For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUILDING PERMIT. The permit required for new construction and additions pursuant to the International Building Code heretofore adopted. The term BUILDING PERMIT, as used herein, shall not be deemed to include permits required for remodeling, rehabilitation or other improvements to an existing structure or rebuilding a damaged or destroyed structure; provided, there is no increase in gross floor area or number of dwelling units resulting therefrom.
CAPITAL BUDGET. A separate budget dedicated to financing capital improvements.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. Part of the Comprehensive Plan adopted by Res. 94-1.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
(1) Public facilities that are treated as capitalized expenses according to generally accepted accounting principles and does not include costs associated with the operation, administration, maintenance or replacement of capital improvements, nor does it include administrative facilities.
(2) Any and/or all of the following, and including acquisition of land, construction, improvements, equipping and installing of same and which facilities are identified in the capital improvements plan to be financed by the imposition of an impact fee:
(a) Parks and recreational facilities;
(b) Road systems;
(c) Sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities;
(d) Water treatment and distribution facilities;
(e) Storm and flood control facilities;
(f) Police and fire facilities;
(g) Solid waste facilities; and
(h) Other facilities the costs of which may be substantially attributed to new development.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM. The official adopted schedule of capital improvements to be undertaken.
CITY. The City of Spring Hill, a duly constituted political subdivision of the state.
BOARD. The duly constituted governing body of the city.
DEVELOPMENT. Any human-made change to improved or unimproved real property, the use of any principal structure or land or any other activity that requires issuance of a building permit.
GROSS FLOOR AREA. The total of the gross horizontal area of all floors that will be heated or cooled, including usable basements, cellars and attics, below the roof and within the outer surface of the main walls of principal or accessory buildings or the centerlines of a party wall separating such buildings or portions thereof, or within lines drawn parallel to and two feet within the roof line of any building or portions thereof without walls, but excluding enclosed parking areas, farm buildings, and arcades, porticoes and similar open areas that are accessible to the general public and are not designed or used as sales, display, storage, service or production areas.
IMPACT FEE. Any fee or assessment levied as a condition of issuance of a building permit or development approval for the purpose of funding the costs of capital improvements or public facilities attributable to accommodating the additional demands created by new development.
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. Any development approved by the local government for residential use.
SITE. The land on which development takes place.
ZONING DISTRICTS. Those areas designated in the Zoning Ordinance as being reserved for specific land uses, subject to development and use regulations specified in the ordinance.
ZONING ORDINANCE. The official adopted zoning map and text regulating all development and land use in the city.
(2011 Code, § 5-505) (Ord. 15-04, passed 12-21-2015; Ord. 19-11A, passed 4-15-2019)