§ 12-172. Definitions

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Building permit means the permit required for new residential and nonresidential construction and additions pursuant to chapter 5, pertaining to buildings and building regulations. The term "building permit" shall not be deemed to include permits required for remodeling, rehabilitation, or other improvements to an existing structure or rebuilding a damaged or destroyed structure, provided there is not an increase in the number of dwelling units resulting therefrom or the number of employees.

Capital costs means the capital costs to construct, expand, or improve public facilities, including the cost of land, and including legal, engineering, and design costs to construct, expand, or improve public facilities, except that not more than ten percent of capital costs may consist of legal, engineering, and design costs unless the political subdivision can demonstrate that its legal, engineering, and design costs which relate directly to the public improvement for which the impact fees were imposed exceed ten percent of capital costs. The term "capital costs" does not include other noncapital costs to construct, expand, or improve public facilities or the costs of equipment to construct, expand, or improve public facilities.

Capital improvements means any parks and recreational facilities, construction, improvements, equipping, and installing of the same and which facilities are identified in the needs assessment to be financed by the imposition of an impact fee.

Developer means a person that constructs or creates a land development.

Fulltime equivalent employees are based on 40 hours per week, 2,080 hours per year and/or the combination of the number of parttime employees that would equal a fulltime equivalent employee or employees.

Impact fees means cash contributions, contributions of land or interests in land or any other items of value that are imposed on a developer by a political subdivision under this article.

Land development means the construction or modification of improvements to real property that creates additional residential dwelling units within a political subdivision or that results in nonresidential uses and employment that create a need for new, expanded, or improved public facilities within a political subdivision.

Needs assessment means the assessment of needs required to identify public facility costs for the purpose of calculating impact fees as defined by Wis. Stats. § 66.0617.

Nonresidential development means any development approved by the local government for any business, commercial, retail, office or industrial use.

Political subdivision means a city, village, town, or county.

Public facilities means highways, as defined in Wis. Stats. § 340.01(22), and other transportation facilities, traffic control devices, facilities for collecting and treating sewage, facilities for collecting and treating storm and surface waters, facilities for pumping, storing and distributing water, parks, playgrounds and other recreational facilities, solid waste and recycling facilities, fire protection facilities, law enforcement facilities, emergency medical facilities, and libraries. The term "public facilities" does not include facilities owned by a school district.

Residential development means any development approved by the local government for residential use.

Service area means a geographic area delineated by the village within which there are public facilities.

Service standard means a certain quantity or quality of public facilities relative to a certain number of persons, parcels of land, or other appropriate measure, as specified by the village.

(Code 2006, § 3.16(3); Ord. No. O8-1-04, 8-10-2004)

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Definitions, Wis. Stats. § 66.0617(1).