Fairfield Municipal Code § 25.405 Residential development

"Conditions of overcrowding”

means that the total enrollment of a school, including enrollment from proposed development, exceeds the capacity of such school within the attendance area, as determined by the governing body of the school district.

"Decision-making body”

means the city council, or their designee.

"Dwelling unit”

means a building or portion thereof, or a mobilehome, designed for residential occupation by one person or group of two or more persons living together as a domestic unit.

"Reasonable methods for mitigating conditions of overcrowding”

shall include, but are not limited to, concepts such as:

(a)

Any agreements entered into by the affected school district which would alleviate conditions of overcrowding caused by new residential development;

(b)

The use of relocatable structures, student transportation, and school boundary realignments;

(c)

The use of available bond or state loan revenues to the extent authorized by law;

(d)

The use of funds which could be available from the sale of surplus school district real property and funds available from other appropriate sources, as determined by the governing body of affected school districts;

(e)

Agreements between a subdivider or other developer of residential developments in the affected school district whereby temporary-use buildings will be leased to or for the benefit of the school district or temporary-use buildings owned by the school district will be used.

"Residential development”

means a project containing residential dwellings, including mobile-homes, of one or more units, or a division of land for the purpose of constructing one or more residential units. Residential development includes, but is not limited to, a preliminary or final development plan, a subdivision tentative or final map, a parcel map, conditional use permit, a building permit, or any other discretionary permit for new residential use.