§ 15.74.030. Definitions.

As used in this Chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, and to the extent a Planning Code and/or Municipal Code Chapter and/or Section is referenced herein, such reference shall also include future amendments, if any:

"Additional Housing Units" means the net increase in the number of housing units on a parcel of real property. Additional housing units equal the number of new housing units proposed to be developed on the parcel of real property by issuance of a building permit, less the number of housing units (a) legally removed from the same parcel of real property by authorized remodeling, demolition or relocation to another parcel of real property, or by accidental destruction or natural disaster, during the year preceding the owner's filing for the building permit or (b) authorized to be removed prior to or during the construction for which the building permit is requested.

"Additional Square Feet" means the net increase in square feet of building floor area, as defined in the California Building Standards Code, on a parcel of real property. Additional square feet equals the number of new building square feet proposed to be established on the parcel of real property by issuance of a building permit, less the number of building square feet (a) legally removed from the same parcel of real property by authorized remodeling, demolition or relocation to another parcel of real property, or by accidental destruction or natural disaster, during the year preceding the owner's filing for the building permit or (b) authorized to be removed prior to or during the construction for which the building permit is requested.

"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 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 nonresidential project that will change the use of building floor area, as defined in the California Building Standards Code, from one use fee category to a higher use fee category.

"Changed and Intensified Square Feet" means the square feet of building floor area, as defined in the California Building Standards Code, of an existing building involved in a change and intensification of use project.

"Complete Building Permit Application" means an application for a building permit for vertical construction that is submitted after all necessary planning and zoning permits and approvals under Title 17 of the Oakland Planning Code are issued for the project and that contains all the application submittal materials required on the City's submittal checklist.

"Development Project" means any activity for new construction, any change and intensification of use of an existing building, or any additional housing units in a new or existing building requiring the issuance of a building permit by the City.

"Fee Per Housing Unit" means the impact fee per housing unit applicable to the development project imposed under this Chapter as contained in the City's Master Fee Schedule.

"Fee Per Square Foot" means the impact fee per square foot applicable to the development project imposed under this Chapter as contained in the City's Master Fee Schedule.

"Hotel/Motel" means those uses that fall under any of the following use activity types as defined in Chapter 17.10 of the Oakland Planning Code:

Transient habitation commercial activities.

"Impact Fee" means the transportation impact fee or capital improvements impact fee imposed under this Chapter as set forth in the City's Master Fee Schedule, as the transportation or capital improvements impact fee may be adjusted for inflation pursuant to Section 15.72.050.

"Industrial" means those uses that fall under any of the following use activity or facility types as defined in Chapters 17.10, 17.73 and 17.101E of the Oakland Planning Code:

Custom manufacturing industrial activities;

Light manufacturing industrial activities;

General manufacturing industrial activities;

Heavy/high impact manufacturing industrial activities;

Research and development industrial activities;

Construction operations industrial activities;

Regional freight transportation industrial activities;

Trucking and truck-related industrial activities;

Recycling and waste-relate industrial activities;

Hazardous materials production, storage, and waste management industrial activities;

General description of agricultural and extractive activities;

Plant nursery agricultural activities;

Limited agricultural activities;

Extensive agricultural activities;

Mining and quarrying extractive activities;

Work/live unit (as defined in Subsection 17.73.040.B.); or

Work/live nonresidential facilities (as defined in Chapter 17.101E in a D-CE-5 Zone).

"Institutional" means those uses that fall under any of the following use activity or facility types as defined in Chapter 17.10 of the Oakland Planning Code:

Essential service civic activities;

Limited child care civic activities;

Community assembly civic activities;

Recreational assembly civic activities;

Community education civic activities;

Nonassembly cultural civic activities;

Administrative civic activities;

Health care civic activities;

Special health care civic activities;

Utility and vehicular civic activities;

Extensive impact civic activities;

Rooming house residential facilities that are part of an institutional dormitory or are one of the following activities:

Residential care residential activities;

Supportive housing residential activities;

Transitional housing residential activities;

Emergency shelter residential activities; or

Semi-transient residential activities.

"Multi-Family Housing" means those uses that fall under any of the following use facility types as defined in Chapters 17.10, 17.65, 17.101C, 17.101E and 17.102 of the Oakland Planning Code:

Multifamily dwelling residential facilities, except facilities that meet the definition of townhome housing;

Rooming house residential facilities, except facilities that meet the definition of institutional;

Live/work residential facilities (as defined in Chapters 17.65 and 17.101E);

Work/live nonresidential facilities (as defined in Chapters 17.65 and 17.101E in a D-CE-3 or D-CE-4 Zone);

Micro living quarters facilities (as defined in Chapter 17.101C);

Joint living and work quarters (as defined in Section 17.102.190); or

Residentially-oriented joint living and working quarters (as defined in Section 17.102.195).

"Nonresidential Project" means a development project involving the following use fee categories: Hotel/motel, industrial, institutional, office, retail freestanding, retail ground floor or warehouse/distribution.

"Office" means those uses that fall under any of the following use activity types as defined in Chapter 17.10 of the Oakland Planning Code:

Medical service commercial activities;

Consumer service commercial activities;

Consultative and financial service commercial activities;

Administrative commercial activities;

Business, communication, and media service commercial activities; or

Research service commercial activities.

"Residential Project" means a development project involving the following use fee categories: Multi-family housing, single-family housing or townhome housing.

"Retail, Freestanding" means those uses that are not part of a mixed use building that fall under any of the following use activity types as defined in Chapter 17.10 of the Oakland Planning Code:

General food sales commercial activities;

Full service restaurant commercial activities;

Limited service restaurant commercial activities;

Fast-food restaurant commercial activities;

Convenience market commercial activities;

Alcoholic beverage sales commercial activities;

General retail sales commercial activities;

Large-scale combined retail and grocery sales commercial activities;

Check cashier and check cashing activity;

Consumer cleaning and repair service commercial activities;

Consumer dry cleaning plant commercial activities;

Group assembly commercial activities;

Personal instruction and improvement services commercial activities;

Broadcasting and recording service commercial activities;

General wholesale sales commercial activities;

Building material sales commercial activities;

Automotive and other light vehicle sales and rental commercial activities;

Automotive and other light vehicle gas station and servicing commercial activities;

Automotive and other light vehicle repair and cleaning commercial activities;

Taxi and light fleet-based service commercial activities;

Automotive fee parking commercial activities;

Animal boarding commercial activities;

Animal care commercial activities; or

Undertaking service commercial activities.

"Retail, Ground Floor" means those uses that are located on the ground floor or second floor or in the basement of a multi-story mixed use building that are not designated at the time of building permit application or that fall under any of the following use activity types as defined in Chapter 17.10 of the Oakland Planning Code:

General food sales commercial activities;

Full service restaurant commercial activities;

Limited service restaurant commercial activities;

Fast-food restaurant commercial activities;

Convenience market commercial activities;

Alcoholic beverage sales commercial activities;

General retail sales commercial activities;

Large-scale combined retail and grocery sales commercial activities;

Check cashier and check cashing activity;

Consumer cleaning and repair service commercial activities;

Consumer dry cleaning plant commercial activities;

Group assembly commercial activities;

Personal instruction and improvement services commercial activities;

Broadcasting and recording service commercial activities;

General wholesale sales commercial activities;

Building material sales commercial activities;

Automotive and other light vehicle sales and rental commercial activities;

Automotive and other light vehicle gas station and servicing commercial activities;

Automotive and other light vehicle repair and cleaning commercial activities;

Taxi and light fleet-based service commercial activities;

Automotive fee parking commercial activities;

Animal boarding commercial activities;

Animal care commercial activities; or

Undertaking service commercial activities.

"Single-Family Housing" means those uses that fall under any of the following use facility types as defined in Chapter 17.10 of the Oakland Planning Code:

One-family dwelling residential facilities consisting of individual detached housing units;

One-family dwelling with secondary unit residential facilities; or

Mobile home residential facilities.

"Townhome Housing" means those uses that fall under any of the following use facility types as defined in Chapter 17.10 of the Oakland Planning Code:

One-family dwelling residential facilities consisting of multiple attached housing units;

Two-family dwelling residential facilities; or

Multifamily dwelling residential facilities consisting of housing units arranged in a single horizontal row with abutting sidewalls.

"Use Fee Category" means hotel/motel, industrial, institutional, multi-family housing, office, retail freestanding, retail ground floor, single-family housing, townhome housing or warehouse/distribution.

"Warehouse/Distribution" means those uses that fall under any of the following use activity types as defined in Chapter 17.10 of the Oakland Planning Code:

Warehousing, storage, and distribution industrial activities.

(Ord. No. 13366, § 4, 5-3-2016)