§ 12-802. DEFINITIONS.

(a) Unless the particular provision or the context otherwise requires, the definitions and provisions contained in this section shall govern the construction, meaning, and application of words and phrases used in this article, and, except to the extent that a particular word or phrase is otherwise specifically defined in this section, the definitions and provisions contained in Article 2 (commencing with Section 1-201) of Chapter 1, Article 1 (commencing with Section 12-101) of Chapter 12, and Article 10 (commencing with Section 12-1001) of Chapter 12 of this Code shall also govern the construction, meaning, and application of words and phrases used in this article. The definition of each word or phrase shall constitute, to the extent applicable, the definition of each word or phrase which is derivative from it, or from which it is a derivative, as the case may be.

(b) "Attendance Area" shall mean the attendance area for an elementary or high school as defined by the governing board of the district involved.

(c) "Conditions of Overcrowding" shall mean that the total enrollment of a school, including enrollment from a proposed residential development, exceeds the rated capacity of such school as determined by the governing body of the district.

(d) "District" shall mean school district.

(e) "Governing Board" shall mean the governing board of a district which has a school attendance area within the city.

(f) "Notice of Findings" shall mean the resolution the governing board of a district submits to the Council setting forth those facts, policy statements, assumptions, and conclusions the governing board used to determine rated capacity and declare existence of conditions of overcrowding.

(g) "Proposed Development" shall mean a zone district amendment, conditional use permit, site plan, tentative subdivision map, tentative parcel map, and building permit for residential uses or purposes.

(h) "Rated Capacity" shall mean that capacity determined by the governing board of a school district to be the maximum acceptable enrollment in a school facility based on the governing board's policies and programs.

(i) "Reasonable Methods of Mitigating Conditions of Overcrowding" shall mean those methods developed by the governing board of a district which address in detail mitigation measures deemed appropriate by the governing board, including, but not limited to, agreements between a subdivider and an affected school district whereby relocatable buildings will be leased to, or lease-purchased by, the school district, or relocatable buildings owned by the school district will be used.

(j) "Residential Development" shall mean a project containing residential dwellings, including mobile homes, or one or more units or a subdivision of land for the purpose of constructing one or more residential dwelling units.

(k) "Temporary Classrooms and Facilities" shall mean those classrooms and facilities of a relocatable nature required pursuant to the provisions of this article to relieve conditions of overcrowding within an attendance area of an affected school district. For the purposes of this article "temporary classrooms and facilities" shall be limited to temporary classrooms not constructed with permanent foundations, including their utilities and furnishings, which are subject to the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 39140) and Article 6 (commencing with Section 39210) of Chapter 2, Part 23, Division 3 of the California Education Code. (Added Ord. 79-143, § 1, 9-21-79).