Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32020. Section 32020.
Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the interpretation of this division.
ARTICLE 2. Definitions [32020. - 32028.]
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC 2.
in effectCal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32021. Section 32021.
“Authority” means the California Urban Waterfront Area Restoration Financing Authority established pursuant to Section 32050, and any board, commission, department, or officer succeeding to the functions thereof or to whom the powers conferred upon the authority by this division shall be given.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32022. Section 32022.
“Bonds” means bonds, notes, bond anticipation notes, commercial paper, and any other evidences of indebtedness.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32023. Section 32023.
“Coastal zone” means that area of the state defined in subdivision (a) of Section 31006, except that it includes lands in Contra Costa County from the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge north and east to the termination of the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, as described in Section 66610 of the Government Code, as well as any adjacent uplands, managed wetlands, marshes, and diked lands that significantly affect the environmental quality of the bay, or that are directly related to the public use and enjoyment of the San Francisco Bay.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32024. Section 32024.
“Conservancy” means the State Coastal Conservancy established pursuant to Section 31100.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32025. Section 32025.
“Cost,” as applied to a project, or portion thereof, financed under this division, means all, or any part of, the costs of construction and acquisition of all lands, structures, real or personal property, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and interests acquired or used for a project, the cost of demolition or removal of any buildings or structures on land so acquired, including the cost of acquiring any lands on which buildings or structures may be removed, the cost of all machinery and equipment, financing charges, interest prior to, during, and for a period after completion of the construction, as determined by the authority, provisions for working capital, reserves for principal and interest, and for extensions, enlargements, additions, replacements, renovations, and improvements, the cost of architectural, engineering, financial, and legal services, plans, specifications, estimates, administrative expenses, and other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility of constructing any project, or incident to the construction or acquisition or financing of any project.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32025.5. Section 32025.5.
“Metropolitan statistical area” means any area so defined by the federal Office of Management and Budget.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32026. Section 32026.
“Participating party” means any public or private entity, profit or nonprofit, including, but not limited to, any municipality, county, district, joint powers agency, person, company, corporation, partnership, firm, trust, or foundation, engaged in a project within the State of California, which obtains financing pursuant to the terms of this division.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32027. Section 32027.
“Project” means an urban waterfront restoration activity located wholly or partly within the coastal zone for which a plan of urban waterfront restoration has been approved pursuant to Section 32059 and an urban waterfront restoration activity located within the territory of the Sacramento-Yolo Port District, the Stockton Port District, or on a river, lake, or reservoir located within a metropolitan statistical area for which a plan of urban waterfront restoration has been approved pursuant to Section 32059.5. Project includes, but is not limited to, lands, buildings, or roads, and improvements thereto, work, rehabilitation, structure, or property, real or personal, located wholly or partly within the coastal zone or within the territory of the Sacramento-Yolo Port District, the Stockton Port District, or on a river, lake, or reservoir located within a metropolitan statistical area, providing or designed to provide visitor serving commercial facilities, transient visitor accommodations, coastal or inland waterfront dependent industry, public utility systems, mass transit facilities, and public recreation and shoreline access facilities, including, but not limited to, parks, stairways, piers, and wharves, boat berthing facilities, parking facilities, visitor service centers, or interpretive centers, shoreline protection and erosion control facilities, and administrative facilities necessary for the operation of coastal dependent activities. Project does not include new permanent residential structures, office structures for nonmaritime purposes on lands subject to the public trust for commerce, navigation, and fisheries, noncoastal dependent industrial facilities, or other noncoastal related uses, or industrial facilities or other uses that are unrelated to an inland waterfront. A project may include office structures on lands not subject to the public trust for commerce, navigation, and fisheries, or office structures for maritime purposes on lands subject to the public trust for commerce, navigation, and fisheries, if the State Coastal Conservancy finds that the project physically includes all of the elements specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 32059.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 32028. Section 32028.
“Revenue” means all rents, receipts, purchase payments, loan repayments, proceeds of bonds, and all other income or receipts derived by the authority from the sale, lease, or other disposition of projects, or the making of loans to finance projects, and any income derived from the investment of any money in any fund or account of the authority.
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