For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply:
"Affected school district" means a school district which contains an impacted school.
"Attendance area of an impacted school" means the attendance area for an impacted school as defined by the governing board of the district involved.
"Certificate of mitigation" means correspondence from an affected school district indicating that mitigation has been provided by the developer in accordance with the schedule of mitigation approved by the council.
"Certificate of waiver of mitigation" means that correspondence from an affected school district waiving the responsibility for mitigation for a developer of a proposed development indicating that in accordance with the schedule of mitigation and due to circumstances applicable to the particular development no mitigation is required.
"Council" means the city council of the city of Sacramento.
"Declaration of impaction" means the resolution the governing board of a school district submits to the council declaring the district to be an affected school district.
"Developer" means the person or legal entity seeking to develop land within the attendance area of an impacted school.
"District" means school district.
"Dwelling unit" means a group of rooms or a single room with kitchen facilities occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters by a family or other group of persons living together, or by a person living alone, and includes a mobilehome.
"Governing board" means the governing board of a district which has school attendance area within the city of Sacramento.
"Impacted school" means a school whose total enrollment, including enrollment from proposed development, exceeds its rated capacity.
"Mitigation" means that relief or abatement required for a particular impacted school or affected school district, and may include, among other things, an obligation on the part of the developer to dedicate land in fee to the school district for use as school sites and/or to finance and build or provide the needed school buildings, buses or other facilities.
"New dwelling unit" means newly constructed dwelling units including additional dwelling units added to an existing structure. "New dwelling unit" does not mean the rehabilitation or alteration of an existing dwelling unit.
"Rate capacity" means that capacity determined by the governing board of a school district to be the maximum acceptable enrollment in a school facility based on the governing board's policies and programs.
"Schedule of mitigation" is a program developed by the governing board of a district and adopted by the council which sets forth in detail mitigation measures deemed appropriate by the governing board.
"Supportive findings" means those facts, policy statements and assumptions the governing board of a district uses to determine rated capacity and to declare a school impacted.
"Temporary school facilities" means classroom sites, buses, or other structures or programs necessary to accommodate students from new dwelling units within attendance areas of impacted schools. (Prior code § 67.01.110)