3.120.030   Definitions.
   Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section shall govern the construction of this chapter:
   "Advance" means amounts expended by the city or other governmental entity toward the cost of a public facilities project within or for the benefit of an area of benefit and for which the city or other governmental entity shall be reimbursed from facilities benefit assessments to be imposed in accordance with procedures set forth in this chapter.
   "Area(s) of benefit" means lands which are designated as receiving special benefits from the construction, acquisition, and improvement of public facilities project(s) as established by resolution adopted by the city council in accordance with procedures set forth in this chapter.
   "Building permit" means the permit issued or required for the construction of any structure pursuant to and as defined by the Sacramento City Building Code.
   "Capital improvement program" means a plan for the implementation and financing of public facilities projects including, but not limited to, a schedule for the commencement of construction, the estimated cost of construction and the payment of facilities benefit assessments.
   "Construction" means design, acquisition of property, administration of construction contracts, actual construction and incidental costs in connection therewith.
   "Contribution" means amounts expended by the city or other governmental entity toward the cost of a public facilities project in proportion to the general benefit to be received by the city or other governmental entity from construction of the public facilities project.
   "Costs" means any and all amounts spent or authorized to be spent in connection with the planning, financing, acquisition and development of a public facilities project including but not limited to, the costs of land, acquisition, construction and improvement, engineering, administration, and legal and financial consulting fees.
   "Development" means the division or subdivision of land, grading or original construction of an improvement to real property, which division or subdivision of land, grading, or construction is of the type normally associated with urban development as opposed to agricultural activity.
   "Facilities benefit assessment(s)" means the amounts collected or to be collected under the provisions of this chapter to provide funds for public facilities project(s) which will benefit designated areas of benefit.
   "Public facilities project" means any and all public improvements the need for which is directly or indirectly generated by development, including, but not limited to, the following:
      1.   The grading or regrading, the paving or repaving, the planking or replanking, the macadamizing or remacadamizing, the graveling or regraveling, the oiling or reoiling of streets, places, public ways, property, easements or rights-of-way owned by the city;
      2.   The construction or reconstruction of sidewalks, crosswalks, steps, safety zones, platforms, seats, statuary, fountains, parks and parkways, recreation areas, including all structures, buildings, and other facilities necessary to make parks and parkways and recreation areas useful for the purposes for which intended, culverts, bridges, curbs, gutters, tunnels, subways or viaducts;
      3.   Sanitary sewers or instrumentalities of sanitation, together with the necessary outlets, cesspools, man-holes, catch basins, flush tanks, septic tanks, disposal plants, connecting sewers, ditches, drains, conduits, tunnels, channels or other appurtenances;
      4.   Drains, tunnels, sewers, conduits, culverts and channels for drainage purposes; with necessary outlets, cesspools, manholes, catch basins, flush tanks, septic tanks, disposal plants, connecting sewers, ditches, drains, conduits, channels and appurtenances;
      5.   Poles, posts, wires, pipes, conduits, tunnels, lamps and other suitable or necessary appliances for the purposes of lighting streets, places or public ways of the city or property or rights-of-way owned by the city, or for the purposes of furnishing electricity and electric service or telephone service to property within the city;
      6.   Pipes, hydrants and appliances for fire protection;
      7.   Breakwaters, levees, bulkheads, groins and walls of rock or other material to protect the streets, places, public ways and other property from overflow by water, or to prevent beach erosion or to promote accretion to beaches;
      8.   Wells, pumps, dams, reservoirs, storage tanks, channels, tunnels, conduits, pipes, hydrants, meters or other appurtenances for supplying or distributing a domestic or industrial water supply;
      9.   Mains, services, pipes, fittings, valves, regulators, governors, meters, drips, drains, tanks, ditches, tunnels, conduits, channels, or other appurtenances for supplying or distributing a domestic or industrial gas supply;
      10.   Retaining walls, embankments, buildings and any other structures or facilities necessary or suitable in connection with any of the work mentioned in this section;
      11.   The planting of trees, shrubs or other ornamental vegetation;
      12.   The construction, repairing, or improving of public mooring places for watercraft, the building, repairing and improving of wharves, piers, docks, slips, quays, moles, or other utilities, structures and appliances necessary or convenient for the promotion or accommodation of commerce, navigation and the protection of lands within the city, and for aiding and securing access to the waters of said lands to the people of the state of California, in the exercise of their rights to fish, or for the extension of public streets or places;
      13.   Compaction of land, change of grade or contours, construction of caissons, retaining walls, drains and other structures suitable for the purpose of stabilizing lands;
      14.   All other works which may be deemed necessary to improve the whole or any portion of streets, places, public ways, property, easements or rights-of-way owned by the city;
      15.   All other work auxiliary to any of the above, which may be required to carry out the same;
      16.   Any works, utilities, appliances necessary or convenient for providing any other public service;
      17.   Works, systems or facilities for the transportation of people, including rolling stock and other equipment appurtenant thereto;
      18.   All other work auxiliary to that described in subsection 17 of this definition which may be required to carry out that work, including terminal and intermediate stations, structures, platforms or other facilities which may be necessary for, incidental to, or convenient for the loading of people into and unloading of people from such transportation facilities;
      19.   Acquisition, construction, improvement and equipping of library buildings;
      20.   Acquisition, construction, improvement and equipping of fire stations;
      21.   Acquisition, construction, improvement and equipping of temporary and permanent school buildings;
      22.   Acquisition, construction, improvement and equipping of police stations;
      23.   Acquisition, construction and installation of traffic signs, signals, lights and lighting;
      24.   Public works maintenance facilities;
      25.   All other work auxiliary to any of the above which may be required to carry out that work including, but not limited to, the maintenance of public facilities projects and administrative, engineering, architectural and legal work performed in connection with establishing, implementing and monitoring public facilities projects;
      26.   Acquisition of any and all property, easements and rights-of-way which may be required to carry out the purposes of the project. (Prior code § 39.01.003)