Section 66000 Of Chapter 5. Fees For Development Projects From California Government Code >> Division 1. >> Title 7. >> Chapter 5.
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. As used in this chapter, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(a) "Development project" means any project undertaken for the
purpose of development. "Development project" includes a project
involving the issuance of a permit for construction or
reconstruction, but not a permit to operate.
(b) "Fee" means a monetary exaction other than a tax or special
assessment, whether established for a broad class of projects by
legislation of general applicability or imposed on a specific project
on an ad hoc basis, that is charged by a local agency to the
applicant in connection with approval of a development project for
the purpose of defraying all or a portion of the cost of public
facilities related to the development project, but does not include
fees specified in Section 66477, fees for processing applications for
governmental regulatory actions or approvals, fees collected under
development agreements adopted pursuant to Article 2.5 (commencing
with Section 65864) of Chapter 4, or fees collected pursuant to
agreements with redevelopment agencies that provide for the
redevelopment of property in furtherance or for the benefit of a
redevelopment project for which a redevelopment plan has been adopted
pursuant to the Community Redevelopment Law (Part 1 (commencing with
Section 33000) of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code).
(c) "Local agency" means a county, city, whether general law or
chartered, city and county, school district, special district,
authority, agency, any other municipal public corporation or
district, or other political subdivision of the state.
(d) "Public facilities" includes public improvements, public
services, and community amenities.