Public Works and Buildings | Street Impact Fees
impact fees due under this chapter in accordance with the provisions of SDC 21.08.050.
IMPACT FEE REDUCTIONS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS Affordable Housing Impact Fee Reduction* Maximum Number of Affordable Housing Units per Development Low-Income Up to 100% 4 units 50% to 80% 5 units or more (including the first 4) subject to
C. Exemptions
1. Pursuant to RCW 82.02.060, the City may provide exemptions for low-income housing and other development activities with broad public purposes; provided, that the impact fees from such development activity shall be paid from public funds other than impact fee accounts if the waiver is greater than 80 percent of the impact fee. The director shall be authorized to determine whether a particular development falls within an exemption identified in this chapter. Determinations of the director shall be in writing and shall be subject to the appeals procedures set forth in SDC 21.08.030F. 2. Except as provided in subsection 3. of this section, the following development activities are exempt from the requirements of this chapter. An impact fee shall not be assessed for:
recommendation by the community development director in consultation with the public works director
Moderate-Income Up to 80%
4 units 0% to 50% 5 units or more (including the first 4) subject to
recommendation by the community development director in consultation with the public works director *The % fee reduction is expressed as a maximum amount per unit. a. As a condition of receiving an exemption or percentage fee reduction under this subsection, prior to any development approval, the owner shall execute and record in the King County real property title records a City-prepared lien, covenant, or other contractual provision against the property that provides that the proposed housing unit or development will continue to be used for low- or moderate-income housing and remain affordable to those families/households for a period of not less than 30 years. The lien, covenant, or other contractual provision shall run with the land and apply to subsequent owners and assigns. In the event
a. Any development activity undertaken by the City of Sammamish;
b. Public schools;
c. Accessory dwelling units approved by the City.
3. Except as provided above, the provision of affordable housing as defined in SDC 21.08.080 may be exempted from some or all of the required impact fees as shown in Table 1:
580 | Title 21: Sammamish Development Code
Effective | January 1, 2022
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