§ 47-66. Definitions applicable to road 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 road impact fee.
Access improvements shall mean improvements designed and constructed to provide safe and adequate ingress and egress from a road impact construction, which include, but are not limited to, rights-of-way, easements, paving of adjacent or connecting roadways, turn lanes, deceleration and acceleration lanes, traffic control devices, signage and markings, and drainage and utilities.
Alternative road impact fee shall mean any alternative fee calculated by an applicant and approved by the county coordinator pursuant to section 47-70 hereof.
Alternative road impact fee study shall mean a study prepared by an applicant and submitted to the county coordinator pursuant to section 47-70 hereof.
Arterial road shall mean a route providing service which is relatively continuous and of relatively high traffic volume, long average trip length, high operating speed and high mobility importance, as more particularly described in F.S. § 334.03(1), or its statutory successor in function.
City street system shall mean the street system of any municipality within the county as defined in F.S. § 334.03(3), or its statutory successor in function.
Collector road shall mean a route providing service which is of relatively moderate average traffic volume, moderately average trip length and moderately average operating speed, as more particularly described in F.S. § 334.03(4), or its statutory successor in function.
County engineer shall mean the person appointed by the board to serve as its engineer or the designee of such person.
County road system shall mean the road system of the county as defined in F.S. § 334.03(8), or its statutory successor in function, including arterial and collector roads, within the unincorporated area, but shall be limited to the "C" roads as identified in the road impact fee study and shall not include any roads within the city street system.
Mini-warehouse shall mean an enclosed storage facility containing independent, fully enclosed bays that are leased to persons for storage of their household goods or personal property.
Mixed use road impact construction shall mean a road impact construction in which more than one road 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 road impact construction.
Mobile home park shall mean a lot or parcel of land use designed or used for the rental of spaces for mobile homes or recreational vehicles.
New net trip shall mean the average daily external trips, as adjusted by the road impact fee study.
New net vehicle-miles of travel shall mean the new vehicle-miles of travel generated by the proposed development during an average weekday, which includes consideration of trip generation, new trips and average trip lengths, compared to the vehicle-miles of travel generated by the previous use of the site.
Off-site improvements shall mean road improvements located outside of the boundaries of a road impact construction which are required by the county in order to serve external trips, but not including access improvements.
Office shall mean a building not located in a shopping center and exclusively containing establishments providing executive, management, administrative, or professional services, and which may include ancillary services for office workers, such as a restaurant, coffee shop, newspaper or candy stand, or child care facilities. Typical uses include, but are not limited to, 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.
Public/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.
Recreational vehicle park shall mean a lot or parcel of land use designed or used for the rental of spaces for recreational vehicles or mobile homes.
Retail/commercial shall mean an establishment engaged in the selling or rental of goods, services, lodging or entertainment to the general public. Typical uses include, but are not limited to, 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.
Road construction district shall mean those districts, as shown in appendix D*, that are established by the county in section 47-69 for the purposes of collection and expenditure of the road impact fees.
Road impact construction shall mean land construction designed or intended to permit a use of the land which will contain more dwelling units, buildings or square footage than the existing use of land, or to otherwise change the use of the land in a manner that increases the generation of vehicular traffic or the number of net new vehicle-miles of travel.
Road impact construction land use category shall mean those categories of land use incorporated in the road impact fee rate schedule adopted in section 47-69.
Road impact fee shall mean the road impact fee imposed by the county pursuant to section 47-69 hereof.
Road impact fee rate shall mean a road impact fee imposed for a particular road impact construction under the applicable road impact fee land use category established in section 47-69 hereof.
Road impact fee study shall mean the study adopted by the county pursuant to section 47-68, as amended and supplemented pursuant to section 47-121.
Trip shall mean a one-way movement of vehicular travel from an origin (one trip end) to a destination (the other trip end). The word "trip" shall have the meaning which it has in commonly accepted traffic engineering practice.
Warehouse shall mean 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.
(Ord. No. 05-08, § 4.01, 11-17-2005; Ord. No. 2016-01 , Art. 7, 2-16-2016)
*Note— Appendix D is not set out herein. A copy can be found in the county offices.