(a) A “feepayer” is a person commencing a land development activity within the boundaries of a City of Lancaster Fire/EMS System Building Impact Fee District, which generates a demand for Fire/EMS and which requires the issuance of a building permit or renewal of a building permit.
(b) A “capital improvement” may include fire/EMS planning, preliminary engineering, engineering design studies, land surveys, appraisal, land acquisition, engineering, permitting, and administrative and legal expenses related to and in connection with construction of all the necessary features for any fire/EMS construction project or piece of equipment including, but not limited to:
(1) Construction of new fire department structures,
(2) Upgrade of current fire department structures,
(3) Expansion of current fire department structures,
(4) Purchase, lease, or rehabilitation of fire equipment,
(5) Purchase or lease of land for new, upgraded, or expanded fire department structures,
(c) “Land Development Activity Generating Demand for Fire/EMS” means any change in land use or any construction of buildings or structures, including accessory buildings or structures, or any change in the use of any structure that creates a need for fire department services or medic service by the presence of people or real or personal property on the site.
(d) The words “Fire/EMS System Improvement” and “Fire/EMS System Impact” shall have the same and similar meaning.
(Ord. 24-05. Passed 5-23-05.)