22.20.040 Definitions.
A. "Applicant" means any individual, person, firm, partnership, association, joint venture, corporation, entity, combination of entities or authorized representative thereof, who undertakes, proposes and/or applies to the City for, any development.
B. "Benefits" shall include, but not be limited to, any of the following: increased tax revenues; new local employment opportunities; development of desirable public amenities and/or services; potential attraction of additional commercial development; potential stimulation of commercial activity.
C. "Development project" means any activity involving or requiring the issuance by the City of Berkeley to a person or entity of a use permit, variance, building permit, subdivision approval (including tentative, final and parcel maps), license, certificate or other entitlement of any kind.
D. "Infeasible" means incapable of being accomplished in a successful manner within a reasonable period of time, taking into account economic, environmental, legal, social and technological factors.
E. "Mitigate" and "mitigation" means any of the following:
1. Minimizing impacts by limiting the degree or magnitude of a proposed development project;
2. Rectifying the impact by repairing, rehabilitating or restoring the impacted area or environment;
3. Reducing or eliminating the impact over time by ongoing programs, preservation, maintenance and/or other operations;
4. Compensating for the impact by paying a fee and/or providing replacement and/or substitute resources, facilities, services and/or environments. (Ord. 6179-NS § 4, 1993)