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For the purposes of this Chapter, certain words and phrases have the following meanings:

“Alley” means a public or private vehicular street designed to serve as secondary access to the side or rear of properties whose principal frontage is on some other street. See Chapter 15.03, Provo City Code.

“Base density” means the maximum number of residential units per developable acre in the PD that could be achieved, without a density bonus, by conventional development of the property in the zone with which the PD is proposed to be applied.

“Bonus density” means the maximum number of residential units per developable acre in the PD allowed when the project complies with the bonus density design requirements of this Chapter.

“Developable land” means land under thirty percent (30%) slopes which is capable of being improved, subject to the provisions Chapter 15.08 of the Provo City Code, with landscaping, recreational facilities, buildings, or parking. Land devoted to street usage (the right-of-way for public streets and the area from back-of-curb to back-of-curb for private streets) shall not be considered developable land, and must be subtracted out of the total acreage before the density calculation is made. (Access aisles in parking lots and driveways shall not be considered private streets for purposes of this Section.)

“Developed common activity area” means open green space which is designed to provide activity areas for use by all residents such as playgrounds, recreational courts, picnic pavilions, gazebos, and water features. Common developed activity areas shall be held by all residents in common ownership through a homeowners association or shall be available for use by all residents if the PD will be held in single ownership.

“Driveway” means a paved area used for ingress or egress of vehicles, and allowing access from a street to one (1) building, structure, or facility.

“Gross acreage” means the total amount of land in a PD development.

“Net acreage” means the total amount of land in a PD development excluding rights-of-way or roads.

“Open green space” means a planned open area suitable for relaxation, recreation or landscaping which may be held in common or private ownership that is unoccupied and unobstructed by buildings and hard surface, such as asphalt or cement, except that such open green spaces may include walkways, patios, recreational activity areas, picnic pavilions, gazebos, and water features so long as such surfaces do not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the required open green space.

“Parking lot aisle” means the traveled way by which cars enter and depart parking spaces. Aisle width standards are set forth in Section 14.37.100, Provo City Code. Parking aisles shall not be considered streets for purposes of this Chapter.

“Periphery” means a one hundred (100) foot depth around the perimeter of the project measured inward from the property line.

(Rep&ReEn 1993-100, Am 1994-40, Am 1996-64, Am 1997-17, Am 1997-66, Am 2002-17, Am 2006-08, Am 2023-38)