§ 15.68.030. Definitions.

As used in this Chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

"Applicant" means any individual, person, firm, partnership, association, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, entity, combination of entities or authorized representative thereof, who undertakes, proposes or applies to the City for any office or warehouse/distribution development project.

"Building Official" shall be as defined in Section 15.04.085 of the Oakland Municipal Code.

"City" means the City of Oakland.

"City Administrator" means the City Administrator of the City of Oakland or his or her designee(s).

"Change and intensification of use" means a project that will change the use of one or more buildings from a non-office use to an office use or from a non-warehouse/distribution use to a warehouse/distribution use, and which will result in an increase in the average number of employees per square foot of gross space.

"Development project" means any activity for new construction, construction in an existing building that has been substantially vacant for a continuous period of at least one year, or any change and intensification of use of an existing building, involving or requiring the issuance of a building permit by the City.

"Housing production mitigation measures" or "in-lieu housing production mitigation measures" mean those requirements or measures imposed on or elected by applicants for certain development projects in lieu of payment of impact fees, as such requirements and measures are set forth under Section 15.68.080 of this Chapter.

"Impact fee" means that jobs/housing impact fee imposed under this Chapter on applicants for certain development projects.

"Office" means those uses that fall under any of the following use activity types as defined in the City of Oakland Planning Code:

Medical service commercial activities (Section 17.10.330);

Consumer service commercial activities (Section 17.10.350);

Consultative and financial service commercial activities (Section 17.10.360);

Administrative commercial activities (Section 17.10.390);

Business, communication, and media service commercial activities (Section 17.10.400); or

Research service commercial activities (Section 17.10.420).

"Warehouse/distribution" means those uses that fall under any of the following use activity types as defined in the City of Oakland Planning Code Section 17.10.583:

Warehousing, storage, and distribution industrial activities.

(Ord. No. 13365, § 7, 5-3-2016; 13364, § 1, 5-3-2016; Ord. 12442 § 2 (part), 2002)