In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

    "Cost of improvements" means all costs related to acquisition, construction, repair and financing, but does not include costs of routine maintenance.

    "New development" means any residential or nonresidential (nonresidential includes commercial and industrial) construction project except as specifically exempted in this chapter.

    "Roads, bridges and traffic controls" mean capital improvements related to streets (including, but not limited to, curbs, sidewalks and related structures), bridges, overpasses and traffic controls, signs and electronic signalization systems and similar facilities which serve public transportation. (Ord. 442 § 2, 1990)