§ 29.06.010. Definitions.

Words when used in this title, and in resolutions adopted under the authority of this title, shall have the following meanings:

"Affordable" means housing which can be purchased or rented by a household with very low, low, moderate or workforce income, as described in Title 22, Section 22.12.070 and Title 23, Section 23.04.094 - Housing affordability standards, all of the county code.

"Affordable housing unit" - see "affordable."

"Board of supervisors" means the board of supervisors of the county.

"County" means the County of San Luis Obispo, a general law county organized and existing under the Constitution and law of the State of California.

"Development project" means any project undertaken for the purpose of development. "Development project" includes, but is not limited to the following:

(1)

Any project requiring an approval pursuant to Title 22 of the county code, including approvals of development plans, site plans, minor use permits, and variances, but excepting approvals of County General Plan/Land Use Ordinance amendments;

(2)

Any project requiring the approval of any application filed pursuant to the county Coastal Zone Land Use Ordinance, Title 23, and portions of Title 8 and Title 19 of the county code, including the approval of coastal development permits, development plans, site plans, minor use permits, and variances, but excepting Local Coastal Plan/Coastal Zone Land Use Ordinance amendments;

(3)

Land divisions pursuant to Title 21 of the county code, including lot line adjustments, certificates of compliance, parcel maps, tract maps and condominium conversions;

(4)

Any project which requires the issuance of any construction permit; and

(5)

Any other real property development, which is subject to the jurisdiction of the county and which requires an approval that is subject to the exercise of the discretion of the board of supervisors, the county planning commission, the planning director of the county, or the chief building official of the county.

"Fee" means a monetary exaction, other than a tax or special assessment, which is charged by a local agency to the applicant in connection with approval of a development project for the purpose of mitigating the demand for affordable housing caused by a development project, to enable residential development projects to provide a fair share of affordable housing units, and to mitigate the impact to the county's housing stock caused by commercial and industrial development projects. "Fee" means the in-lieu fee and/or the housing impact fee established by this title.

"Housing impact fee" means a fee paid to the county to offset the demand for housing created by commercial and industrial development, pursuant to Title 22, Section 22.12.080 and Title 23 Section 23.04.096 — Inclusionary housing, all of the county code.

"In-lieu fee" means a fee paid to the county as an alternative to the production of inclusionary housing units by the developer, pursuant to Title 22, Section 22.12.080 and Title 23, Section 23.04.096 — Inclusionary housing, all of the county code.

(Ord. No. 3171, § 1, 12-9-08)