§ 74-108. General definitions.

When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Terms contained in article III or the rate schedules supercede these general definitions to the extent of any conflict(s).

Access improvements shall mean improvements designed and constructed to provide safe and adequate ingress and/or egress to and/or from the respective development, which include, but are not limited to, rights-of-way, easements, paving of adjacent or connecting roadways, turn lanes, deceleration and/or acceleration lanes, traffic control devices, signage and markings, drainage facilities, and utility facilities. An access improvement is a site related improvement.

Accessory building or structure shall mean a detached, subordinate structure, the use of which is clearly indicated and related to the use of the principal building or use of the land and which is located on the same lot as the principal building. Plumbing in the accessory building or structure may render same to be subject to water and/or sewer impact fees.

Adult only community shall mean a community or development, or specific part(s) thereof, in which all residents must be older than 18 years of age as evidenced by permanent age restrictions recorded in the land records of the county, which restrictions shall run with the such geographic areas, an effective planned unit development document restricts the occupation/residency of the subject property to persons older than 18 years of age or the type of licensing through the State of Florida restricts the occupation/residency of the subject property to persons older than 18 years of age.

Affordable housing shall mean a dwelling unit which is offered for sale or rent for an amount which is within the standards set forth and established in article IV of this chapter.

Agriculture shall mean a land use resulting in products that require little or no processing after the production or harvest stage in order to ready the product for sale, including but not limited to produce, fruits, trees, shrubs, ornamental plants, honey and nuts.

All suites hotel shall mean places of lodging that provide sleeping accommodations, a small restaurant and lounge and a small amount of meeting space. Each suite includes a bedroom; a sitting room and/or limited kitchen facilities may be provided within the suite.

Alteration shall mean any change in size, shape, occupancy, character, or use of a building or structure.

Alternative impact fee shall mean any reduction in impact fee approved by the county manager pursuant to section 74-204.

Applicant shall mean the person who applies for a building permit, development order, development permit, or other approval, permission or authorization for development.

Appraisal shall mean a real estate appraisal prepared in accordance with the "Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice" (published by the Appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation) by an MAI-certified appraiser authorized to practice in the State of Florida.

Assisted living facility (ALF) shall mean residential facilities that provide housing, personal care services, and supportive services to older individuals and disabled individuals who are unable to live independently. To be eligible to live in an ALF, the individual must meet residency criteria, which are defined by then existing Florida Statutes(s) or regulations(s), or both. Before a facility can be classified as an ALF for purposes of calculating the impact fees applicable thereto, the county administrator must be provided with proof that the facility has then acquired (or unconditionally shall be able to acquire) all licenses then required by statute(s), regulation(s), or both, to operate the respective ALF facility.

Auto repair/body shop/automobile care center shall mean an establishment that houses numerous businesses that provide automobile related services, such as repair and servicing, stereo installation, and seat covering upholstering.

Automated car wash shall mean a use that allows for the mechanical cleaning of the exterior of vehicles. Manual cleaning and car detailing may also take place at these facilities.

Average trip length/trip length shall mean the average daily trip length for the applicable trip generation land use category on the collector or arterial road system.

Bank/savings (drive-thru) shall mean drive-in banks which provide banking facilities for the motorist while in a vehicle and may also serve patrons who walk into the building. The drive-in lanes may or may not provide automatic teller machines.

Bank/savings (walk-in) shall mean free-standing buildings with their own parking lots and which do not have drive-in windows. These banks may or may not contain automatic teller machines (ATMs).

Bar/lounge shall mean a drinking place that contains a bar where alcoholic beverages are served or consumed, and possibly provides some type of entertainment such as music, television screens, video games, or pool tables.

Bay shall mean a space where a vehicle can be serviced.

Board shall mean the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida, including when acting in an ex-officio capacity.

Boat berth shall mean a wet or dry space to dock or store vessels.

Building shall mean any tangible thing, with or without walls, constructed on the site, installed on the site, or placed on the site, to support, shelter or enclose persons and/or support, shelter or enclose tangible property, and the use of the "building" is deemed to create demand upon, or increase demand upon, one or more of the specified public facilities. "Building" includes parking lots and other foundations, permanent and semi-permanent tents, sheds, trailers, mobile homes, and vehicles that shall in any way function as a building. Except in regard to water and/or sewer impact fees, "building" excludes temporary construction sheds that are to be used temporarily to assist in construction at the site. "Building" excludes tents erected for less than approximately 60 days for the temporary selling of seasonal items such as Christmas trees or Fourth of July fireworks. "Building" includes additions to a building, such as adding a new room, or enlargement of a then existing room.

Building permit shall mean an official document issued by the county which authorizes the construction or installation of a building on the site, including, but not limited to, by construction or installation occurring on the site and including, but not limited to, an item that is complete or substantially complete prior to its being placed on the site, such as a manufactured home or a communications tower that was substantially constructed elsewhere. For purposes of this chapter, "building permit" shall include tie-down permits for buildings, such as for a mobile home, or other approvals that do not require any other type of permit before the respective item may lawfully be occupied, used or operated. "Building permit" when used in the context of the use of land (or water) and in situations where a typical, conventional permit is not issued by the county for the respective improvement or use, such as for a golf course, means whatever is the last written approval or permission issued by the county to authorize the respective improvement.

Bundled Golf shall mean golf courses built as part of a residential development where the membership to and use of the golf course is open only to the residents. Guests can use the golf course only when playing with a member, who is a resident.

Business park shall mean a group of flex-type or incubator one- or two-story buildings served by a common roadway system. The tenant space is flexible and lends itself to a variety of uses; a garage door usually serves the rear side of the building. Tenants may be start-up companies or small mature companies that require a variety of spaces. The space may include offices; retail and wholesale stores; restaurants; recreational areas; and warehousing, manufacturing, light industrial, or scientific research functions. The average mix is 20 to 30 percent office/commercial and 70 to 80 percent industrial/warehousing.

Car dealerships/new and used auto sales shall mean a land use providing for automobile mechanical services, automobile body repair, parts and sales. Used car sales, leasing options and truck sales and servicing may also be available.

Certificate of completion shall mean a certificate stating that materials and products meet specified standards or that work was done in compliance with approved construction documents. A certificate of completion is evidence that the structure complies substantially with the plans and specifications that have been submitted to, and approved by, the local authority and allows for use, where occupancy is not needed.

Certificate of occupancy shall mean a certificate providing evidence that the building complies substantially with the plans and specifications that have been submitted to, and approved by, the local authority and allows for occupancy.

Church shall mean an institution that people regularly attend to participate in or hold religious services and other related religious activities. Other religious activities that may be conducted by churches or places of religious worship include on-site child care for use during religious services, and studies involving religious instruction, but shall not include schools, temporary or permanent dwellings, or other activities not directly related to religious practices.

Collier County Water-Sewer District shall mean a political subdivision of the State of Florida, whose governing body is ex-officio the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida.

Collier County water-sewer district meter size shall mean the water meter size as determined pursuant to any county ordinance.

Comprehensive plan shall mean the comprehensive plan of the county adopted and amended pursuant to the Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Act as contained in F.S. ch. 163, pt. II, or its successor in function.

Condominium shall mean an ownership unit that has at least one other owned unit within the same building structure.

Contribution shall mean the actual construction, installation or improvement of a public facility or portion thereof or addition thereto for the benefit of the county, such as a road or a sewer or water facility.

Convenience store shall mean a store open a minimum of 15 hours per day and which sells convenience foods, newspapers, magazines and often beer and wine and does not have gasoline pumps.

Convenience store with gas pumps shall mean convenience store which sells gasoline, convenience foods, newspapers, magazines, and often beer and wine. This land use includes convenience markets with gasoline pumps where the primary business is the selling of convenience items, not the fueling of motor vehicles. This includes a service station with a convenience store that sells gasoline and convenience store items, with or without a car wash.

County shall mean Collier County, a political subdivision of the State of Florida, and shall include any utility district and any other county dependent district that now or hereafter assesses any impact fee.

County attorney shall mean the individual appointed by the board of county commissioners to serve as its counsel, or the designee of such attorney.

County manager shall mean the chief administrative officer of the county, appointed by the board of county commissioners, or the designee of such officer.

Dance studio/gym shall mean privately owned facilities that offer dance, gymnastics, ballet or similar activity classes.

Date of value shall mean, for purposes of determining a developer contribution credit, the market value of the contribution as of the date of the contribution; date of commencement of construction; date of land dedication; or, for dedications, the day before the development order approval (zoning amendment, site plan approval, PUD approval, or other development order approval) wherein the contribution, construction or land dedication was proffered or required; whichever occurs first.

Day care shall mean an establishment which provides for the care, protection, and supervision of at least three children for a period of less than 24 hours a day on a regular basis, which supplements parental care, enrichment, and health supervision for the child, in accordance with his individual needs, and for which a payment, fee or grant is made for care. The facility generally includes classrooms, offices, eating areas, and a playground. The definition includes such terms as day nurseries, day care service, day care agency, nursery school, or play school. The term does not include summer camps or family day care homes.

Dedication shall mean the conveyance or donation of land or an interest in land to the county.

Development shall mean any installation, siting, construction, use of land, or other activity or improvement, or any additional square footage (area) of a then existing building or use, or any net increase in the size or use of a then existing building or land, in a manner that is deemed to increase the demand for, or impact upon, any public facility.

Duplex shall mean a single, free-standing, conventional building on a single lot which contains only two dwelling units and is intended, designed, used and occupied as two dwelling units under single ownership, or where each dwelling unit is separately owned or leased but the lot is held under common ownership. For the purpose of this chapter and assessment of impact fees a duplex will be considered under the definition of condominium. A duplex may also be referred to as a single-family attached dwelling. Please refer to definition of condominium.

Dwelling unit shall mean a building or portion of a building designated for or whose primary purpose is for residential occupancy, and which consists of one or more rooms which are arranged, designed or used as living quarters for one or more persons. A dwelling unit must contain, as an integral part therein, sleeping quarters, toilet/bathing facilities and a primary kitchen.

Elementary school (private) shall mean a school typically serving students attending kindergarten through the fifth or sixth grade. Elementary schools are usually centrally located in residential communities in order to facilitate student access, and they have no student drivers. This land use consists of private schools where bus service is usually provided to students living beyond a specified distance from the school.

Encumbered shall mean monies committed by law, contract or purchase order, or any impact fees pledged for bond repayment, or otherwise pledged or committed in a manner that obligates the county to expend the encumbered amount upon delivery of goods, the rendering of services or the conveyance of real property provided by a vendor, supplier, contractor, or owner.

Equivalent residential connection (ERC) shall mean, with regard to water and sewer service, the equivalent gallonage usage requirements of a single-family residential customer. For the purposes of this chapter an ERC will have an assigned value of 1.0. The ERC gallonage shall be based upon statistical data accepted by the county establishing an average residential use and it is recognized that the usage for some types of residential units may be greater or smaller than the average assumed for this calculation and the ERC may change from time to time based upon the rates calculated in the most recent impact fee study.

External trips shall mean any trip, which either has its origins from, or its destination to the development and which impacts the transportation network.

Florida Local Government Development Agreement Act shall mean the provisions of F.S. §§ 613.3220—163.3243, as amended or supplemented, or its successor in function. Developer contribution agreements shall not be characterized as a development agreement under this Act.

Fueling position shall mean the number of vehicles that can be fueled simultaneously at a service station.

Functional resident population shall mean the number of full-time equivalent people in a geographic area or site. Such populations can be measured on a 24-hour basis (24 hours each day, seven days each week) or on a daytime basis (16 hours each day, seven days each week). Functional residents allow one to: (a) measure the level of service on an area-wide basis and/or (b) estimate demands for facilities generated by a particular land use.

Furniture store shall mean a full-service retail facility that specializes in the sale of furniture and often carpeting. Furniture stores are generally large and may include storage areas.

General light industrial shall mean facilities that generally employ fewer than 500 persons. They have an emphasis on activities other than manufacturing and typically have minimal office space. Typical light industrial activities include printing, material testing and assembly of data processing equipment.

Golf course shall mean the geographic area designed and/or used for playing the game of golf, including fairways, greens, tees, and clubhouse with or without bar and banquet facilities.

Government/public building shall mean a local, state and/or federally owned or leased and operated government facility.

Guesthouse or cottage shall mean a dwelling unit which might or might not include cooking facilities, which is incorporated, attached to, or detached from a principal dwelling; and which is used exclusively for the noncommercial accommodation of friends or relatives of the occupant or the owner of the principal dwelling. The guesthouse/cottage may only be 40 percent of the living area (under air) of the primary dwelling. For the purpose of assessing water and/or sewer impact fees guesthouse or cottage shall be assessed at multi-family rate unless the rate schedule expressly provides otherwise.

High school shall mean a school which serves students who have completed middle school or junior high.

High-rise condominium shall mean residential condominiums or townhouses that are located in buildings with three or more levels (floors).

Home improvement superstore shall mean freestanding warehouse type facilities with off street parking. Home improvement superstores generally offer a variety of customer services and centralized cashiering, and they specialize in the sale of home improvement merchandise. They typically maintain long store hours seven days a week. Examples of items sold in these stores include lumber, tools, paint, lighting, wallpaper and paneling, kitchen and bathroom fixtures, lawn equipment, and garden plants and accessories. The stores included in this data are often the only ones on the site, but they can also be found in mutual operation with a related or unrelated garden center. Home improvement superstores are also sometimes found as separate parcels within a retail complex with their own dedicated parking. The buildings contained in this land use usually range in size from 25,000 to 150,000 square feet of gross floor area. Building materials and lumber store is a related field.

Hospital shall mean a building or group of buildings having facilities for overnight care of one or more human patients, providing services to inpatients and medical care to the sick and injured, or medical centers which offer primary and urgent care treatment for all types of injuries and traumas, and which may include as related facilities: laboratories, outpatient services, training facilities, central service facilities, and staff facilities; provided, however, that any related facility shall be incidental and subordinate to principal hospital or medical center use and operation.

Hotel shall mean a facility offering transient lodging accommodations normally on a daily rate to the general public and typically providing accessory uses, such as: restaurants, meeting rooms and recreational facilities. Hotels are different than motels in that each room does not have a separate entry directly from the outside of the building but rather entry is gained through the interior of the building through a lobby. For the purposes of calculating water and sewer impact fees, a hotel and resort hotel are considered to be non-residential uses.

Impact fee shall mean the fee imposed by the county pursuant to section 74-201 or, if applicable, the alternative impact fee.

Impact fee rate shall mean the formula or calculation that when applied to the respective development determines the applicable impact fee that results because of the impacts deemed by this chapter to be applicable to the respective public facility caused by particular development.

Impact fees are assessed using the rates in effect: (1) when the building permit application is submitted, or (2) at the time of the issuance of a certificate of occupancy or certificate of completion for the development, whichever is less.

Impact fee study shall mean a report of the findings of research and analysis conducted to develop fees assessed on new development that represent the fair share cost of the expansion of public facility infrastructure made necessary by that new development. The report describes the methodology used to develop the fees and presents the formulas, variables and data used as the basis of the fees.

Living area shall mean actual square footage of the housing unit. Excluded from the calculation of the square footage are carports, attached garages, and porches that are not protected from weather. Both finished and unfinished basements are to be included.

Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land Development Regulation Act means the provisions of F.S. ch. 163, pt. II, (1999), as amended or supplemented, or its successor in function.

Luxury auto sales shall mean a dealership that sells high-end luxury vehicles such as Lamborghini, Ferrari, Maserati, Lotus, BMW and Jaguar. Hours of operation may be less than a typical auto dealership and inventory may be limited. This classification will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Manufacturing shall mean facilities where the primary activity is the conversion of raw materials or parts into finished products.

Market value shall mean the most probable price for which a given property would sell, given adequate exposure in an open and competitive market, where both buyer and seller were knowledgeable, prudent and acting in their own self interests, with neither party being under undue stimulus to act, nor having an affiliation with one another, where payment is made in terms of cash in United States dollars (or in terms of financial arrangements comparable thereto), and where the price is unaffected by special or creative financing or sales concessions granted by any party associated with the sale.

Marina shall mean a non-residential boating facility, chiefly for recreational boating, located on navigable water frontage, and providing all or any combination of the following: boat slips or dockage, dry boat storage, small boat hauling or launching facilities, marine fuel and lubricants, marine supplies, bait and fishing equipment, restaurants, boat and boat motor sales, and rentals. Minor boat, rigging and motor repair which is incidental to the principal marina use is generally permitted, but no boat construction or reconstruction is permitted. A boat sales lot is not a marina.

Medical office shall mean office space that provides diagnoses and outpatient care on a routine basis generally operated by one or more private physicians or dentists.

Middle school shall mean a school serving students who have completed elementary school and have not yet entered high school.

Mine/commercial excavation shall mean a pit or excavation in the earth from which mineral substances, dirt, lime rock, coal, precious stones, geological materials, or other non-renewable resources are removed.

Mini-warehouse shall mean buildings in which a number of storage units or vaults are rented for the storage of goods. Each unit is physically separated from other units, and access is usually provided through an overhead door or other common access point.

Mixed use development shall mean a development in which more than one impact fee land use category is contemplated with each category constituting a separate and identifiable enterprise not subordinate to, or dependent on, other enterprises within the development.

Mobile home shall mean a detached dwelling unit with all of the following characteristics: (a) designed for occupancy and containing sleeping accommodations, a flush toilet, a tub or shower and kitchen facilities with plumbing and electrical connections provided for attachment to outside systems; (b) designed for transportation after fabrication on streets or highways on its own wheels; and (c) arriving at the site where it is to be occupied as a dwelling complete, including major appliances and furniture, and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations, location on jacks or other temporary or permanent foundations, connection to utilities and the like. Although a travel trailer, recreational vehicle, or park model is not generally considered a mobile home, the applicable impact fee in some instances may be the same as for a mobile home. For the purposes of computing the impact fee, a mobile home on a single-family lot (i.e., not located in a mobile home or similar park) shall be considered a single-family detached house for the purposes of assessing Road Impact Fees.

Modular home shall mean a dwelling unit, constructed as a total entity or in parts of a total entity, which is constructed other than on the building site which is then moved to and erected on the building site. A mobile home is not considered a modular home unless its maker's name appears on the approved listing of such construction in the State of Florida. For the purposes of computing the impact fee, a modular home shall be considered a single-family detached house.

Motel shall mean a facility offering transient lodging accommodations normally on a daily basis and at a daily rate for automobile travelers and typically providing parking adjacent to each sleeping room. Accessory uses may be provided, such as: restaurants, meeting rooms and recreational facilities. Motels are different than hotels, in that each motel room has a separate entry directly from the outside of the building while hotel guests gain entry to their room through the interior of the building through a lobby. For the purpose of calculating water and sewer impact fees, a motel is considered a non-residential use.

Movie theater shall mean a building with an area of audience seating, single or multiple screens and auditoriums, a lobby, and a refreshment stand.

Multiple-family dwelling units shall mean apartments that are rental dwelling units located within the same building with at least three other dwelling units. Units that are individually owned are classified as condo/townhouse.

For the purpose of calculating water and/or sewer impact fee, the following shall be considered to be multiple-family dwelling units: guesthouse, servants' quarters, in-law apartment, townhouse and adult congregate living facility.

Net new trip shall mean the average daily external trip, as adjusted by the applicable impact fee study.

Nonresidential means commercial, motel/hotel, or any other development that does not qualify as "residential". Nursing homes are considered to be non-residential unless a rate schedule expressly provides otherwise.

Nursing home shall mean a facility whose primary function is to care for persons who are unable to care for themselves, including rest homes (primarily for the aged) and chronic and convalescent homes.

Off-site improvements shall mean improvements located outside of the boundaries of a development, except for those public facilities that are located within the boundaries of the development that are owned and maintained by the county, which may be required by the county and includes on-site roadways that are part of the five-year capital improvement element or dedicated right-of-way in excess of providing on-site improvements required by local regulations, rules or ordinances.

Office shall mean a building or portion of a building wherein services are performed involving predominantly administrative, professional or clerical operations. It is a characteristic that retail or wholesale goods are not shown to or delivered from the premises to customers.

On-site transportation improvements shall mean, for purposes of contribution credit exclusion, a minimum 60 feet of dedicated right-of-way and sub-base, base and pavement required for two lanes constructed to local standards in an urban configuration.

Owner shall mean the person(s) who, or that, owns legal title to the real property upon which development is proposed to occur. Owner includes every co-owner; such as property owned in tenancy by the entireties, joint-tenancy, tenants in common, or by more than one trustee.

Person shall mean an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an incorporated association, trust or any other similar entity. An "individual" means a human being.

Pharmacy or drug store shall mean retail facilities that primarily sell prescription and non-prescription drugs. These facilities may also sell cosmetics, toiletries, medications, stationary, personal care products, limited food products, and general merchandise. The drug stores in this category may contain drive-through windows.

Professional engineer shall mean one who is licensed by the State of Florida as a professional engineer.

Public facilities shall mean the following publicly-owned facilities and services provided by Collier County or pursuant to an interlocal agreement with Collier County:

(1)

Transportation systems, facilities and services;

(2)

Water and sewer systems, facilities and services;

(3)

Parks and recreational systems, facilities and services;

(4)

Library systems, facilities and services;

(5)

Emergency medical systems, facilities and services;

(6)

Educational systems, facilities and services;

(7)

Correctional systems, facilities and services;

(8)

Fire systems, facilities and services; and

(9)

General government systems, facilities and services; and

(10)

Law enforcement systems, equipment, and facilities.

Public utilities administrator shall mean the individual appointed by the board or the county manager to supervise the administration, operations and/or acquisitions of the county's regional sewer system and/or regional water system, the former Goodland Water System, the Collier County Water-Sewer District, and/or any other similar utility system owned by the county and which now or in the future assesses any utility impact fee.

Quick lube shall mean a quick lubrication vehicle shop is a business where the primary activity is to perform oil change services for vehicles. Other ancillary services provided may include preventative maintenance, such as fluid and filter changes. Automobile repair service is generally not provided.

Recreational vehicle (RV) park shall mean a facility for the siting of recreational vehicles, travel trailers, or park models and which may have common facilities such as recreational rooms, swimming pools and laundry facilities.

Recreational vehicle (RV)/travel trailer/park model shall mean a vehicular, portable structure built on a chassis, designed to be used as a temporary dwelling. Although travel trailer, recreational vehicle or park model is not generally considered a mobile home, the applicable impact fee in some instances may be the same as for a mobile home.

Regional sewer systems shall mean the wastewater or sewer utility system directly connected to treatment facilities operated by the Collier County Water-Sewer District, or the county, or both. For the purposes of this chapter the term sewer and wastewater are interchangeable and have the same meaning.

Regional water systems shall mean the potable water utility system directly connected to treatment facilities operated by the Collier County Water-Sewer District, or the county, or both.

Residential shall mean apartments, condominiums, duplex dwellings, garden apartment dwellings, modular home dwellings, multiple-family dwellings, townhouse dwellings, mobile homes, single-family attached houses, single-family detached houses, adult congregate living facilities (ACLF), or assisted living facilities (ALF) as that term is defined in F.S. § 400.402, unless treated otherwise by the adopted rate schedules.

Restaurant (drive-thru) shall mean a land use including fast-food restaurants with drive-through windows. This type of restaurant is characterized by a large carryout clientele; long hours of service (some are open for breakfast, all are open for lunch and dinner, some are open late at night or 24 hours); and high turnover rated for eat-in customers.

Restaurant (high turnover) shall mean a land use consisting of sit-down eating establishments with turnover rates of approximately one hour or less. This type of restaurant is usually moderately priced and frequently belongs to a restaurant chain. Generally these restaurants serve lunch and dinner; they may also be open for breakfast and are sometimes open 24 hours a day. Some facilities contained within this land use may also contain a bar for serving food and alcoholic drinks.

Restaurant (low-turnover) shall mean a land use consisting of eating establishments of high quality and with turnover rates usually of at least one hour or longer. Generally, quality restaurants do not serve breakfast; some do not serve lunch; all serve dinner. Often the restaurants in this land use are not a chain and reservations are required.

Retail shall mean one or more establishments devoted to selling merchandise goods and products to consumers.

Retirement home or community shall mean one or more dwelling units consisting of apartments, condominiums, or a self-contained village, which is restricted to adults or senior citizens who are self-sufficient. They may also contain special services such as medical facilities, dining facilities, and some limited, supporting retail facilities.

Road impact fee district shall mean one of the eight districts located within the county which are described in section 74-302 of this chapter.

School shall mean a facility that provides a curriculum of elementary or secondary academic instruction (kindergartens, elementary, junior high schools and high schools) that meets academic standards as provided by the State of Florida. A public school is one operated by any governmental organization for the benefit of the general public. All other schools are private or commercial schools.

Self-service car wash shall mean a land use that allows the manual cleaning of vehicles by providing stalls for the driver to park and wash the vehicle.

Service station shall mean a land use generally located at intersections or freeway interchanges and having facilities, such as gas pumps, for fueling motor vehicles. They may also have facilities for servicing and repairing motor vehicles. This land use includes service stations without convenience stores or car washes.

Shopping center shall mean development consisting of eight or more retail businesses or service establishments containing a minimum total of 20,000 square feet of floor area. Some of the facilities included as part of a shopping center may include nonmerchandising facilities, such as movie theaters, restaurants, post offices, banks and health clubs. Shopping centers, in addition to the integrated unit of shops in one building, often include outparcels. These buildings are typically drive-in banks, retail stores or restaurants. A marina, hotel or motel with accessory retail shops is not considered a shopping center.

Single-family attached house shall mean a duplex.

Single-family detached house shall mean a home on an individual lot or parcel of land intended, designed, used and/or occupied by no more than one family.

Site related improvements shall include but not be limited to the construction of the driveway connection to a public road, acceleration and deceleration lanes, left-turn and right-turn lanes required for site access, signalization, and signage and striping. If the construction of an off-site access road is required to provide access from an existing paved public roadway to the site, those access improvements including the dedication of minimum of a 60-foot right-of-way and the configuration shall not be impact fee creditable. Only that portion above sub-base, base and pavement required for two lanes constructed to local standards in an urban and beyond as described in on-site transportation improvements, in excess of local regulations shall be eligible for impact fee credits.

Small medical office shall mean medical offices with 10,000 square feet or less that are occupied by medical doctors.

Specialty retail shall mean small strip shopping centers that contain a variety of retail shops and specialize in quality apparel; hard goods; and services such as real estate offices, florists and small restaurants.

Square footage shall mean the gross area measured in feet from the exterior faces or exterior walls or other exterior boundaries of the building including mezzanines, corridors and lobbies within the principal outside faces of the exterior walls, not including architectural setbacks or projections. For the calculation of road impact fees, square footage excludes areas within the interior of the building which are utilized for parking.

State highway system shall mean those facilities in the county as defined by F.S. § 334.03(21), or its statutory successor in function.

Supermarket shall mean a departmentalized self-service retail market, which primarily sells food items, but also may sell household items, personal items and other merchandise. A supermarket is to be distinguished from a grocery store on the basis of scale, being usually 20,000 square feet or larger in size, and the broader mix of goods and services.

Timeshare shall be considered under the definition of "All-suites hotel" for the purpose of this chapter and the assessment of impact fees.

Tire store shall mean a land use primarily involved in the business of sales and marketing of tires for automotive vehicles. Services offered by these stores usually include tire installation and repair, as well as other automotive maintenance or repair services and customer assistance. These stores generally do not contain large storage or warehouse areas.

Townhouse shall mean a group of three or more dwelling units attached to each other by a common wall or roof wherein each unit has direct exterior access and no unit is located above another, and each unit is completely separated from any other(s) by a rated firewall or a fire and sound resistant enclosed separation or space, and wherein each dwelling unit may or may not be on a separate lot under separate ownership. For the purpose of assessment of impact fees a townhouse will be considered a condominium. Please refer to the definition of condominium.

Transportation network shall mean the following: (1) the county road system, excluding all local roads; (2) all facilities on the state highway system located within the county; and (3) all collector roads within the city street system, provided that the improvement of such roads (a) will directly benefit arterial or collector roads within the county, and (b) is first subject to approval by the county.

Trip shall mean one-way movement of vehicular traffic from an origin to a destination.

Trip generation land use category shall mean the trip generation land use category established in the trip generation report published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers and the current edition on the effective date of this chapter [March 19, 2001], to be superceded by the most current edition of the effective date of any revisions to the relevant impact fee study.

Trip generation or trip generator rate shall mean the average daily trip generation rates for the applicable trip generation land use category, as adjusted by the relevant impact fee study.

University/junior college (private) shall mean private two-year junior, community and technical colleges as well as private four-year universities and private colleges that may or may not offer graduate programs.

Vehicle miles of travel (VMT) shall mean the average new travel added to the road system by the development, computed by multiplying the new net trips generated by development by the average trip length.

Warehouse shall mean facilities that are primarily devoted to the storage of materials. They may also include office and maintenance areas. Retail use may not exceed 20 percent of the building or facility.

(Ord. No. 01-13, § 1, 3-13-01; Ord. No. 01-54, § 2, 10-9-01; Ord. No. 01-63, § 1, 11-13-01; Ord. No. 04-16, § 6; Ord. No. 2005-28, § 5; Ord. No. 2005-47, § 2; Ord. No. 2009-09, § 2; Ord. No. 2009-71, § 2; Ord. No. 2011-19, § 2; Ord. No. 2013-63, § 1; Ord. No. 2014-04, § 1; Ord. No. 2015-17, § 2)