The words and terms used in these guidelines and regulations for administration of areas and activities of State and local interest shall have the meanings set forth below unless the context requires otherwise:

   "Administrator" or "Pueblo County Land Use Administrator" means the Director of the Pueblo County Department of Planning and Development.

   "Administration" or "Pueblo County Land Use Administration" means the Director of the Pueblo County Department of Planning and Development and his or her staff.

   "Designation" is that legal procedure specified by C.R.S. §24-65.1--101, et seq., as amended, and is carried out by the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Pueblo.

   "Development" means any construction and also means any activity which in any way changes or modifies the basic character or use of the land on which the activity occurs.

   "Legal description" is any description from which it is possible to locate accurately on the ground the boundaries of the land being described.

   "Matter of State and local interest" means an area of State and local interest or an activity of State and local interest or both.

   "Permit authority" means the body designated in Section 17.148.360 of this chapter.

   "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, company or other public or corporate body, including the federal government, and includes any political subdivision, agency, instrumentality or corporation of the State.

   "Receipt of application" means the acceptance by the permit authority of an application as complete.

   "Regulation" means both regulation and guideline as the terms are used in C.R.S. §24-65.1--101, et seq., as amended. "Regulation" shall also mean and include the term "Approval Criteria."