsistent with the existing use. Development also includes approvals issued by the city that binds land to specific patterns of use, including, but not limited to, subdivisions, zone changes, conditional use permits and binding site plans. Development activity does not include the following activities:
A. Interior building improvements.
B. Exterior structure maintenance activities, including painting and roofing.
C. Routine landscape maintenance of established, ornamental landscaping, such as lawn mowing, pruning and weeding.
D. Maintenance of following existing facilities that does not expand the affected area: septic tanks (routine cleaning); wells; individual utility service connections; and individual cemetery plots in established and approved cemeteries.
(Ord. 20-05 § 1(part), 2020; Ord. 13-02 § 1(part), 2013; Ord. 1511 § 1(part), 2003)