The following definitions apply in this chapter:
"Ancillary use" means a use that is supportive of the primary activities or operations of a primary use, which would not exist absent the primary use.
"City manager" means city manager or designee.
"Commercial building area" means the gross area of a building or structure with designated uses other than a residential use.
"Conditioned area" means the area in a dwelling unit that is either directly or indirectly provided with heat in compliance with the California Building Code.
"Development" has the same meaning as defined in chapter 17.108.
"Development credit" means a credit against fees as compensation for landowner construction or funding of infrastructure, provided in individual finance plans or nexus studies adopted pursuant to this chapter.
"Development project" means any project undertaken for the purpose of development but does not include projects undertaken by or for public agencies, including public schools and public parks.
"Dwelling unit" has the same meaning as defined in chapter 17.108.
"Existing building or structure" means a building or structure in existence at the time of imposition of the fee or a building or structure demolished not more than three years prior to the imposition of a fee.
"Fee" means a monetary exaction established, imposed, and collected under this chapter to finance the design, construction, installation, and acquisition of public infrastructure or to recover the costs of capacity in existing public infrastructure.
"Finance plan" means a written plan approved by resolution of the city council that establishes the strategy for financing the infrastructure required to serve a development project and that includes a nexus study as a separate or incorporated report.
"Finance plan area" means the geographical area that is identified in, and is subject to, a finance plan or preparation of an area for future development.
"Infrastructure" means the public facilities and public improvements as eligible for financing with fees.
"Infrastructure fund" means a fund established as required by the Mitigation Fee Act or any other fund established in this chapter to hold fees collected and any interest earned on the fees. When an infrastructure fund is established under this chapter, it shall, as applicable, be deemed a continuation of any previously established similar fund.
"Mitigation Fee Act" means chapter 5 (sections 66000 through 66025) of division 1 in title 7 of the California Government Code.
"Nexus study" means a report that satisfies the requirements of California Government Code section 66001(a). The nexus study may be a stand-alone report or incorporated as part of a finance plan.
"Primary use" means the principal functions of a building or structure.
"Recordable map" means a map that has satisfied all the requirements for recordation with the county recorder except for payment of fees.
"Residential building area" means the conditioned areas within a dwelling unit. (Ord. 2017-0010 § 1)