Sammamish Unified Development Code

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Sammamish Development Code

maximum trip generation approved, the public facilities that are available and reserved for the property described in the certificate, any conditions attached to the approval, and the date of issuance.

the deferred concurrency test, and acknowledges that no vested rights concerning concurrency have been granted by the City or acquired by the applicant without such a test.

Council. The City council of the City of Sammamish.

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City. The City of Sammamish.

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15. Department. The department of public works, department of community development, or, when referenced in SDC 21.08.040, means the department of parks and recreation. 16. Development. Specified improvements or changes in use designed or intended to permit a use of land that will contain more dwelling units or buildings than the existing use of the land, or to otherwise change the use of the land or buildings/improvements on the land, and that require a development permit from the City of Sammamish. The rezoning of land is not development. 17. Development activity. Any construction or expansion of a building, structure, or use, any change in use of a building or structure, or any changes in the use of land, that creates additional demand and need for public facilities. 18. Development approval. Any written authorization from the City which authorizes the commencement of development activity. 19. Development permit. Any order, permit or other official action of the City granting, or granting with conditions, an application for development, including specifically:

9. City’s traffic model AM peak hour. From 7:00 to 8:00 a.m., which accommodates many schools’ peak hour. 10. City’s traffic model PM peak hour. From 4:45 to 5:45 p.m., which reflects the afternoon’s average system peak hour. 11. Concurrency. That a development does not cause the level of service on a locally owned transportation facility to decline below the standards adopted in the Transportation Element of the Comprehensive Plan, unless transportation improvements or strategies to accommodate the impacts of the development are made concurrent with the development. For the purposes of this Chapter, “concurrent with the development” means that improvements or strategies are in place at the time of development, or that a financial commitment is in place to complete the improvements or strategies within six years. 12. Concurrency test. The determination of an applicant’s impact on transportation facilities by the comparison of the City’s adopted level of service standards to the projected level of service at intersections or road corridors, or road segments with the proposed development. 13. Concurrency test deferral affidavit. A document signed by an applicant which defers the application for a certificate of concurrency and the concurrency test, acknowledges that future rights to develop the property are subject to

a. Planned action, as that term is defined in RCW 43.21C.0312.;

Effective | January 1, 2022

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