For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADMINISTRATOR. The City Administrator or designee.
AFFECTED PROPERTY. Private real property alleged to have suffered a reduction in fair market value as a result of the city’s regulation which restricts the use of the property and for which a property owner seeks compensation for reduction in value.
EXEMPT REGULATION.
(1) Regulations or laws restricting or prohibiting activities commonly and historically recognized as public nuisances under common law and those listed in the ordinances of the city as nuisances, together with all criminal laws, both in the city ordinances or the laws of the state and federal laws or regulations.
(2) Regulations restricting or prohibiting activities for protection of public health and safety, including, but not limited to, fire and building codes; health and sanitation regulations; solid or hazardous waste regulations; or any regulations governing construction or performance standards for water, waste water, transportation or public utility systems; and pollution control regulations.
FAMILY MEMBER. The wife, husband, son, daughter, mother, father, brother, sister, in-laws, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, stepparent, stepchild, grandparent, grandchild of the owner of the property or an estate of any of the foregoing family members, or a legal entity owned by any one or combination of these family members, or the owner of the real property.
OWNER.
(1) The present owner of real property that is the subject of a demand for compensation.
(2) The OWNER must be a person who is the sole fee simple owner or all joint owners whose interests add up to a fee simple interest in the property, including all persons who represent all recorded interests in the property, such as co-owners, joint tenants, leasehold owners, security interest holders and holders with less than a fee simple interest.
PROPERTY. Any real property or interest therein within the city limits of the city, not including contiguous or not contiguous parcels under different ownership.
REGULATION. Local government comprehensive plans, zoning ordinances, land division ordinances and transportation ordinances.
(Prior Code, § 35.02) (Ord. 398, passed 4-11-2005)