For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall govern:
means the limits or territory (ETJ) within which the city’s authority may be exercised.
means a person who is learning the trade of an electrician and who works under the direct supervision of a master, journeyman or residential wireman electrician and who is licensed as an apprentice as provided in this chapter.
means inspected and accepted by the electrical inspector as having met the requirements of this chapter.
means the determination of the amount of the maximum impact fees per service unit which can be imposed on new development.
means any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy. (Reference: The International Building Code.)
means the officer or other designated authority charged with the administration and enforcement of the city’s building code. (Reference: The International Building Code.)
means an official document or certificate issued by the authority having jurisdiction which authorizes performance of a specified activity. (Reference: “Permit” in the International Building Code.)
means the costs of constructing capital improvements or facility expansions, including and limited to the construction contract price, surveying and engineering fees, land acquisition costs (including land purchases, court awards and costs, attorneys fees, and expert witness fees), and the fees actually paid or contracted to be paid to an independent qualified engineer or financial consultant preparing or updating the capital improvements plan who is not an employee of the city.
means the advisory committee, appointed by the city council, consisting of at least five members, not less than 40 percent of whom shall be representatives of the real estate, development, or building industries, who are not employees of the city, and, if impact fees are to be applied within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city, including one member representing the extraterritorial jurisdiction; or consisting of the planning and zoning commission, including one regular or ad hoc member who is not an employee of the city and who is representative of the real estate, development, or building industry, and, if impact fees are to be applied within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city, one representative of the extraterritorial jurisdiction area; which committee is appointed to regularly review and update the capital improvements program in accordance with the requirements of chapter 395.
means the plan adopted in section 22-407 which identifies wastewater treatment and water supply, pump and storage facilities capital improvements or facility expansions pursuant to which impact fees may be assessed. The capital improvements plan may be composed of a separate wastewater improvements plan and water improvements plan.
means the governing body of the City of Rockport.
means the City of Rockport, Texas, and all areas within the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ).
means the public works director for the city.
means all development which is neither residential nor industrial.
means the comprehensive long-range plan, adopted by the city council, which is intended to guide the growth and development of the city, which may include analyses, recommendations and proposal for the city regarding such topics as population, economy, housing, transportation, community facilities and land use.
means all persons or organizations that offer services for compensation for new construction, re-model work or repair work, including but not limited to building, debris removal, demolition, electrical, irrigation, landscaping, mechanical, plumbing, pool, roofing, and signs.
means the governing body of the City of Rockport.
means crime prevention through environmental design.
refers to the section of the police department working with the city’s building and development department that is responsible for reviewing and approving all plans submitted pursuant to this article.
means the amount of the reduction of an impact fee for fees, payments or charges for the same type of capital improvements for which the fee has been assessed.
means any subdivision, acreage, lots or such other parcels of land which are developed for a particular use or usage.
means active and practical experience during which not less than two-thirds of one’s time, exclusive of normal periods of rest and recreation, has been spent in the installation, alteration, and repair of electrical equipment and conductors.
means the city employee designated by the building official to be responsible for the administration of the electrical code. Said employee shall be, or has the ability to be, certified in accordance with the International Association of Electrical Inspectors (AIEI) or the International Code Council (ICC).
means the extraterritorial jurisdiction and is anywhere within one mile of the city limits of the City of Rockport as provided by state law.
means all development within the service area which has a water or wastewater tap on the city’s water or wastewater system.
means any labor or material used in installing, maintaining, or extending an electrical wiring system and the appurtenances, apparatus, or equipment used in connection with the use of electrical energy in, on, outside, or attached to a building, residence, structure, property, or premises. The term includes service entrance conductors as defined by the National Electrical Code.
means a continuously joined structure which is constructed so as not to have openings, holes or gaps larger than four inches in width except for doors and gates, including but not limited to fences, walls, buildings or similar constructions.
means the expansion of the capacity of an existing facility, which serves the same function as an otherwise necessary new capital improvement in order that the existing facility may serve new development. Facility expansion does not include the repair, maintenance, or modernization, of an existing facility to better serve existing development.
means the map, drawing or chart meeting the requirements of the city’s subdivision ordinance on which is provided a subdivider’s plan of a subdivision, and which has received final approval of the planning and zoning commission or city council and which is recorded with the office of the county clerk.
means capital construction costs of service related to providing additional service units to new development, either from excess capacity in existing facilities, from facility expansions or from new capital facilities. Growth-related costs do not include: (1) construction, acquisition, or expansion of public facilities or assets other than capital improvements or facility expansions identified in the capital improvements plan; (2) repair, operation, or maintenance of existing or new capital improvements or facility expansions: (3) upgrading, updating, expanding, or replacing existing capital improvements to serve existing development in order to meet stricter safety, efficiency, environmental, or regulatory standards; (4) upgrading, updating, expanding, or replacing existing capital improvements to provide better service to existing development; (5) administrative and operating costs of the city; and (6) principal payments and interest or other finance charges on bonds or other indebtedness, except for such payments for growth-related facilities contained in the capital improvements program.
refers to those guidelines that are distributed by the building and development department of the city for use by applicants, planners and developers of property within the city to assist them in obtaining approved plans under this chapter.
means a fee to be imposed upon new development, calculated based upon the costs of facilities in proportion to development creating the need for such facilities. Impact fees do not include dedication of rights-of-way or easements, or construction or dedication of on-site or off-site water distribution or wastewater collection facilities required by other ordinances of the city and necessitated by and attributable to the new development; lot or acreage fees placed in trust funds for the purpose of reimbursing developers for over sizing or construction of water or wastewater mains or lines; or other pro-rata fees for reimbursement of water or sewer mains or lines extended by the city.
means development which will be assigned to the industrial customer class of the water or wastewater utilities; generally development in which goods are manufactured, or development which is ancillary to such manufacturing activity.
means a person licensed as a journeyman electrician as provided in this chapter, who works for and under the general supervision of a master electrician and who does not hold himself out to the public as being qualified to contract for the doing of electrical work.
means the description of the service area and projections of changes in land uses, densities, intensities, and population therein over at least a ten-year period, adopted by the city council, as may be amended from time to time, upon which the capital improvement plan is based.
means any tree, shrub, ground cover, vine or other organic and inorganic materials, or combination of any of these elements, placed on a site or exterior of a building to enhance appearance. Public art, water features, plazas, patios, decorative courtyards and lighting may also be considered landscape elements.
means the basis for establishing equivalency among and within various customer classes based upon the category of use and service.
means the repair, replacement, general upkeep, painting, trimming, pruning, watering, or other ongoing activities that are associated with providing a safer site in conformance with this article.
means a person licensed as a master electrician as provided in this chapter, who holds himself out to the public as being qualified to do the kind of electrical work, by him or by the employment of licensed electricians, which his license authorized him to do.
means the electrical service equipment comprised of the service entrance conductors, meter base, over current devices, service disconnects, and the system and equipment grounding.
means for the purpose of article IX of this chapter, the subdivision of land; or the construction, reconstruction, redevelopment, conversion, structural alteration, relocation, or enlargement of any structure; or any use or extension of the use of land; any of which increases the number of service units for water supply or wastewater service. New development includes the sale of water taps resulting from the conversion of an individual well to the city’s water utility and includes the sale of wastewater taps resulting from the conversion of an individual septic or other individual waste disposal system to the city’s wastewater utility.
means outside the city limits.
means an improvement or facility which is for the primary use or benefit of a new development and/or which is for the primary purpose of safe and adequate provision of water or wastewater facilities to serve the new development, and which is not included in the capital improvements plan, and for which the developer or property owner is solely responsible under subdivision and other applicable regulations.
means any swimming or wading pool situated on any premises as an appurtenance to a single-family dwelling for the use of the residents or guests of such dwelling.
means any swimming or wading pool operated by the city, county, state, United States, or any public agency; or any privately owned swimming or wading pool which is open to the general public for a fee.
means a lot developed for use and occupancy as a residence or residences, according to the city’s zoning ordinance.
means a person licensed as a residential wireman electrician in accordance with state law who works for and under the general supervision of a master electrician and who may only perform electrical installations in single-family and multifamily dwellings not exceeding four stories.
means the initial rough work of installing, altering, or repairing of electrical wires, conduits, apparatus, or other electrical installation performed so that all such work is easily visible and may be corrected or changed before being covered.
means any swimming or wading pool serving a private club, motel, hotel, apartment building, duplex or other similar activity or structure, the use of which is limited to members or residents and their guests.
means as area within the corporate boundaries, extraterritorial jurisdiction and other areas served by the city’s water and wastewater system to be served by the capital improvements or facilities expansion specified in the capital improvements plan applicable to the service area.
means the standardized measure of consumption, use, generation, or discharge attributable to an individual unit of development calculated in accordance with generally accepted engineering or planning standards and based on historical data and trends applicable to the political subdivision in which the individual unit of development is located during the previous ten years, expressed in living units equivalent.
means a building designed exclusively for occupancy as one dwelling.
means any structure or excavation more than 24 inches in depth, either indoors or outdoors, used or suitable to be used for bathing or swimming purposes, together with buildings, equipment and appurtenances used in connection therewith.
means a capital improvement or facility expansion which is designated in the capital improvements plan and which is not an on-site facility. A system related facility may include a capital improvement, which is located offsite, within or on the perimeter of the development site.
means the filing with the city of a written application for water or wastewater tap and the acceptance of applicable fees by the city. The term “tap purchase” shall not be applicable to a meter purchased for and exclusively dedicated to fire protection.
means a building designed exclusively for occupancy as two dwellings on an individual lot.
means a nonresidential building located within the city limits of the City of Rockport of which 51 percent or more of the floor space is unoccupied and has been the subject of two or more documented violations of any city ordinance.
means all persons or organizations that provide products for compensation directly to consumers for new construction, re-model work or repair work including but not limited to building, debris removal, demolition, electrical, irrigation, landscaping, mechanical, plumbing, pool, roofing, and signs.
means an artificial pool with a maximum depth of 24 inches intended primarily for use by children.
means the portion of the capital improvements plan, as may be amended from time to time, which identifies the wastewater treatment facilities or wastewater treatment facility expansions and their associated costs which are necessitated by and which are attributable to new development, and for a period not to exceed ten years, and which are to be financed in whole or in part through the imposition of wastewater impact fees.
means expansion of the capacity of any existing wastewater treatment facility for the purpose of serving new development, not including the repair, maintenance, modernization or expansion of an existing wastewater treatment facility to serve existing development.
means improvements for providing wastewater treatment, including, but not limited to, land or easements necessary for same.
means expansion of the capacity of any existing water facility for the purpose of serving new development, not including the repair, maintenance, modernization or expansion of an existing water facility to serve existing development.
means the improvements for providing water supply service, including, but not limited to, pumping facilities, and storage facilities, and necessary land or easements.
means the portion of the capital improvements plan, as may be amended from time to time, which identifies the water facilities or water facilities expansion and their associated costs which are necessitated by and which are attributable to new development, and for a period not to exceed ten years, and which are to be financed in whole or in part through the imposition of water impact fees pursuant to this article.
refers to the city zoning ordinance.
(Ordinance 1272, § 1, 12-9-03; Ordinance 1306, § 1, 9-28-04; Ordinance 1312, § 1, 12-14-04; Ordinance 1446, § 1, 10-21-08; Ordinance 1697, § 1, 9-19-17; Ordinance 1702, § 1, 1-9-18)