"Improvements" means any public improvements, public services, or community amenities including, but not limited to, construction of streets, highways, thoroughfares, bridges, alleys, medians, turning lanes, paving, driveways, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, lighting, signals, drainage, water, sewer, utility, transit facilities (including bus turn-outs, benches, shelters, landing pads, etc.), bicycle paths, landscaping, planters, signage, safety improvements, park or recreation facilities, housing, or construction or erection of public art or other cultural facilities, and any other similar related structures or improvements. Improvement refers to any other specific improvements or types of improvements installed either by the developer, by public agencies, by private utilities, by any other entity approved by the city, or by a combination thereof which are necessary to ensure consistency with or implementation of the general plan or any applicable specific plan. The term improvement includes the dedication of real property, either in easement or in fee; the planning, engineering and design of such improvements; necessary improvement studies, reports and analyses; inflation factors; the financing of such improvements; administration of contracts; as well as the actual construction of the improvements.
(Ord. 91-06-1100 § 1 (part))