ADVISORY COMMITTEE. The committee established pursuant to Section 9-8-5(E).

APPLICANT. Any person who applies to the City for a Building Permit.

ARTICLE. Article 9-8 of Chapter 9 of the Goodyear City Code.

BUILDING PERMIT. Any permit issued that authorizes vertical construction, increases square footage, authorizes changes to land use, or provides for the addition of a residential or non-residential point of demand to a water or wastewater system.

CAPITAL FACILITY. A Necessary Public Service or Facility Expansion that is provided and that is included in an adopted Infrastructure Improvements Plan and for which a development fee is assessed.

CATEGORY OF DEVELOPMENT. A specific type of development against which a development fee is calculated and assessed within a Service Area. The City assesses development fees against the following Categories of Development: Residential Single Unit; Residential 2+ Units; Commercial; Industrial; Institutional; and Office and Other Services.

CATEGORY OF NECESSARY PUBLIC SERVICES. A specific type of Necessary Public Services or Facilities Expansions for which a development fee is calculated and assessed within a Service Area.

CITY. The City of Goodyear, Arizona.

COMMERCIAL. Retail development involving the sale of goods or services to the public for use or consumption. By way of example, but not limited to, shopping centers, stores, supermarkets, pharmacies, hair salons, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, automobile dealerships, movie theaters, amusement arcades, and bowling alleys.

CREDIT. A reduction in an assessed development fee resulting from costs of eligible Capital Facilities provided by a Developer pursuant to Section 9-8-10.

CREDIT AGREEMENT. A written agreement between the City and a Developer in which Credits are allocated as provided in Section 9-8-10.

DEVELOPER. The individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, trust or other legal entity that provides a Capital Facility that is included in an adopted Infrastructure Improvements Plan and for which a development fee is assessed.

DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. A written agreement adopted by the Governing Body in accordance with the requirements of A.R.S. § 9-500.05.

DEVELOPMENT FEE. A fee adopted pursuant to this article and A.R.S. § 9-463.05.

DEVELOPMENT UNITS. Standardized unit of measurement that allocates Service Units among various Categories of Development.

DWELLING UNIT. A separate building or structure designed as a single dwelling unit for occupancy by one family for non-transient living and sleeping purposes and/or a separate unit within a building or structure consisting of multiple separate units that do not share dining or cooking facilities, each of which is intended for occupancy by one family for non-transient living and sleeping purposes. By way of example, each separate unit such as an apartment unit, a residential home, a townhome, a duplex unit, triplex unit, condominium unit, mobile home or mobile home space, travel trailer, or travel trailer space shall be considered a dwelling unit.

FACILITY EXPANSION. The expansion of the capacity of an existing capital facility that serves the same function as an otherwise new Necessary Public Service in order that the existing facility may serve new development. Facility expansion does not include the repair or maintenance, modernization or expansion of an existing facility to better serve existing development.

FEE REPORT. A written report prepared in accordance with this article and A.R.S. § 9-463.05, which among other things describes the methodology that was used for calculating development fees.

FINANCE DIRECTOR. Director of the City of Goodyear Finance Department or authorized designee.

GOVERNING BODY. The Mayor and City Council of the City of Goodyear, Maricopa County, Arizona.

GROSS FLOOR AREA ("GFA"). The sum of the gross horizontal areas of the several floors of a building or structure and all other areas with the property used to deliver the goods or services that are integral or ancillary to the delivery of goods or services provided by a business, such as restaurant and bar patios, car wash drying areas.

INDUSTRIAL. Establishments primarily engaged in the production, fabrication, assembly, processing, storage, or transportation of goods, utilities and communications. By way of example, Industrial includes manufacturing facilities; storage facilities, distribution warehouses, trucking companies, utility substations, power generation facilities, and telecommunication facilities.

INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS PLAN ("IIP"). A written plan that meets the requirements of A.R.S. § 9-463.05 and this article that identifies each Necessary Public Service or Facility Expansion that is proposed to be the subject of a development fee, and which may be the City’s capital improvements plans.

INSTITUTIONAL. Places of religious worship; schools; universities; government buildings or facilities; fire stations; prisons; and group quarters that are ancillary to uses such as University dormitories.

LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS. A document or series of documents that meet the requirements set forth in A.R.S. § 9-463.05 and this article that provides projections of land uses, densities, intensities and population for a Service Area over a period of at least 10 years pursuant to the City’s general plan.

NECESSARY PUBLIC SERVICES. Shall have the meaning prescribed in A.R.S. § 9-463.05(T)(7).

NORTH GOODYEAR. Includes the land within the boundaries of the City that is located North of the Gila River.

NORTHWEST RAINBOW VALLEY (NWRV). Includes the land within the boundaries of the City as of October 28, 2019, that is located between the Pecos Road alignment and Queen Creek alignment and extends about one mile west of Rainbow Valley Road and one-half mile east of Rainbow Valley Road as shown on the service area maps for fire, police and street development impact fee services areas set forth in the "2019 Development Impact Fee Study – Land Use Assumptions and Infrastructure Improvement Plan," dated October 28, 2019, adopted by the Mayor and Council by Resolution 2020-2024.

OFFICE AND OTHER SERVICES. Establishments providing: executive, management, administrative, professional or business services; personal services; healthcare services; transitory lodging; and non-transitory living facilities that share dining and cooking facilities. By way of example, Office and Other Services includes banks; business offices; hair salons; nail salons; boarding kennels; veterinarian clinics; urgent care facilities; hospitals; dialysis facilities; hotels; motels; time shares; assisted living facilities; and nursing homes.

QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL. A professional engineer, surveyor, financial analyst or planner providing services within the scope of the person’s license, education, or experience.

RESIDENTIAL – SINGLE UNIT. A single structure or building on an individual lot of record designed as a single unit for occupancy by one family for non-transient living and sleeping purposes. It includes detached residential units (both site-built and manufactured). It also includes single-family attached (i.e., townhouses) that share a common sidewall.

RESIDENTIAL 2+ UNITS. Multiple Dwelling Units, including detached and attached residential units, on an individual lot of record with each Dwelling Unit designed for occupancy by one family for non-transient living and sleeping purposes. It includes, by way of example, apartments, condominiums, duplexes.

SERVICE AREA. Any specified area within the boundaries of the City (1) within which development will be served by Necessary Public Services or Facility Expansions; and (2) within which either (a) a substantial nexus exists between the Necessary Public Services or Facility Expansions and the development being served or (b) in the case of a park facility larger than 30 acres, a direct benefit exists between the park facilities and the development to be served, each as prescribed in the Infrastructure Improvements Plan. Some or all of the Necessary Public Services or Facilities Expansions providing service to a Service Area may be physically located outside of that Service Area provided that the required Substantial Nexus or Direct Benefit is demonstrated to exist. The City has a number of different Service Areas depending upon the nature of the Necessary Public Services or Facility Expansions being provided.

SERVICE UNIT. A standardized measure of consumption, use, generation or discharge attributable to an individual unit of development calculated pursuant to generally accepted engineering or planning standards for a particular category of Necessary Public Services or Facility Expansions.

SOUTH GOODYEAR. Includes the land within the boundaries of the City that is located between the Gila River and Pecos Road and NWRV. (Ord. 19-1416, passed 1-14-2019; Am. Ord. 20-1461, passed 1-27-2020)