Item B: Ordinance Concerning Public Improvements

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ATTACHMENT A capacity of the storm drainage system and designing improvements for the required level of protection, in accordance with the Design Standards for Stormwater Facilities in Public Improvement Projects. Franchisee . Any person using the public way under authority of a special ordinance granting that person the privilege of using the public way for a fee and upon conditions. [Garbage . Solid wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage and sale of produce.] [Heritage tree . Any tree of exceptional value to our community based on its size (relative to species), history, location, or species, or any combination of these criteria. The specific methodology for classifying a tree as a heritage tree shall be established by administrative rule of the city manager adopted pursuant to section 2.019 of this code.] Improvement fee . A fee for costs associated with capital improvements to be constructed after the date the fee is adopted pursuant to section 7.705. [This term shall have the same meaning as the term “improvement fee” as used in ORS 223.197 through 223.314.] Local improvement . Any project or service or part thereof undertaken by the city where all or part of the costs are borne by local assessments levied against parcels of real property which provides a special benefit only to specific parcels or rectifies a problem caused by specific parcel(s). Such local improvements may include, but are not limited to, a street, sidewalk, street light, underground utility, wastewater or storm sewerage facility, water utility facility, off-street motor vehicle parking facility, flood control facility, park, playground or neighborhood recreation facility. [Natural outlet . An outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.] Owner . [The fee owner of land including the contract purchaser of such land.] An individual, association, partnership or corporation having legal or equitable title to land other than legal title held only for purposes of security. For the purposes of notice, the owner may be determined using the latest Lane County assessment roll. [Properly shredded garbage . Waste from the preparation, cooking, and dispensing of foods that have been shredded to such degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sewers, with no particle any greater than one-half inch in any dimension.] Public improvement . Any improvement which upon construction and Ordinance - 3