§ 54-130. Definitions applicable to road impact fees.

In addition to the general definitions contained in section 54-112 of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings in application of the road impact fee:

Access improvements shall mean improvements designed and constructed to provide safe and adequate ingress and egress from a road impact construction, which include, but are not limited to, rights-of-way, easements, paving of adjacent or connecting roadways, turn lanes, deceleration and acceleration lanes, traffic control devices, signage and markings, and drainage and utilities. Access improvements shall not be eligible for credits pursuant to section 54-160.6 hereof.

Alternative road impact fee shall mean any alternative fee calculated by an applicant and approved by the city manager pursuant to section 54-134 hereof.

Alternative road impact fee study shall mean a study prepared by an applicant and submitted to the city manager pursuant to section 54-134 hereof.

Arterial road shall mean a route described in F.S. § 334.03(1), or its statutory successor in function, providing service which is relatively continuous and of relatively high traffic volume, long average trip length, high operating speed and high mobility importance.

City street system shall mean the system described in F.S. § 334.03(3), or its statutory successor in function, including all local roads within the City of Palatka and all collector roads inside the city which are not in the county road system.

City engineer shall mean the person appointed by the commission to serve as its engineer or the designee of such person.

Collector road shall mean a route described in F.S. § 334.03(4), or its statutory successor in function, providing service which is of relatively moderate average traffic volume, moderately average trip length, and moderately average operating speed. Such a route also collects and distributes traffic between local roads or arterial roads and serves as a linkage between land access and mobility needs.

County road system shall mean the system described in F.S. § 334.03(8), or its statutory successor in function, including all collector roads in the unincorporated areas of the county and all extensions of such collector roads into and through any incorporated areas, all local roads in the unincorporated areas, and all urban minor arterial roads not in the state highway system.

External trip shall mean any trip which either has its origins from or its destination to the road impact construction and which impacts the city street system.

Local road shall mean a route described in F.S. § 334.03(15), or its statutory successor in function, providing service which is of relatively low average traffic volume, short average trip length or minimal through-traffic movements, and high land access for abutting property.

Mixed use road impact construction shall mean a road impact construction in which more than one road impact fee land use category is contemplated with each category constituting a separate and identifiable enterprise not subordinate to or dependent on other enterprises within the road impact construction.

New net trip shall mean the average daily external trips, as adjusted by the road impact fee study.

Off-site improvements shall mean road improvements located outside of the boundaries of a road impact construction which are required by the county in order to serve external trips, but not including access improvements.

Road impact construction shall mean land development designed or intended to permit a use of the land which will contain more dwelling units, buildings or square footage than the existing use of the land, or to otherwise change the use of the land in a manner that increases the generation of vehicular traffic or the number of external trips.

Road impact construction land use category shall mean those categories of land use incorporated in the road impact fee rate schedule adopted in section 54-133 and set forth in the road impact fee study attached hereto as appendix C.

Road impact fee shall mean the road impact fee imposed by the county pursuant to section 54-133 hereof, as it may be amended from time to time.

Road impact fee rate shall mean a road impact fee imposed for a particular road impact construction under the applicable road impact fee land use category established in the schedules listed in appendix B for road impact fees.

Road impact fee study shall mean the study adopted by the county pursuant to section 54-132, as amended and supplemented pursuant to section 54-160.8.

Trip shall mean a one-way movement of vehicular travel from an origin (one trip end) to a destination (the other trip end). The word "trip" shall have the meaning which it has in commonly accepted traffic engineering practice.

Trip generation or trip generator rate shall mean the maximum average daily trip generation rates for the applicable trip generation land use category, as adjusted by the road impact fee study.

Trip generation land use category shall mean the trip generation land use categories established in Trip Generation, 7th edition, 2003 published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers.

(Ord. No. 07-23, § 4.01, 12-17-2007)