Item 1: Ordinance Concerning Public Improvements - Chapter 7 Revisions

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ATTACHMENT A Sidewalk . The improved part of a street right-of-way between the curb lines or the lateral lines of a roadway and the adjacent property lines that is intended for pedestrian use. [Single dwelling unit . A facility designed for permanent or semi-permanent occupancy by a single family and provided with minimum kitchen, sleeping and wastewater facilities.] Stormwater . [Stormwater] Water runoff[, snow melt runoff, and surface runoff and drainage] that originates as precipitation on a particular site, basin, or watershed. [Stormwater sewer . A sewer or open channel which carries stormwater into which wastewater is not intentionally admitted.] Stormwater management facility. Any structure or configuration of the ground that is used or, by its location, becomes a place where stormwater flows or is accumulated, including but not limited to, pipes, sewers, curbs, gutters, manholes, catch basins, ponds, open drainage ways, runoff control facilities, wetlands, and their accessories. Street light. Fixed lighting of the public right of way for both vehicles and pedestrians. Street tree . A living, standing [woody plant typically having a single] tree with a trunk diameter or, for trees with multiple trunks, a cumulative trunk diameter, of at least at least 1-1/2 inches [in diameter] at a point six inches above mean ground level at the base of the trunk, and that is located within the public street right-of-way, or shown on an approved street tree plan. [Surface water . Water other than storm water flowing on or over the surface ground.] Systems development charge . A reimbursement fee, an improvement fee or a combination thereof imposed or collected at any of the times specified in section 7.720. It shall also include that portion of a wastewater sewer or storm sewer connection charge that is greater than the amount necessary to reimburse the city for its average cost of inspecting and installing connections with wastewater sewer facilities and stormwater sewer facilities. [Undeveloped subdivision plat . A recorded subdivision plat, or portion thereof, under common ownership and which does not have public improvements, public utilities, cable television facilities, roadways, water service, wastewater sewage disposal service, or other improvements described in ORS 92.225.] Ordinance - 5