A. Capital Improvement(s): Facilities or assets of the City used for Water supply, treatment and distribution; waste water collection, transmission, treatment, and disposal; drainage and flood control; parks and recreation; transportation.

B. Development: The act of conducting a building or mining operation or making a physical change in the use or appearance of a structure or land which increases the usage of capital improvements or which creates the need for additional capital improvements, including appropriate partitions and subdivisions and related actions.

C. Improvement Fee: A fee for costs associated with capital improvements to be constructed after the date this Ordinance becomes effective.

D. Land Area: Area of a parcel of land measured by projection of its boundaries upon a horizontal plane excepting those portions within a recorded right-of-way or easement subject to public servitudes or scenic or preservation purpose.

E. Owner: The record title holder or purchaser under a recorded land sales agreement or any other person having an interest of record in the described real property.

F. Parcel of Land: A lot, parcel, block. or other tract of land occupied or which may be occupied by a structure or other use which includes yard areas or other open spaces required under zoning or other land development code or regulations of City .

G. Qualified Public Improvements: A capital improvement that is: (1) required as a condition of development approval; (2) identified in the capital improvement plan (Master Plan) of the City; (3) not located on or contiguous to a parcel of land that is the subject of the development approval (as used in this definition “contiguous” means: in a public way which abuts).

H. Reimbursement Fee: A fee for costs associated with capital improvements constructed or under construction on the effective date of this Ordinance.

I. System Development Charge: A reimbursement fee, an improvement fee or combination thereof assessed or collected at the time of increased usage of a capital improvement or issuance of a development permit, building permit, or connection to the capital improvement