IMPACT: The effect of any direct humanmade actions or indirect repercussion of humanmade actions on existing physical, social, or economic conditions.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE: Surface through which water cannot penetrate, such as roof, road, sidewalk, or paved parking lot. The amount of impervious surface increases with development and establishes the need for drainage facilities to carry the increased runoff.
IMPROVEMENT: Any manmade, immovable item which becomes part of, placed upon, or is affixed to, real estate.
INDUSTRIAL: The manufacture, production and processing of consumer goods. Industrial is often divided into "heavy industrial" uses, such as construction yards, quarrying and factories; and "light industrial" uses such as research and development and less intensive warehousing and manufacturing.
INDUSTRIAL PARK: A planned, coordinated development of a tract of land with two (2) or more separate industrial buildings. Such development is planned, designed, constructed, and managed on an integrated and coordinated basis with special attention given to on site vehicular circulation, parking, utility needs, building design and orientation, and open space. An industrial park is designed as a coordinated environment for a variety of industrial and related activities. The project is developed or controlled by one proprietary interest. It has an enforceable master plan and/or CC&Rs.
INFILL DEVELOPMENT: Development of vacant land within areas that are already largely developed.
INSTITUTIONAL USE: A. Publicly or privately owned and operated activities that are institutional in nature, such as hospitals, museums, and schools;
B. Churches and other religious organizations; and
C. Other nonprofit activities of a welfare, educational, or philanthropic nature that cannot be considered a residential, commercial, or industrial activity.
INTENSIFICATION OF USE: A change to the existing use of a property which results in a change or increase in vehicular or pedestrian traffic, an increase in parking requirements or induces additional environmental impacts, including, but not limited to, noise, light, glare, vibration, traffic, water quality, air quality or aesthetics.
INTENSITY OF USE: The number of dwelling units per acre for residential development and floor area ratio (FAR) for nonresidential development, such as commercial, office and industrial.
INTERIM HOUSING: Shared living quarters, generally without separate kitchen and bathroom facilities for each room or unit, intended to meet short term shelter and/or other immediate needs. Interim housing includes, but is not limited to, the following:
Dormitories
Emergency shelters
Fraternities
Halfway houses
Homeless shelters
Labor camps
Sororities
Interim housing does not include residential care facilities, family daycare homes, family daycare centers, convalescent hospitals, hotels, motels or single room occupancy housing.
INTERMITTENT STREAM: A stream that normally flows for at least thirty (30) days after the last major rain of the season and is dry a large part of the year.
INTERNET CAFE: A bona fide business establishment that sells internet time, which allows customers to surf the web and use computers for personal use. An internet cafe can also have ancillary use of food and refreshments for patrons. Internet cafes are not permitted to allow promotional sweepstakes or any other gambling themed games for cash, magnetic sliding cards (or similar cards), credits, monetary gifts or similar winnings or prizes (excluding California lottery sales by licensed California lottery vendors).
INTERSECTION: The location where two (2) or more roadways cross at the same grade. (Ord. 252, 11-18-2014)