Concurrency | Public Works and Buildings
except as provided in SDC 21.08.020C.1., shall elect one of the following options:
concurrency, provided such density and intensity shall not exceed the maximum allowed for the parcel. If the applicant designates the density and intensity of development, the concurrency test will be based on and applicable to only the applicant’s designated density and intensity. If the applicant does not designate density and intensity, the concurrency test will be based on the maximum allowable density and intensity.
a. Apply for a certificate of concurrency; or
b. Execute a concurrency test deferral affidavit.
2. Each applicant for a planned action, subdivision (including a preliminary plat, short plat, or binding site plan and revisions or alterations which increase the number of dwelling units or trip generation), mobile home park, unified zone development plan, conditional use permit, or site development permit shall apply for a certificate of concurrency, unless a certificate has been issued for the same parcel in conjunction with a Comprehensive Plan site- specific land use map amendment or zone reclassification, or except as provided in SDC 21.08.020C.1. 3. Each applicant for a building permit or certificate of occupancy for a change in use shall apply for a certificate of concurrency, unless a certificate has been issued for the same parcel in conjunction with subsection 1. or 2. of this section, or except as provided in SDC 21.08.020C.1. 4. Each applicant filing under subsections 1. and 2. of this section shall contact the department to schedule a preapplication conference as defined in SDC 21.08.080 and SDC 21.09.010C., that shall be held prior to filing an application for a certificate of concurrency. The director may waive the requirement for a preapplication conference if it is determined to be unnecessary for review of an application. 5. Applicants for a certificate of concurrency may designate the density and intensity of development to be tested for
C. Exemptions from concurrency test
1. The following developments are exempt from this chapter, and applicants may submit applications, obtain development permits and commence development without a certificate of concurrency: a. Any development permit for the following development because it creates insignificant and/or temporary additional impacts on any public facility:
i. Right-of-way use;
ii. Street improvements, including new streets constructed by the City of Sammamish;
iii. Street use permits;
iv. Utility facilities which do not impact public facilities, such as pump stations, transmission or collection systems, and reservoirs; v. Expansion of an existing nonresidential structure that results in the addition of 100 square feet or less of gross floor area and does not add residential units or accessory dwelling units as defined in SDC 21.04.040B.93. to SDC 21.04.040B.98.;
Effective | January 1, 2022
Title 21: Sammamish Development Code | 573
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