Words and phrases that are defined in the Impact Fees Act, being U.C.A. Title 11, Chapter 36a, or its successor statute, shall have the same definition in this chapter. For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY. Except as otherwise provided in the Impact Fees Act, any construction or expansion of a building, structure or use, any change in use of a building or structure, or any changes in the use of land within the service area that creates additional demand and need for public facilities.
DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL. Any written authorization from the city that authorizes the commencement of development activity.
EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT. The unit of demand that has an impact on the park, fire, police, storm water, waste water, water, transportation or power infrastructure of the city that is equivalent to a single-family residence.
IMPACT FEE. A payment of money imposed upon new development activity as a condition of development approval to mitigate the impact of the new development on public infrastructure. IMPACT FEE does not include a tax, special assessment, building permit fee, hookup fee, fee for project improvements or other reasonable permit or application fee.
IMPACT FEE ANALYSIS. The written analysis of each impact fee required by U.C.A. § 11-36a-303 of the Impact Fees Act.
IMPACT FEE FACILITIES PLAN. The plan required by U.C.A. § 11-36a-301 of the Impact Fees Act.
PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS. Site improvements and facilities that are: planned and designed to provide service for development resulting from a development activity; necessary for the use and convenience of the occupants or users of development resulting from a development activity; and not identified or reimbursed as a system improvement. PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS does not mean system improvements, as more particularly defined herein.
PROPORTIONATE SHARE. The cost of public facility improvements that are roughly proportionate and reasonably related to the service demands and needs of any development activity.
PUBLIC FACILITIES. Impact fee facilities as defined in the Impact Fees Act that have a life expectancy of ten or more years and are owned or operated by or on behalf of a local political subdivision or private entity. For purposes of this chapter, and as defined in the Impact Fees Act, impact fee facilities include those capital facilities described in the Impact Fees Facility Plan.
SERVICE AREA. A geographic area designated by the city on the basis of sound planning or engineering principles in which a public facility, or a defined set of public facilities, provides service within the area. The SERVICE AREA, for purposes of this chapter, is more particularly described in § 34.003 of this chapter.
SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS. Existing public facilities that are: identified in the impact fee analysis under U.C.A. § 11-36a-304 of the Impact Fees Act; and designed to provide services to service areas within the community at large and future public facilities identified in the impact fee analysis under U.C.A. § 11-36a-304 that are intended to provide service to service areas within the community at large. SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS do not include project improvements, as defined herein.
(Prior Code, § 6.01.010) (Ord. 18-05, passed 5-17-2018)