Sec. 47-883. - Definitions.
As used in this article, the following terms and phrases shall have the following meanings:
Assessment means the determination of the amount of the service unit rate that may be imposed on new development pursuant to this article as determined at the time specified in section 47-891 of this Code.
Building permit means:
a. With respect to buildings or premises within the corporate limits of the city, the general permit required by the Construction Code; or
b. With respect to buildings or premises outside the corporate limits of the city or for which a general permit under the Construction Code is not required, a plumbing permit under the Construction Code or under section 47-14 of this Code.
Credit means a certain number of service units attributable to an improved lot with impervious surface for purposes of article XIV of this chapter.
Drainage means water transported by or detained in features and improvements, whether natural or man-made, such as streets, curbs, bridges, catch basins, channels, conduits, creeks, culverts, detention ponds, ditches, draws, flumes, pipes, pumps, sloughs, treatment works, and any appurtenances, that use force or gravity to draw off surface water from land, carry the water away, collect, store, or treat the water, or divert the water into natural or man-made watercourses.
Drainage benefit area means an area within the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction that may reasonably connect to the city's drainage system.
Drainage capital improvement or drainage impact fee improvement means a drainage facility with a life expectancy of three or more years, to be owned or operated by or on behalf of the city.
Drainage capital improvement plan or drainage impact fee improvement plan means the plan adopted by city council at least every ten years, as may be amended from time to time, identifying the drainage facilities and their associated costs, necessitated by and attributable to new development, to be financed in whole or in part through drainage impact fees imposed and collected pursuant to this article.
Drainage facility means an improvement to land designed or utilized, in whole or part, for the purpose of collecting, storing, pumping or conveying drainage, including an existing facility, the capacity of which has been expanded to service new development. Drainage facility includes land, roads, easements or structures and all appurtenances associated with such facilities.
Drainage impact fee means a fee imposed by city council on new development to fund or reimburse the costs of drainage capital improvements necessitated by and attributable to such new development. Drainage impact fees do not include requirements for the dedication or construction of rights-of-way or easements for such facilities, nor payment by persons receiving service from a drainage facility of connection charges imposed to reimburse a property owner for the costs of extending such drainage facility.
Drainage service area means an area designated as such by city council within a certain watershed boundary located within the corporate limits of the city.
Drainage system means the drainage and drainage facilities owned or controlled in whole or in part by the city, including provisions for additions to the system. Drainage system components, including but not limited to streets, sidewalks, other dedicated improvements, and supporting rights-of-way shall not be considered residential or nonresidential property as defined herein.
Impervious surface means any area that has been compacted or covered such that it does not readily absorb water or does not allow water to percolate through to undisturbed underlying soil strata. Surface materials considered impervious shall include, but not be limited to, bricks, pavers, concrete, asphalt, compacted oil-dirt, compacted or decomposed shale, oyster shell, gravel, or granite, and other similar materials. Surface features utilizing such materials and considered impervious shall include, but not be limited to, decks, foundations (whether pier and beam or slab), building roofs, parking and driveway areas, sidewalks, compacted or rolled areas, paved recreation areas, swimming pools, and other features or surfaces that are built or laid on the surface of the land and have the effect of increasing, concentrating, or otherwise altering water runoff so that flows are not readily absorbed.
Improved lot means a lot or a tract of land on which the city has recorded impervious surface as determined under Article XIV of this chapter.
New development means a project involving the construction, reconstruction, redevelopment, conversion, structural alteration, relocation or enlargement of any structure, or any use or extension of the use of land, that requires either the issuance of a building permit or connection to the city's drainage system and has not been exempted from compliance by this article or state law.
Offset means the amount of the reduction of a drainage impact fee, determined under this article or pursuant to administrative guidelines, that is equal to the value of a drainage facility or portion thereof included in the drainage impact fee improvement plan and is constructed or financed by a property owner without reimbursement from other city funds.
Plat means the plan or map of a subdivision to be filed for record with the county clerk in the county in which the property is located. Plat includes a replat, but excludes a development plat.
Property owner means the owner in fee of a tract or parcel of land upon which new development is to be located, or his authorized representative.
Service unit means 1,000 square feet of impervious surface rounded to the nearest ten square feet for purposes of impact fee calculation.
Service unit rate means the drainage impact fee that the city charges per service unit within a certain drainage service area.
(Ord. No. 2013-281, § 5, 4-3-2013)
