§ 110-651. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Cost.

(1)

The term "cost," as applied to improvements, means the cost of acquiring or constructing improvements as defined in this section, and shall include the cost of all labor and materials, of all machinery and equipment, cost of engineering and legal expense, plans, specifications, financing charges and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to such acquisition or construction.

(2)

The term "cost," as applied to a project acquired, constructed, extended or enlarged, shall include the purchase price of any project acquired, the cost of such construction, extension or enlargement, the cost of improvements, the cost of all lands, properties, rights, easements and franchises acquired, the cost of all machinery and equipment, the cost of engineering and legal services and all investigations and audits, financing charges, and all other expenses necessary or incident to determining the practicability or feasibility of such acquisition or construction, administrative expense and such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing authorized in this article and to the construction or acquisition of a project and the placing of the same in operation. Any obligation or expense incurred by the port authority prior to the issuance of bonds under the provisions of this article for engineering studies and for estimates of the cost and of revenues, and for other technical, financial or legal services in connection with the acquisition or construction of any project, may be regarded as part of the cost of such project.

District means the Ponce DeLeon Inlet and Port District of the county as created by this article.

Federal agency means and includes the United States, Secretary of Defense and United States Corps of Engineers, and any department thereof, or any corporation, agency or instrumentality heretofore or hereafter created, designated, or established by the United States to which power or authority shall be delegated by the United States with respect to the purposes of this article.

Improvements means such replacements, repairs, extensions, additions, enlargements and betterments of and to a project as are deemed necessary to place such project in proper condition for the safe, efficient and economic operation thereof, when such project shall be undertaken by or owned, controlled or operated by the port authority.

Project means any one or any combination of two or more of the following, when undertaken by or owned, controlled or operated by the port authority: port facilities, channels, anchorage areas, jetties, breakwaters, harbors, canals, airports, locks, waterways, tidal and turning basins, wharves, docks, piers, quays, slips, bulkheads, public landings, terminal storage and sheddage facilities, warehouses, refrigeration, cold storage and quick freezing plants, stockyards, elevators, shipyards, marine railways, drydocks, oil tanks, pipelines, terminal railway facilities, including rolling stock, belt line railroads, ferries and car ferries, police boats, bridges, causeways, tunnels, facilities for the loading, unloading and handling of passengers, mail, express, freight and other cargo, fishing piers, overlooks, industrial parks, industrial and manufacturing plants, parking, restrooms, bathhouses, fishing tackle shops, boat ramps, boat rental facilities, lunchrooms, walkways, camp and trailer grounds or parks, fireplaces and all other recreational facilities, and any and all other facilities, including all property rights, easements and franchises relating to any such projects which by resolution and authority may be deemed necessary and convenient.

Revenue means all rates, fees, rentals or other charges derived from the facilities of the district or from other non-ad-valorem tax sources.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 69-1705, § 3; Ord. No. 00-16, § I, 4-13-00)

Cross reference

Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2.