Article II — Definitions

Except where the context otherwise requires, the definitions given in this article govern the construction of this chapter.

(Prior code § 19A-2A)

"Developer" includes every person, firm, corporation, or other business entity constructing or installing a new dwelling unit or mobile home space, either directly or through the services of any employee, agent or independent contractor.

(Prior code § 19A-2B)

"Dwelling unit" includes each single-family dwelling and each unit of a multiunit dwelling structure designed as a separate habitation for one or more occupants. "Dwelling unit" also includes a new factory-built housing installed in accordance with Section 19960 et seq. of the Health and Safety Code of the state.

(Prior code § 19A-2C)

"Mobile home space" includes each space in a mobile home park designed to be used for parking a mobile home on a temporary, semipermanent or permanent basis.

(Prior code § 19A-2D)

"School districts" includes all school districts located in whole or in part within the city.

(Prior code § 19A-2E)

"Conditions of overcrowding" means that the total enrollment of a school, including enrollment from proposed development, exceeds the capacity of such school as determined by the governing body of the district.

(Prior code § 19A-2F)

"Reasonable methods for mitigating conditions of overcrowding" include, but are not limited to:

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.

(Prior code § 19A-2G)

"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 dwelling units. Residential development includes, but is not limited to, a preliminary or final development plan, a subdivision tentative map, a parcel map, conditional use permit, or any other discretionary permit for new residential dwelling use.

(Prior code § 19A-2H)