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APPENDIX A: IMPACT FEE GLOSSARY Assessment Districts refer to geographic areas subject to a uniform impact fee sched Benefit Districts refer to geographic areas in which impact fees collected are earmarked to be spent. Deficiencies, Existing refers to the cost to provide developm ent existing at the time of adoption of an impact fee ordinance with the higher-than-existi ng level of service on which the impact fees are based. Development, Residential refers to subdivision of land for or construction of single-fam or multi-family dwelling units. Development, New refers to development that is not in existence at the time of a fee ordinance. Development, Nonresidential refers to subdivision of land for or construction of buildings other than residential development. Fair Share Assessments refers to the CountyÔs informal policy of requiring applicants and hotel rezoning to agree to pay f ees at time of platting, site plan or building permit to cover primarily off-site infrastructure costs relating to roads, park s, fire, police and solid waste facilities. The amount of the fees are based on a 1990 st udy, with annual inflation adjustments based on the Consumer Pri Index. Impact Fees are one-time charges assessed on new development to cover prima infrastructure costs as authorized by Chapter 46, Part VIII of HawaiÔi Revised Statutes. Level of Service is a measure of the service pr ovided by a certain type of capital facility. In impact fee analysis, level of service is typically expressed as a ratio of some characteristic of the facility type to the amount of development being served. For exampl e, a common level of service measure for parks is acres of parkland per 1,000 residents. Level of Service, Existing refers to the actual level of servi ce provided by the County at the time of adoption of an impact fee ordinance. Level of Service, Higher-than-Existing refers to the calculation of impact fees based on the cost of providing a better level of service than is being provided to ex adoption of an impact fee ordinance. Lot of Record, Existing refers to a parcel of property in existence on the date of adoption of an impact fee ordinance on which a building or structu re could legally be c onstructed without going through the CountyÔs subdivision process. Lots in Older Subdivisions refers to lots that were created in the early 1950s and 1960s and do not conform to present-day subdivision code requirements. Many of these lots were created without County facilities and services: they have private roads, which are often unpaved, no County water system, no H Ô C \I N A ÐP A M January 5, 2006 , Page 26 AWAI I OUNTY NFRASTRUCTURE EEDS SSESSMENT OLICY NALYSIS EMORANDUM