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<br />March 16, 2016 15 <br />GLOSSARY OF TERMS <br /> <br />Capital Facilities: Capital Facilities are those physical features or assets which <br />provide a public service such as, but not limited to: fire <br />stations, water towers, police stations, libraries, highways, <br />sewage treatments plants, communication, and recreation <br />facilities. <br /> <br />Development Impact Fees: Development impact fees mean a payment of money <br />imposed upon development as a condition of development <br />approval to pay for public facilities needed to serve new <br />growth and development, and that is reasonably related to <br />the new development that creates additional demand and <br />need for public facilities, that is a proportionate share of the <br />cost of the public facilities, and that is used for facilities <br />that reasonably benefit the new development. Impact fee <br />does not include a reasonable permit or application fee. <br /> <br />Development Regulations: Development regulations means any controls placed on <br />development or land use activities by a county or a city, <br />including but not limited to: zoning ordinances, official <br />controls, planned unit development ordinances, subdivision <br />ordinances, and binding site plans ordinances. <br /> <br />Development Standards: Development standards mean any required minimal <br />functional standard which describes or defines how <br />development is to occur. Development standards are <br />intended to serve as an established level of expectation by <br />which development is required to perform. <br /> <br />Essential Public Facilities: Essential public facilities include those facilities that are <br />typically difficult to site, such as: airports; state education <br />facilities; state or regional transportation facilities; state and <br />local correctional facilities; solid waste handling and <br />disposal facilities; and in-patient facilities including <br />substance abuse facilities, mental health facilities, group <br />homes and other health facilities. <br /> <br />Interlocal Agreements: Interlocal agreements mean any binding agreements, <br />contracts, or other stipulations between two or more <br />governing entities which implement the provisions of the <br />County-wide Planning Policies. <br /> <br />LAMIRD: Limited Areas of More Intense Rural Development <br />(LAMIRDs) are an optional designation available through <br />the Growth Management Act to recognize areas of rural