3.871 Definitions.
(1) "Administrator" means the City of Medford Parks and Recreation Director.
(2) "Alternative System Development Charge" means an SDC established pursuant to 3.880.
(3) "Applicant" means the person who applies for a building permit.
(4) "Condition of Development Approval" is any requirement imposed on an Applicant by the City, a City or County land use or limited land use decision, or site plan approval.
(5) "Construction Cost Index" means the Engineering News Record (Seattle) Construction Cost Index.
(6) "Credit" means the amount by which an Applicant may be able to reduce the SDC fee as provided in this Ordinance.
(7) "Improvement Fee" means a fee for costs associated with capital improvements to be constructed after the effective date of this ordinance.
(8) "Over-capacity" means that portion of an improvement that is built larger or with greater capacity than is necessary to serve the Applicant’s New Development or mitigate for system impacts attributable to the Applicant’s New Development.
(9) "Capital Improvements Plan" also called the CIP, means the City program that identifies facilities and improvements projected to be funded, in whole or in part, with SDC revenues.
(10) "Previous use" means the most intensive use conducted at a particular property within the past 18 months prior to the date of application for a building permit. Where the site was used simultaneously for several different uses (mixed use) then, for the purposes of this Ordinance, all of the specific use categories shall be considered. Where the previous use is composed of a primary use with one or more ancillary uses that support the primary use and are owned and operated in common, that primary use shall be deemed to be the sole use of the property for purposes of this Ordinance.
(11) "Proposed use,” means the use proposed by the Applicant for the New Development. Where the Applicant proposes several different uses (mixed use) for the New Development then, for purposes of this Ordinance, all of the specific use categories shall be considered. Where the proposed use is composed of a primary use with one or more ancillary uses that support the primary proposed use and are owned and operated in common, that primary use shall be deemed to be the sole proposed use of the property for purposes of this Ordinance.
(12) "Qualified Public Improvement" means a capital facility or conveyance or an interest in real property that increases capacity and is:
(a) Required as a condition of development approval;
(b) Identified as a need in the capital improvements plan and list of projects used to calculate the SDC rates; and either:
(i) Not located on or contiguous to property that is the subject of development approval, or
(ii) Located in whole or in part on or contiguous to property that is the subject of development approval and required to be built larger or with greater capacity (over-capacity) than is necessary for the Applicant’s New Development or to mitigate for system impacts attributable to the Applicant’s New Development. There is a rebuttable presumption that improvements built to the City’s minimum standards are required to serve the Applicant’s New Development and to mitigate for system impacts attributable to the Applicant’s New Development.
(13) "Reimbursement Fee" means a fee for costs associated with capital improvements that have been constructed or were under construction prior to the effective date of this ordinance.