Public Works and Buildings | Impact Fees for Parks and Recreational Facilities
21.08.040 Impact Fees for Parks and Recreational Facilities A. Findings and authority
limited to, the expansion or change of use of existing uses that creates a demand for additional public facilities. 2. An impact fee shall not be assessed for the following types of development activity because the activity either does not create additional demand as provided in RCW 82.02.050 and/or is a project improvement (as opposed to a system improvement) under RCW 82.02.090: a. Miscellaneous improvements to residential dwelling units that will not create additional park use demand, including, but not limited to, fences, signs, walls, swimming pools, sheds, and residential accessory uses as defined in SDC 21.04.040B.5.;
The council hereby finds and determines that new growth and development, including but not limited to new residential development in the City, will create additional demand and need for public facilities in the City, and the council finds that new growth and development should pay a proportionate share of the cost of system improvements reasonably related to and that will reasonably benefit the new growth and development. The City has conducted extensive studies documenting the procedures for measuring the impact of new development on public facilities, has prepared the Rate Study for Impact Fees for Parks and Recreational Facilities, Henderson, Young and Company, dated November 2, 2006, and the Park Impact Fee Update Summary Memorandum by FCS Group dated October 14, 2015 (collectively referred to hereafter as the “rate study”), and hereby incorporates the rate study into this Chapter by reference. Therefore, pursuant to RCW 82.02.050 through 82.02.090, the council adopts this chapter to assess impact fees for parks and recreational facilities (“impact fee”). The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed in order to carry out the purposes of the council in establishing the impact fee program.
b. Demolition or moving of a residential structure;
c. Expansion or alteration of a residential structure provided the expansion or alteration does not result in the creation of any additional dwelling units as defined in SDC 21.04.040B.93. through SDC 21.04.040B.98.; d. Replacement of a residential structure with a new residential structure at the same site or lot when such replacement occurs within 12 months of the demolition or destruction of the prior structure. 3. For a change in use of an existing structure or dwelling unit, including any alteration, expansion, replacement or new accessory building, the impact fee for the new use shall be reduced by an amount equal to the current impact fee rate for the prior use; provided, that the applicant has previously paid the required impact fee for the original use.
B. Assessment of impact fees
1. The City shall collect impact fees, based on the rates in SDC 21.08.040K., from any applicant seeking development approval from the City for any residential development within the City, where such development requires the issuance of a building permit. This shall include, but is not
592 | Title 21: Sammamish Development Code
Effective | January 1, 2022
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