§ 47-46. Definitions applicable to emergency medical system impact fees.

In addition to the general definitions contained in section 47-2 of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meaning in the application of the emergency medical system impact fee.

Alternative emergency medical system impact fee shall mean any alternative fee calculated by an applicant and approved by the county coordinator pursuant to section 47-50 hereof.

Alternative emergency medical system impact fee study shall mean a study prepared by an applicant and submitted to the impact fee coordinator pursuant to section 47-50 hereof.

Commercial shall mean an establishment engaged in the selling or rental of goods, executive, management, administrative, or professional services, lodging or entertainment to the general public, and which may include ancillary services for office workers, such as a restaurant, coffee shop, newspaper or candy stand, or child care facilities. Commercial shall also include an establishment primarily engaged in the display, storage and sale of goods to other firms for resale, activities involving significant movement and storage of products or equipment. Typical uses include, but are not limited to, wholesale distributors, storage warehouses, moving and storage firms, trucking and shipping operations, and major mail processing centers, real estate, banking, insurance, property management, investment, employment, travel, advertising, secretarial, data processing, telephone answering, telephone marketing, music, radio and television recording and broadcasting studios; professional or consulting services in the fields of law, architecture, design, engineering, accounting and similar professions; interior decorating consulting services; medical and dental offices and clinics, including veterinarian clinics and kennels; and business offices of private companies, utility companies, trade associations, unions and nonprofit organizations, shopping centers, discount stores, supermarkets, home improvement stores, building, material and lumber stores, garden centers, gasoline service stations, car dealerships, convenience markets, furniture stores, pharmacies, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, automobile sales and service, retail banking facilities, including banks, savings and loans and credit unions, movie theaters, amusement arcades, bowling alleys, golf courses open to the public, marinas, movie theaters, barber shops, laundromats, funeral homes, private vocational or technical schools, dance studios, health clubs, racquet clubs, banquet halls and conference facilities, hotels, motels and boarding houses.

Emergency medical system shall mean the buildings, land, apparatus and capital equipment provided by the county that are used primarily for the providing of emergency medical care and transport of the sick, injured or incapacitated upon the streets, highways, waterways or airways of the county.

Emergency medical system impact construction shall mean land development assigned or intended to permit a use of the land which will contain more dwelling units, buildings or floor space than the existing use of the land, or to otherwise change the use of the land in a manner that increases the impact upon the county emergency medical system.

Emergency medical system impact fee shall mean the emergency medical system impact fee imposed by the county pursuant to section 47-49 hereof.

Emergency medical system impact fee land use category shall mean those categories of land use incorporated in the emergency medical system impact fee rate schedule in section 47-49 hereof.

Emergency medical system impact fee study shall mean the study adopted by the county pursuant to section 47-48, as amended and supplemented pursuant to section 47-121.

Institutional shall mean a governmental, quasi-public or institutional use, or a non-profit recreational use, not located in a shopping center. Typical uses include, but are not limited to, elementary, secondary or higher educational establishments, day care centers, hospitals, mental institutions, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, fire stations, city halls, courthouses, post offices, jails, libraries, museums, places of religious worship, military bases, airports, bus stations, fraternal lodges, and recreational buildings.

(Ord. No. 05-08, § 3.01, 11-17-2005; Ord. No. 2016-01 , Art. 5, 2-16-2016)