Ojai Municipal Code Art. 2 Definitions

For the purposes of Title 10, Chapter 8 (School Facilities Fees and Dedications), unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used in Title 10, Chapter 8 (School Facilities Fees and Dedications) are defined as set forth in Title 10, Chapter 8, Article 2 (Definitions).

(§ 1, Ord. 634, eff. November 21, 1985; as amended by § 163, Ord. 941, eff. November 10, 2023)

"Conditions of overcrowding" exist in the school or schools of an attendance area whenever the total actual or projected enrollment of such school or schools for either the current fiscal year or any one of the next succeeding four fiscal years exceeds the maximum number of pupils which, in the judgment of the governing board of the school district, such school or schools could physically accommodate without a substantial reduction in the quality of the educational programs being offered or projected to be offered at such school or schools in such current or succeeding fiscal years.

(§ 1, Ord. 634, eff. November 21, 1985)

"Decision-making body" shall mean the Council, Planning Commission, and such other board, commission, office, or official as may be authorized or empowered to approve, or make recommendations for the approval of, any residential development.

(§ 1, Ord. 634, eff. November 21, 1985)

"Dwelling unit" shall mean a building, or portion thereof, or a mobile home designed for residential occupation by one person or a group of two or more persons living together as a domestic unit.

(§ 1, Ord. 634, eff. November 21, 1985)

To "approve a residential development" shall mean to:

(a) Grant a building permit;

(b) Approve or recommend the approval of a tentative map, final map, or parcel map for a subdivision of land; or

(c) Grant or recommend the granting of a variance, conditional use permit, or planned development permit.

(§ 1, Ord. 634, eff. November 21, 1985)

"Reasonable methods for mitigating conditions of overcrowding" shall mean and include, but not be limited to, 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.

(§ 1, Ord. 634, eff. November 21, 1985)

"Residential development" shall mean:

(a) The construction of one or more non-mobile home dwelling units;

(b) The preparation of a site for or the installation of one or more mobile home dwelling units;

(c) The subdivision of land for the purpose of such construction, preparation, or installation; and

(d) The use of a building, or a portion of a building, as a residence or residences in a zone where such use is permitted only pursuant to a variance, conditional use permit, or planned development permit or in conjunction with or to enhance the operation of a permitted use.

(§ 1, Ord. 634, eff. November 21, 1985)