For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(a) “Designated time period” means the time period designated in the Notice of Funding Availability required under subdivision (b) of Section 50702.

(b) “Disadvantaged community,” for the purposes of this program, means an area within a city, county, or city and county that is composed solely of those census tracts designated by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development as having at least 51 percent of its residents of low- or moderate-income levels, using the most recent United States Department of Census data available at the time of the Notice of Funding Availability.

(c) “Infill project” means a residential or mixed-use residential project located within an urbanized area on a site that has been previously developed, or on a vacant site where at least 75 percent of the perimeter of the site adjoins parcels that are developed with urban uses. For these purposes, a property is adjoining the side of a project site if the property is separated from the project site only by an improved public right-of-way.

(d) “Park and recreation facility” means a facility that provides benefits to the community and includes, but is not limited to, places for organized team sports, outdoor recreation, and informal turf play; nonmotorized recreational trails; permanent play structures; landscaping; community gardens; places for passive recreation; multipurpose structures designed to meet the special recreational, educational, vocational, and social needs of youth, senior citizens, and other population groups; recreation areas created by the redesign and retrofit of urban freeways; community swim centers; regional recreational trails; and infrastructure and other improvements that support these facilities.

(e) “Parks deficient community” means a community that has less than three acres of usable parkland per 1,000 residents.

(f) “Regional blueprint plan” means a regional plan that implements statutory requirements intended to foster comprehensive planning, as defined in Section 65041.1 of, Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 65080) of Division 1 of Title 7 of, and Article 10.6 (commencing with Section 65580) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 of, the Government Code. The regional blueprint plan articulates regional consensus and performance outcomes on a more efficient land use pattern that supports improved mobility and reduces dependency on single-occupant vehicle trips; accommodates an adequate supply of housing for all income levels; reduces impacts on valuable farmland, natural resources, and air quality; includes the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; increases water and energy conservation and efficiency; and promotes a prosperous economy and safe, healthy, sustainable, and vibrant neighborhoods.

(g) “Urbanized area” means an incorporated city or an urbanized area or urban cluster as defined by the United States Census Bureau. For unincorporated areas outside of an urban area or urban cluster, the area shall be within a designated urban service area that is designated in the local general plan for urban development and is served by public sewer and water.

(h) “Urban use” means any residential, commercial, industrial, public institutional, transit, transportation passenger facility, or retail use, or any combination of those uses.

(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 779, Sec. 1. (AB 1672) Effective January 1, 2013.)