For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DEVELOPED PROPERTY. A parcel of real property, or portion thereof, on which improvements have been constructed. Improvements include, but are not limited to, buildings, structures, parking lots, and outside storage.
NON-RESIDENTIAL UNIT. A developed property which is primarily not for personal domestic accommodation, including, but not limited to, business or commercial enterprise. A non-residential structure which provides facilities for one or more businesses or tenants, including, but not limited to, permanent provisions for access to the public, shall have each distinct unit or tenancy considered as a separate NON-RESIDENTIAL UNIT. A business that leases storage space does not create separate units for each storage space so long as the lease does not provide for general public access to the storage space from which the lessee runs a business.
PERSON. A natural person, unincorporated association, tenancy in common, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, cooperative, trust, governmental agency (including the state but excluding the City), or other entity in law or in fact.
RESIDENTIAL UNIT. A developed property primarily used for personal domestic accommodation which provides complete individual living facilities for one or more persons, including, but not limited to, permanent provisions for living, sleeping, and sanitation. A home business within a RESIDENTIAL UNIT is not a separate non-residential unit. An accessory dwelling unit on a parcel is a separate RESIDENTIAL UNIT. Each individual dwelling unit within a multi-family residential property, condominium, or mobile home park is a separate RESIDENTIAL UNIT. A business that provide long term assisted living care, including, but not limited to, a long-term care facility, but that does not provide full individualized living facilities for each dwelling unit is a single non-residential unit, not separate residential units. Transient lodging is not a RESIDENTIAL UNIT.
RESPONSIBLE PARTY. The person owing the public safety fee. Unless another RESPONSIBLE PARTY has agreed in writing to pay the public safety fee and a copy of that writing is filed with the City, the person(s) paying the City’s utility charges is the RESPONSIBLE PARTY. If there is no service to or billing for the developed property or if service or billing has been discontinued, the RESPONSIBLE PARTY is the person(s) having the right to occupy the property.
TRANSIENT LODGING. A hotel, motel, or inn dwelling unit that is used for temporary overnight human occupancy; a space used for parking a recreational vehicle or erecting a tent during temporary periods of human occupancy; or other dwelling units or portions of dwelling units that are used for temporary human occupancy. For the purposes of this definition, TEMPORARY means less than 30 consecutive days.
(Ord. 656, passed 7-3-2018)