Sec. 21-301. - Definitions.

Words when used in this ordinance, and in resolutions adopted under the authority of this ordinance, shall have the following meanings:

(a)

"Goleta community plan" is defined as the plan that updates the Santa Barbara County comprehensive plan for the unincorporated area of Goleta.

(b)

"Goleta community planning area" or "Goleta planning area" is defined as that area of the County of Santa Barbara delineated by the Goleta community plan adopted by the board of supervisors on July 20, 1993 and as amended from time to time.

(c)

"Development" or "development project" means any project that involves the issuance of a permit for new construction, and reconstruction or expansion of an existing structure, which would result in an increased impact on public services.

(d)

"Commercial and industrial" means any building used for retail commercial and/or nonretail commercial and industrial development as identified in article II and III of the County Code, which includes, but is not limited to, retail stores, shops, and offices supplying commodities or performing services, excluding schools, governmental facilities and churches.

(e)

"Retail commercial" includes, but is not limited to, food stores, book stores and video rental stores, drug stores, laundry and cleaning establishments, barber shops and beauty parlors, repair shops for shoes, radios, TV and domestic appliances, professional services, studios and clinics, automotive service stations, vehicle maintenance and repair, banking, insurance and real estate services, restaurants, small bakeries, theaters, bowling alleys, and social clubs, discount stores, home supply stores.

(f)

"Nonretail commercial and industrial" includes, but is not limited to, buildings in which medical activities are conducted, warehouses and wholesale distribution, mini-warehouses, truck terminals, manufacturing, processing, fabricating, assembly, refining, repairing, packaging, or treatment of goods, material, or produce, sheet metal and welding shops, wholesale lumber yards, contractors yards, auto wrecking yards, canneries, commercial feed lots and stock yards, research and development, light industrial such as product assembly, laboratories, printing plants, and power stations, hotels and motels.

(g)

"Fee" means a monetary exaction, other than a tax or special assessment, that is charged by the County of Santa Barbara in connection with approval of a development project or subdivision for the purpose of defraying all, or a portion of, the cost of park facilities related to the development project or subdivision.

(h)

"Park and recreational facilities" include public park and recreation facilities, open space, riding and hiking trails, ancillary facilities, and any other capital park and recreation facility projects identified in the county's five-year capital improvement plan.

(i)

"Park and recreational impact" means any commercial or industrial development project which generates an increased demand for park and recreational facilities within the Goleta planning area.

(j)

"Capital improvement plan" means the plan for park capital improvements as identified in the county's fiveyear capital improvement plan or its successor as adopted or updated by the board of supervisors. The capital improvement plan indicates the approximate location, size, time of availability and estimated cost of capital improvements to be financed with impact mitigation fees and appropriate money for capital improvement projects.

(k)

"Board of supervisors" means the board of supervisors of the county.

(l)

"County" means the County of Santa Barbara, a political subdivision of the State of California.

(Ord. No. 4341, § 1; Ord. No. 4364, § 1)