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designated by the city council in accordance with Local Government Code Chapter 395. B. Assessment means the determination of the amount of the maximum impact fee per service unit which can be imposed on new development under this ordinance. C. Capital improvement means either a water facility or a wastewater facility, with a life expectancy of three or more years, to be owned and operated by or on behalf of the city. D. Capital improvements plan means the adopted plan, as amended from time to time, that identifies water and wastewater capital improvements or facility expansions and their associated costs which are necessitated by and attributable to new development and will be financed in whole or in part through water or wastewater impact fees imposed under this ordinance. The capital improvements plan includes the wastewater improvements plan and the water improvements plan. E. City means the City of San Marcos, Texas. F. Credit means the amount of the reduction of an impact fee for fees, payments or charges for the same type of capital improvements for which the fee has been assessed. G. Facility expansion means an expansion of the capacity of any existing water or wastewater facility, as applicable, for the purpose of serving new development, but does not include the repair, maintenance, modernization, or expansion of an existing water or wastewater facility to the extent that it serves existing development. H. Impactfee means a fee either for water facilities or for wastewater facilities imposed on new development in order to generate revenue to fund or recoup all or part of the costs of capital improvements or facility expansions necessitated by and attributable to the new development. Impact fees do not include 1) the dedication of rights-of-way or easements for water facilities or wastewater facilities, 2) a requirement for the construction of such facilities imposed under the city's zoning or subdivision regulations, 3) fees placed in trust funds for the purpose of reimbursing developers for oversizing or constructing water or wastewater mains, 4) pro rata fees for reimbursement of the city's costs for extending water or wastewater mains, or 5) charges for water or wastewater services to a wholesale customer such as a water district, political subdivision of the state, or other wholesale utility customer. I. Land use assumptions means the projections of population and employment growth and associated changes in land uses, densities and intensities adopted by the city, as amended from time to time, upon which the capital improvements plan is based. J. Land use equivalency table means the table included by reference in tIns ordinance as Exhibit 1, as amended from time to time, that converts the demands for capital improvements generated by various land uses to numbers of service units. K. New development means an activity involving the construction, reconstruction, 3