§ 159.103. Definitions.

For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:

APPLICANT. A person commencing a traffic generating land development activity or a change of use or requesting approval of a traffic generating land development activity or a change of use. Applicant includes a person requesting approval of in lieu impact fee payments independently of an application for development approval or change of use.

BUILDING PERMIT. Permits issued by the City, authorizing the construction or installation of buildings, structures, and other improvements including mobile homes and recreational vehicles.

CAPITAL COST. An expenditure which, under generally accepted accounting principles for local governments, would be considered a one time capital expense.

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. Includes, but is not limited to, planning, engineering, design, surveys, inspection, drainage, traffic signalization, signage, testing, right-of-way acquisition, construction, landscaping, and other costs associated with the construction of roads, bike paths, multipurpose trail systems, and other transportation facilities including transit that add or improve transportation capacity. May include payment of existing debt service as identified in the technical report.

CITY MANAGER. The City Manager of the City of Port St. Lucie, as defined in its City Charter, or a person or persons designated by the City Manager to carry out a function described in this article.

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. The Comprehensive Plan of the City of Port St. Lucie, Florida, adopted pursuant to F.S. ch. 163.3161 et. seq.

COUNCIL. The City Council of the City of Port St. Lucie, Florida.

DWELLING UNIT. Single-family and multi-family residential dwellings, attached and detached dwellings, houses of conventional or manufactured construction, mobile homes, recreational vehicles and all other structures that may be used for permanent residence, regardless of whether occupied by a tenant or owner. The term housing unit, as used in the technical report and in fee tables, is equivalent to a dwelling unit. Pursuant to the technical report, updated impact fees shall be imposed per housing unit on single unit residential structures and per housing unit on structures with two (2) or more units per structure.

GROSS FLOOR AREA. Total area (in square feet) of all floors of a structure that are within the principal outside faces of exterior walls including for example halls, stairways, corridors, lobbies, and elevator shafts, but excluding architectural setbacks or projections. Also includes areas where business is conducted outside the walls of the structure. If a site contains multiple buildings, the gross floor area shall be computed separately for each building. The definition of gross floor area (GFA) in the ITE trip generation manual shall be used to resolve any questions regarding calculation of gross floor area.

LAND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY OR PROJECT. A land development activity including any change in land use, or any construction of buildings or structures, or any change of use of any building or structure.

PERSON. Any individual, company, corporation, association, or other legal entity.

ROAD. Includes streets, sidewalks, alleys, highways, bike paths, multipurpose trail systems and other ways open to travel by the public including the roadbed, right-of-way, medians, traffic signalization, signage, landscape areas, culverts, drains, sluices, ditches, water storage areas, waterways, embankments, slopes, retaining walls, bridges, transit, and other related transportation facilities.

ROAD PROGRAM. That portion of the "Five Year Capital Improvement Program" identifying road improvements with funding programmed from road impact fees, as that program may be amended from time to time.

TECHNICAL REPORT. Technical report shall mean and refer to the "Impact Fee Update — City of Port St. Lucie, Florida" by TischlerBise, dated April 12, 2013.

TRAFFIC GENERATION. Land development activity that can generate additional vehicular traffic or a change of use of land that can generate more vehicular traffic than the preexisting use. Traffic generation includes both the production and attraction of traffic.

TRIP GENERATION MANUAL. The report entitled "Trip Generation" of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (9th edition). Official updates to the 9th edition may be accepted and used by the City as appropriate.

(Ord. No. 05-87, § 3, 6-20-05; Ord. No. 13-26, § 2, 5-28-13)