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Adopted Level of Service. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. A public facility with a life expectancy of three or more years, to be owned and operated by or on behalf of the City, County, special district, or a private service provider. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, PLANNED. A Capital Improvement designed for construction within a period not to exceed six (6) years in a Capital Improvements Program. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM. A plan setting forth, by category of public facilities, those capital improvements that will be provided over a period of specified years. "Capital Improvements Program" may refer either to the plan for a particular service area or to the aggregation of capital improvements and the associated costs programmed for all service areas for a particular category of public facilities. COMMITTED DEVELOPMENT. Committed Development includes: development with an approved determination of concurrency; or developments which are approved, but which are unbuilt such as unbuilt preliminary subdivision plans, or minor development final plats; or final plats or building permits approved without a determination of concurrency. COMMON OWNERSHIP. Ownership by the same person, corporation, firm, entity, pannerships, entities, or unincorporated associations, in which a stock owner, parmer, or associate, or a member of his amily owns an interest in each corporation, firm, partnership, entity or unincorporated association, but excluding ownership of less that 1% of any stock traded on the New York, American or Pacific Stock Exchanges or traded over-the-counter where the price is listed at least weekly in the Wall Street Journal. CONSENT AGREEMENT. The executed contract between the local jurisdiction and developer that formally sets forth development approval and requirements to achieve adequacy. CURRENTLY AVAILABLE REVENUE SOURCES. An existing source or amount of revenue presently available to the City or the entity providing a Public Facility and that may be allocated towards capital expenses and which has been budgeted for the capital disbursements or debt service account applicable to a planned capital improvement; provided, however, that this term shall not refer to a mere intent to increase the future level or amount ora revenue source, nor to a revenue source which is contingent on ratification by a public referendum. DEVELOPMENT ORDER. Any action granting, denying, or granting with conditions, an application for a development permit. DEVELOPMENT PERMIT. Any zoning clearance; building permit; home occupation permit; sign permit; temporary use permit; certificate of occupancy; conditional use permit; preliminary subdivision plat approval; final subdivision plat approval; site plan approval; rezoning; or any other official action of the County or any other state or local government commission, board, agency, department or official having the effect of permitting development of land located within the geographic area subject to the provisions of this Ordinance. EXISTING DEMAND. The demand for Public Facilities from existing (built) Development. EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT OR "ERU". The demand for public facilities generated by a proposed development which is equivalent to the demand for public facilities generated by one (1) residential dwelling unit. [ERU figures found in Table 3]. IMPACT AREA. The area in which a proposed development is presumed to create a demand for Public Facilities and which area, therefore, will be evaluated to determine whether the Capacity of Public Facilities is adequate to accommodate the demand created by existing development, Committed Development and the proposed development. LEVEL OF SERVICE. Level of Service indicates thc capacity per unit of demand for each public facility. It is an indicator of the extent or degree of service provided by a facility based upon and related to the operational 2