GLOSSARY OF TERMS <br />SYSTEMDEVELOPMENT CHARGE (SDC) <br />Designed to finance the construction, extension or <br />enlargement of a park, street, storm sewer or sew- <br />erage or disposal system. SDCs are imposed by a <br />governmental unit as a condition to issuance of any <br />occupancy permit or imposed by a governmental <br />unit at such other time as, by ordinance, it may de- <br />termine. See (ORS 223.299). <br />TAX <br />Compulsory charges levied by a government for the <br />purpose of raising revenue. Taxes are used to pay <br />for services or improvements provided for the gen- <br />eral public benefit. <br />TAX LEVY <br />Total amount of property taxes imposed by a local <br />government unit. <br />UNFUNDED PROJECT <br />Unfunded projects are those capital projects where <br />the resources necessary to complete them have not <br />been identified. Both unfunded and funded proj ects <br />are included in the CIP to provide a complete <br />listing of capital needs throughout the City. See <br />also "Funding Status." <br />City of Eugene 2008 - 2013 Capital Improvement Program <br />237 <br />