Unless the context shall require otherwise, the definitions set forth in this section shall apply to the following terms as used in this chapter.
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. Private garages, children's playhouses, antennas, windmills, silos, tank houses, workshops, barns, coops and other buildings that are accessory to a one-family or two-family dwelling.
BUILDING PERMIT. The permit required for new construction and additions pursuant to this title. The term BUILDING PERMIT, as used herein, shall not be deemed to include permits required for remodeling, rehabilitation, or other improvements to an existing structure or rebuilding a damaged or destroyed structure, provided there is no increase in gross floor area of commercial or industrial development or in the number of dwelling units in residential developments resulting therefrom.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. Any and/or all of the public facilities and infrastructure improvements, including acquisition of land, design and construction, equipping and installing, and related capital costs which are to be financed in whole or in part by the imposition of development impact fees.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM. The city's annually updated program indicating the approximate location, size, time schedule and estimates of cost for public facilities and improvements.
DEVELOPMENT or DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. Any manmade change to improved or unimproved real property, the use of any principal structure or land, or any other activity that requires issuance of a building permit.
DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES. Any monetary exaction, other than a tax or special assessment, which is charged to an applicant in connection with approval of a development project for the purpose of defraying all or a portion of the cost of capital improvements and operational services related to the development project, subject to the exceptions set forth in Cal. Gov't Code §§ 66000 et seq.
NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. Any development project except for those projects or owner. The legal owner(s) of real property upon which a development project is proposed, or residential development. Any development consisting of one or more dwelling units.
(Ord. 2022-364, passed 11-16-2022)