As used in this chapter:
means the property owner, landowner or duly designated agent thereof, that applies for a permit or other entitlement for a new development permit.
shall mean shared living quarters with two or more dwelling units on a site, without separate kitchen or bathroom facilities for each room or unit. This classification includes boarding houses.
means the City permit required for new building construction and/or additions which add square footage pursuant to Title 17 of this Code. Neither a grading permit, nor a foundation permit shall be considered a building permit for purposes of this chapter.
means the point in time at which the City calculates the development impact fee(s) to be paid by the applicant. Calculation will generally occur at the time of issuance of the applicable building permit or construction approval for a residential or commercial/industrial development or mobile home pad but may occur earlier in the development approval process.
may mean the Police Chief or Fire Chief.
shall mean the City of Huntington Beach.
means the City Manager or his/her designee of the City of Huntington Beach.
means the point in time at which the development impact fee(s) are paid by the applicant. Collection will occur on the date of final inspection or the date a certificate of occupancy or temporary certificate of occupancy, whichever occurs first, or in the case of a mobile home pad or pads, collection will occur at or on the date of construction approval is issued.
shall mean books, magazines, DVDs, compact disks, computer programs, digital resources and other reference and circulation materials.
shall mean the construction of new floor area on a lot in any of the nonresidential zoning districts of the City.
shall mean facilities dedicated for community use for social, community and educational groups.
shall mean a detached building or buildings designed primarily for use as a dwelling, with one or more habitable rooms with only one kitchen, and designed for occupancy as a unit by one or more persons living as a household unit with common access to all living, kitchen and bathroom areas, no portion of which is rented as a separate unit.
means the addition of new dwelling units and/or new nonresidential square footage to an undeveloped, partially developed or redeveloped site and involving the issuance of a building permit and certificate of occupancy for such construction, reconstruction or use. Development may also include expanded uses that create additional impacts on City facilities, infrastructure or parkland. Development also includes the approval and construction of new mobile home pads in existing or new mobile home parks or sites, but not including the following so long as no additional dwelling units or gross floor area is added:
A permit to operate;
A permit for the internal alteration, remodeling, rehabilitation, or other improvements or modifications to an existing structure;
The rebuilding of a structure destroyed by an act of God or the rehabilitation or replacement of a building in order to comply with the City's seismic safety requirements;
Parking facilities; or
The rehabilitation or replacement of a building destroyed by imminent public hazard, acts of terrorism, sabotage, vandalism, warfare or civil disturbance except where said destruction was caused or in any manner accomplished, instigated, motivated, prompted, incited, induced, influenced, or participated in by any persons or their agents having any interest in the real or personal property at the location.
means any residential, commercial or industrial development project, and shall mean any construction, addition, alteration or other change of use of a building or land that requires the City to issue a grading, building, plumbing, mechanical, or electrical permit, or any other form of entitlement.
may mean the Director of Community Services, Director of Library Services, Director of Planning and Building, or Director of Public Works.
is as defined in Section 203.06 of the Huntington Beach Zoning and Subdivision Ordinance ("ZSO").
means and refers to the City resolution specifying the development impact fee(s) per dwelling unit or mobile home pad for residential development and per gross square foot of floor area for nonresidential development, by type and by location.
shall mean the report prepared for the City entitled "Development Impact Fee(s) Calculation and Nexus Report for the City of Huntington Beach" dated October 2011.
shall mean the area of all floors and levels as defined in the ZSO.
shall mean publicly owned buildings and structures used for the purposes of conducting City, county, state or federal government business. Such facilities shall include, but not be limited to, City halls, police and fire stations, offices, equipment yards, sanitation facilities, schools, recreation centers, and similar facilities. Private commercial development projects leasing publicly owned land shall not be considered government or public facilities.
means the area of a nonresidential development measured from the exterior building lines of each floor with respect to enclosed spaces but excluding parking spaces whether or not enclosed. For purposes of this chapter, the term "enclosed spaces" specifically includes, but is not limited to, an area available to and customarily used by the general public and all areas of business establishments generally accessible to the public such as fenced, or partially fenced in areas of garden centers attached to and serving the primary structure.
shall mean any of the specific land uses that have been listed in the fair share implementation resolution authorized pursuant to Section 17.65.050, and used to provide the basis for future development impact projections.
shall mean library building space and library materials, which are owned and operated by the City of Huntington Beach.
shall mean books, magazines, DVDs, compact disks, computer programs, digital resources and other reference and circulation materials.
shall mean the report prepared for the City entitled Development Impact Fee Master Facilities Plan, prepared by Revenue & Costs Specialists, LLC, dated October 2011.
shall mean a structure transportable in sections which is a minimum of eight feet in width and 40 feet in length, built on a permanent chassis, and designed to be a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation.
means a development undertaken for the purpose of creating gross floor area, excluding dwelling units, but which includes, and is not limited to commercial, industrial, retail, office, hotel/motel, and warehouse uses involving the issuance of a building permit for such construction, reconstruction or use.
shall mean the Planning and Building Director of the City of Huntington Beach or his/her designee.
shall mean the Planning Department of the City of Huntington Beach.
means the Police Department of the City of Huntington Beach.
means a development undertaken for the purpose of creating a new dwelling unit or units and involving the issuance of a building permit and certificate of occupancy for such construction, reconstruction or use, or the construction approval for a mobile home pad or pads.
shall mean the construction of a dwelling unit on a lot in any of the residential zoning districts of the City. For purposes of this chapter, the addition of floor area shall be considered construction of a residential development project if the additional floor area exceeds 50% of the existing floor area, as determined by the Director of Planning and Building.
shall mean right-of-way or traffic improvements that must be constructed on the site of a new development project in order to comply with applicable City development regulations and standards.
shall mean the City's system of streets, roads and intersections traversed by automobiles and other vehicles.
shall mean the number of vehicle trips multiplied by the average trip length for a specified use as identified in the Fee Calculation Report.
shall mean the number of average, daily trips generated by uses of land, as specified in the most recent edition of the Institute of Transportation Engineers, Trip Generation, and at the discretion of the Public Works Director when the reference document does not provide a reasonable representation of vehicle trips for a specific use, special studies or alternative reference documents may be used.
(Res. No. 2012-23, 3947-8/12)