12.64.020 Definitions.
A. Advisory Agency. The following bodies shall constitute the advisory agency for projects subject to this chapter:
1. For projects subject to Title 16 of this code, the advisory agency shall be defined by Section 16.08.020;
2. For conditional use permits, general plan or specific plan amendments, zone changes, or other “development” permits and/or approvals not specifically listed in this section, the planning commission shall be the advisory agency;
3. For grading plans, site plan review, building permits or other ministerial permits, the planning director shall be the advisory agency.
B. “Applicant” means a person, firm, corporation, partnership or association who proposes to develop or causes to be developed and/or use real property as defined in “development” for himself or for others.
C. “Development” means any action taken requiring a permit or application to seek amendment, approval or authorization under provisions of any grading, zoning, parcel map, or final map subdivision ordinance, including actions such as grading permit approval, zoning change, conditional use permit, modification, variance, tentative parcel map approval, and tentative subdivision map approval. It also means converting an existing legal land use entitlement to another specific purpose by altering the intended density, intensity or use of an existing authorized entitlement.
D. “Fair market value” is defined in Section 15.80.100, which requires a written appraisal report acceptable to the planning director; except as further defined in Section 12.64.100(B) in the case where a trail or support facility, which serves a subject phase, has been acquired by the city prior to said development.
E. Phase of the Specific Trails Plan. A “phase” of the Specific Trails Plan identifies the locality of an area planned for trails and support facilities.
F. Specific Trails Plan. A planning document adopted by the city council for the purpose of setting policy and identifying trails and support facilities within the city. (Ord. 5020 § 12, 2020; Ord. 3713 § 1, 1996)