The following definitions shall apply in this Article:

City means City of Phoenix, a municipal corporation.

Cost means the actual cost of:

Council means the City Council of the City of Phoenix.

Development includes construction of residential, commercial, or industrial buildings or structures or major additions or alterations to existing structures and includes new buildings or structures on property having existing buildings or structures situated on such property. When such property is zoned for agricultural or single-family residential use at the time of assessment, development shall also require a change of use or purpose.

Property owner means the individual, corporation, partnership, trust or other legal entity that owns property adjacent to the street right-of-way.

Right-of-way means land which by deed, conveyance, agreement, easement, dedication, usage or process of law is reserved for or dedicated to the general public for street, highway, alley, public utility, pedestrian walkway, bikeway or drainage purposes.

Street improvements includes but is not limited to asphaltic concrete surfacing, aggregate base, Portland cement concrete, curb and gutter, sidewalks, valley gutters, storm drainage facilities, and irrigation tiling.

Streets means the full width of the right-of-way of any road, street, highway, alley, land or pedestrian walkway used by or for the general public, whether or not said road, street, highway, alley, land or pedestrian right-of-way has been improved or accepted for maintenance by the City.

Undeveloped land shall mean a parcel of land that can be further developed by the addition of buildings or structures of two thousand square feet or more.

Vacant land shall mean no buildings and/or structures occupy the land for residential, commercial, public nonprofit or industrial purposes. (Ord. No. G-2620, § 1; Ord. No. G-3446, § 1)