Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this Article shall have the following meanings. Defined terms used in this Article but not defined in this Article have the meaning given them in the Act.
(a) "Act" means the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 (Chapter 2.5, commencing with Section 53311 of Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the California Government Code), as amended from time to time,
(b) "Board of Supervisors" means the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco.
(c) "City" means the City and County of San Francisco.
(d) “Entitlement costs” means the costs to obtain approvals necessary to proceed with development, such as the cost to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act, negotiate transaction documents, conduct community outreach, and prepare development design and land use requirements, but not expenses related to any campaign or ballot measure or any other expenses prohibited by law. Entitlement costs may include interim costs as approved from time to time by the Board of Supervisors.
(e) “Incidental expense” includes all of the following:
(1) The cost of planning and designing facilities to be financed pursuant to this Article, including the cost of environmental evaluations of those facilities.
(2) The costs associated with the creation of the district, issuance of bonds, determination of the amount of taxes, collection of taxes, payment of taxes, or costs otherwise incurred in order to carry out the authorized purposes of the district.
(3) Any other expenses incidental to the construction, completion, and inspection of the authorized work, including costs for temporary facilities with a useful life of at least 3 years that are required to construct an authorized facility.
(4) Special taxes levied on a property in the district and paid by a developer on behalf of a local agency or other landowner prior to the development of the property.
(f) “Interim cost” means the market-based return on a developer’s unreimbursed capital as agreed by the developer and the City in a written agreement.
(g) “Services” means, in addition to the “Services” defined in Section 53317 of the Act and 43.10.16 of this Article, operation and maintenance of any improvements that may be financed under this Article or the Act, and any related studies, testing or monitoring.
(Ord. 216-09, File No. 090938, App. 10/29/2009; amended by Ord. 210-19
,, File No. 190657, App. 9/20/2019, Eff. 10/21/2019)