C. In establishing time frames, counties shall consider all of the following:

1. 1. The complexity of the licensing subject matter.
2. 2. The resources of the county.
3. 3. The economic impact of delay on the regulated community.
4. 4. The impact of the licensing decision on public health and safety.
5. 5. The possible use of volunteers with expertise in the subject matter area.
6. 6. The possible increased use of general licenses for similar types of licensed businesses or facilities.
7. 7. The possible increased cooperation between the county and the regulated community.

8. 8. Increased county flexibility in structuring the licensing process and personnel including:

   1. (a) Adult businesses and other licenses that are related to the first amendment.
   2. (b) Master planned communities.
   3. (c) Suspension of the substantive and overall time frames for purposes including delays caused by the need for public hearings, state or federal licenses or approvals from public utilities on residential or commercial development projects.
9. 9. That the substantive review time frames and overall time frames do not include the time required for an applicant to obtain other noncounty licenses or to participate in meetings as required by law.

J. Unless a county and an applicant for a license mutually agree to extend the substantive review time frame and the overall time frame pursuant to subsection I of this section, a county shall issue a written or electronic notice granting or denying a license to an applicant. If a county denies or withdraws an application for a license, the county shall include in the written or electronic notice at least the following information:

1. 1. Justification for the denial or withdrawal with references to the statutes, ordinances, regulations, substantive policy statements or delegation agreements on which the denial or withdrawal is based.
2. 2. An explanation of the applicant's right to appeal the denial or withdrawal. The explanation shall include the number of working days in which the applicant must file a protest challenging the denial or withdrawal and the name and telephone number of a county contact person who can answer questions regarding the appeals process.
3. 3. An explanation of the applicant's right to resubmit the application, the total amount of fees that will be assessed if the applicant resubmits the application and the method in which those fees were calculated.

M. This section does not apply to a license that is either:

1. 1. Issued within seven working days after receipt of the initial application or a permit that expires within twenty-one working days after issuance.
2. 2. Necessary for the construction or development of a residential lot, including swimming pools, hardscape and property walls, subdivisions or master planned community.

N. For the purposes of this section:

1. 1. "Master planned community" means development by one or more developers of real estate that consists of residential, commercial, education, health care, open space and recreational components and that is developed pursuant to a long-range, multiphase master plan providing comprehensive land use planning and staged implementation and development.
2. 2. "Subdivision" means improved or unimproved land or lands divided for the purposes of financing, sale or lease, whether immediate or future, into four or more lots, tracts or parcels of land, or, if a new street is involved, any such property that is divided into two or more lots, tracts or parcels of land, or, any such property, the boundaries of which have been fixed by a recorded plat, which is divided into more than two parts. Subdivision includes any condominium, cooperative, community apartment, townhouse or similar project containing four or more parcels, in which an undivided interest in the land is coupled with the right of exclusive occupancy of any unit located thereon, but plats of such projects need not show the buildings or the manner in which the buildings or airspace above the property shown on the plat are to be divided.