“City council” means the elected council by charter of the city of Talent.

“Commercial” means all buildings or structures which are not classified residential or industrial.

“Customer” means any individual, firm, company, corporation, association, society, group or owner who receives storm water service from the city.

“Dwelling unit” means a building, mobile, or manufactured home designed for residential occupancy.

“Equivalent dwelling unit (EDU)” means the average estimated amount of impervious surface area on a developed single-family residential parcel, or 3,000 square feet.

“Impervious area” means the total area of a property that is not porous or permeable, and increases storm water runoff.

“Improvement fee” means a fee for costs associated with capital improvements to be constructed.

“Industrial” means all buildings or structures in which a product is manufactured, stored or distributed, or any combination of the above.

“Manufactured residential unit” means a structure which is intended for human occupancy by one or more persons, that has sleeping, eating, cooking, and plumbing-sanitation facilities and which is constructed off site in compliance with the Uniform Building Code (Oregon State Structural Specialty Code) and designed to be transported to a site for installation and/or assembly of modular components to form a permanent structure.

“Mobile home residential unit” means a structure which is intended for human capacity by one or more persons, that has sleeping, eating, cooking, and plumbing-sanitation facilities and which is constructed off site in compliance with the Oregon Department of Commerce standards for mobile homes, and designed to be transported to a site to be used as a permanent residence.

“Multifamily residential unit” means a residential structure which is occupied by one or more persons of which there is more than one dwelling structure per lot, according to approved zoning requirements and which provides complete independent living facilities for each dwelling structure including, but not limited to, permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation.

“Owner” means the person(s) who may hold title to or lease the property for which water service has or will be provided.

“Residential” means buildings or structures which are built to be occupied for living purposes.

Residential Units. In cases where apartment complexes are involved, a residential unit is designed as one residential unit of a dwelling.

“Reimbursement fee” means a fee for cost associated with capital improvements already constructed or under construction.

“Shall” is mandatory and is not discretionary.

“Single-family dwelling unit” means a residential structure which is occupied by one or more persons of which there shall be only one dwelling structure per lot and which provides complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons including, but not limited to, permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.

“System development charge (SDC)” means a reimbursement fee, an improvement fee or a combination thereof assessed or collected at the time of increased usage of a capital improvement or issuance of a development permit, building permit or connection to the capital improvement. An SDC does not include fees assessed or collected as part of a local improvement district or a charge in lieu of a local improvement district assessment, or the cost of complying with requirements or conditions imposed by a land use decision. [Ord. 789 Art. 2; Ord. 731 Art. 2.]