380.503  Definitions.--As used in ss. 380.501-380.515, unless the context indicates a different meaning or intent:

(1)  "Trust" means the Florida Communities Trust created pursuant to this part.

(2)  "Local government" means a county or municipality.

(3)  "Nonprofit organization" means any private nonprofit organization, existing under the provisions of s. 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, which has among its principal goals the conservation of natural resources or protection of the environment.

(4)  "Comprehensive plan" means a plan that meets the requirements of ss. 163.3177, 163.3178, and 163.3191.

(5)  "Project" means any work on, improvement to, or acquisition of real property, buildings, or any other property.

(6)  "Real property" means any interest in land and may also include any appurtenances and improvements to the land.

(7)  "Surface waters" means publicly owned waters upon the surface of the earth, whether contained in bounds created naturally or artificially or diffused.

(8)  "Redevelopment project" means action taken pursuant to this part to correct undesirable development patterns.

(9)  "Resource enhancement project" means action taken pursuant to this part to restore, as nearly as possible, degraded natural areas to their original condition or to enhance the resource values of a natural area.

(10)  "Public access project" means action taken pursuant to this part to create or improve public accessways to surface waters.

(11)  "Urban waterfront restoration project" means action taken pursuant to this part to restore deteriorated or deteriorating urban waterfronts for public use and enjoyment.

(12)  "Site reservation" means temporarily acquiring and holding areas identified for public use, then transferring the land to an appropriate state agency, local government, or nonprofit organization for management for public use.

(13)  "Department" means the Department of Community Affairs.

(14)  "Program" means a plan that is established or will be established by a local government to create innovative approaches that will assist in the implementation of the conservation, recreation and open space, or coastal management elements of the local comprehensive plan, such as a transfer of development rights program or an environmental or recreational land acquisition program.

(15)  "Urban greenways and open space project" means action taken pursuant to this part to acquire lands or interest in lands to create a linear open space protected and managed as part of linked conservation lands or recreational opportunities in an urban area, or to preserve open space or historic sites to enhance recreational and cultural opportunities in an urban area.