(a) In this part the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) 'Agent' means a person that is: (1) hired or retained by a business entity that is an applicant with an application before the governing body to provide services, for compensation, relating to the application; and (2) (i) an attorney; (ii) an architect or a landscape architect; (iii) a traffic consultant; (iv) an engineer; or (v) a traffic engineer. (c) 'Aggrieved party' means: (1) a property owner whose property: (i) adjoins, fronts, or is located near the subject property; or (ii) is located within sight or sound of the subject property; or (2) an individual located within the same subdivision as the subject property or who lives up to three–quarters of a mile by road or otherwise one–half mile away from the subject property. (d) (1) 'Applicant' means a person that is: (i) a title owner or contract purchaser of land that is the subject of an application; (ii) a trustee who has an interest in land that is the subject of an application, excluding trustees described in a mortgage or deed of trust; or (iii) a holder of at least a 10% interest in land that is the subject of an application. in land that is the subject of an application, excluding trustees described in a mortgage or deed of trust; or (iii) a holder of at least a 10% interest in land that is the subject of an application. (2) 'Applicant' includes a person who is an officer or a director of a corporation that actually holds title to the land, or is a contract purchaser of the land, that is the subject of an application. (3) 'Applicant' does not include: (i) a financial institution that has loaned money or extended financing for the acquisition, development, or construction of or improvements on the land that is the subject of an application; (ii) a municipal corporation or public corporation; (iii) a public authority; (iv) an electric company or electric supplier applying for a certificate of public convenience and necessity under § 7–207 or § 7–208 of the Public Utilities Article; or (v) a person who is hired or retained as an accountant, an attorney, an architect, an engineer, a land use consultant, an economic consultant, a real estate agent, a real estate broker, a traffic consultant, or a traffic engineer. tained as an accountant, an attorney, an architect, an engineer, a land use consultant, an economic consultant, a real estate agent, a real estate broker, a traffic consultant, or a traffic engineer. (e) 'Application' means: (1) an application for a zoning map amendment as part of a piecemeal or floating zone rezoning proceeding; (2) a formal application for a comprehensive map planning change or zoning change during the county comprehensive land use plan update; (3) an application for a map amendment to the county water and sewerage plan; (4) a request made under § 4–416 of the Local Government Article for the governing body to approve the placement of annexed land in a zoning classification that allows a land use that is substantially different from the use for the land authorized in the zoning classification of the county applicable at the time of annexation; or (5) an application to create a district or an easement or any other interest in real property as part of an agricultural land preservation program. (f) 'Business entity' means: (1) a corporation; (2) a limited liability company; (3) a partnership; or (4) a sole proprietorship. n real property as part of an agricultural land preservation program. (f) 'Business entity' means: (1) a corporation; (2) a limited liability company; (3) a partnership; or (4) a sole proprietorship. (g) 'Candidate' means a candidate for County Executive or County Council who becomes an elected official. (h) 'Contribution' means a payment or transfer of money or property worth at least $100, calculated cumulatively during the pendency of the application, to a candidate or a treasurer or political committee of a candidate. (i) 'Governing body' means the governing body of Frederick County. (j) 'Partnership' includes: (1) a general partnership; (2) a joint venture; (3) a limited liability limited partnership; (4) a limited liability partnership; or (5) a limited partnership. (k) 'Party of record' means a person that participated in a proceeding on an application before the governing body by appearing at a public hearing or filing a statement in an official record. (l) 'Pendency of the application' means the time between the acceptance by the County Department of Planning and Zoning of a filing of an application and the earlier of: (1) 2 years after the acceptance of the application; plication' means the time between the acceptance by the County Department of Planning and Zoning of a filing of an application and the earlier of: (1) 2 years after the acceptance of the application; or (2) the expiration of 30 days after: (i) the governing body has taken final action on the application; or (ii) the application is withdrawn. (m) 'Political committee' means a committee specifically created to promote the candidacy of a member of the governing body who is running for an elective office. (n) 'Treasurer' has the meaning stated in § 1–101 of the Election Law Article.
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