§ 4.60.060. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

"Area plan" or "area plans" means the areas set forth in Section 4.60.070 of this chapter.

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

"Certificate of occupancy" means a certificate of occupancy as defined by Ordinance No. 457 or state law.

"Commercial zones" means, for purposes of this chapter, property which at the time of issuance of a building permit is within one of the following Ordinance No. 348 zoning classifications: R-1, R-R, R-R-O, R-1-A, R-A, R-2, R-2-A, R-3, R-3-A, R-T, R-T-R, R-4, R-5, R-6, C-1/C-P, C-T, C-P-S, C-R, C-O, R-V-C, C-V, W-2, R-D, N-A, W-2-M, W-1, or SP with one of the aforementioned zones used as the base zone.

"County" means the county of Riverside.

"Credit" means a credit allowed pursuant to Section 4.60.140 hereof which may be applied against the fees.

"Development agreement" means an agreement entered into between the county and an owner of real property pursuant to Section 65864 et seq. of the Government Code that includes provisions requiring the payment of a public facilities and services mitigation fee.

"Development impact fee capital improvement plan" means the list entitled Riverside County Development Impact Fee Capital Improvement Plan, which list is on file with the clerk of the board.

"Development project" or "project" means any project undertaken for the purpose of development including the issuance of a perm for construction pursuant to Ordinance No. 457.

"DIF program" means the process of collecting and expending development impact fees.

"Facilities" shall mean the public facilities financed or acquired by the DIF Program and shall include all of the facilities set forth in the DIF Capital Improvement Plan and any subsequently approved revision thereof.

"Final inspection" means a final inspection as defined by Ordinance No. 457.

"Gross acreage" means the total property area as shown on a land division map of record, or described through a recorded legal description of the property. This area shall be bounded by road right-of-way and property lines.

"Industrial zones" means, for purposes of this chapter, property which at the time of issuance of a building permit is within one of the following Ordinance No. 348 zoning classifications: I-P, M-S-C, M-M, M-H, M-R, M-R-A, A-l, A-P, A-2, A-D, W-E, or SP with one of the aforementioned zones used as the base zone.

"Intensive use area" means, for purposes of surface mining operations, the roadways, parking areas, building areas, recycling operations, materials stock pile areas (area of calculation of fee for stock piles not to exceed two acres), maintenance and refueling buildings, scales and scale house, block plant buildings and material testing buildings. DIF fees shall not be assessed on the area designated as the "mineral extraction area" within the surface mining operation.

"Intensive use area—Winery." The "intensive use area" means, for purposes of a winery, that project area which includes but is not limited to the roadways, parking areas, all buildings associated with the winery including wine production and storage areas, tasting room, office and administration space, retail sales, indoor and outdoor special occasion facilities, and food service space.

"Mineral extraction area" means the quarry/mineral extraction area, settling/situation ponds, mining setbacks/buffer areas, mining roads within the quarry/mineral extraction area, conveyers, topsoil stockpiles set aside for reclamation purposes, reclamation test revegetation areas, waste fines stockpiles in the quarry/mineral extraction area to be utilized in the reclamation, and other similar types of operations not specifically listed above, as determined applicable by county staff.

"Multifamily residential" or "MFR" means attached residential dwellings that are not classified as single-family residential units. This category includes apartment houses, boarding, rooming and lodging houses, congregate-care residential facilities, and individual spaces within mobilehome parks and recreational vehicle parks. All other residential units shall be classified either as single-family residential units or senior citizen's residential units.

"Ordinance No. 810" means Ordinance No. 810 of the county of Riverside adopted on March 13, 2001, establishing an interim open space mitigation fee.

"Project area" means the area, measured in acres, from the adjacent road right-of-way line to the limits of project improvements. Project area includes all project improvements and areas of intensive use on the applicant's gross acreage, including all areas depicted on the applicant's exhibit, as submitted to the county of Riverside planning department. Except as otherwise provided herein, the project area is the acres upon which the development will be assessed DIF fees.

"Public facilities needs list" means the list entitled "Riverside County Public Facilities Needs List Through the Year 2010," which list is on file with the clerk of the board.

"Recreational vehicle" means a recreational trailer as defined in Ordinance No. 348.

"Recreational vehicle (RV) park" means a vacation recreational vehicle park, extended occupancy park or permanent occupancy park as defined in Ordinance No. 348.

"Report" means the County of Riverside Development Impact Fee Study Update Draft Final Report.

"Required planted vineyard" means the minimum site area when required by Riverside County Zoning Ordinance No. 348 for wineries with on-site vineyards for the planting and cultivation of grapevines.

"Residential unit" means a building or portion thereof used by one family and containing but one kitchen, which unit is designed or occupied for residential purposes, including single-family and multiple-family dwellings, but not including hotels and motels.

"Revenue" or "revenues" means any funds received by the county pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance for the purpose of defraying all or a portion of the cost of the facilities set forth in the DIF Capital Improvement Plan.

"Senior citizen's units" means residential units in developments that are legally restricted to occupancy by senior citizens pursuant to applicable federal and state law.

"Signal priority list" means that working document which is maintained by the transportation and land management agency to assist in the determination of locations for signalization. The signal priority list is a dynamic listing of locations that have been determined to have met traffic signal warrants, which locations are prioritized based on traffic volume and collision theory.

"Single-family residential" or "SFR" means a detached residential dwelling unit, an attached dwelling unit that is located on a separate lot (i.e., a duplex), any residential unit meeting the statutory definition of a condominium contained in the California Civil Code, Section 1351, and for which a condominium plan has been recorded pursuant to California Civil Code, Section 1352, and any building or portion thereof used by one family and containing but one kitchen.

"Traffic signal warrants" means those criteria described in the State of California Department of Transportation Traffic Manual and the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Inasmuch as those criteria for the installation of traffic signals are nationally accepted, those warrants, and any subsequent revisions are adopted as the county of Riverside traffic signal warrants.

"Winery" means an agricultural facility with an established on-site vineyard designed and used to crush, ferment, and process grapes into wine.

(Ord. 659.7 § 6, 2006: Ord. 659.6 § 6, 2001)

(Ord. No. 659.13, §§ 4—12, 1-13-2015)