Sammamish Unified Development Code

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Sammamish Development Code

38. Proportionate share. That portion of the cost of public facility improvements that are reasonably related to the service demands and needs of new development. 39. Public facilities. The following capital facilities owned or operated by government entities: a. public streets and roads; b. publicly owned parks, open space, and recreation facilities; c. school facilities; and d. fire protection facilities in jurisdictions that are not part of a fire district. 40. Rate Study for Impact Fees for Parks and Recreational Facilities. The rate study completed by Henderson, Young and Company, dated November 2, 2006, for the City of Sammamish. 41. Reservation and “reserve”. Development units are set aside in the City’s concurrency records in a manner that assigns the units to the applicant and prevents the same units being assigned to any other applicant. 42. Residential or “residential development”. All types of construction intended for human habitation. This shall include, but is not limited to, single-family, duplex, triplex, townhouse and other multifamily development. 43. Service area. A geographic area defined by a county, city, town, or intergovernmental agreement in which a defined set of public facilities provide service to development within the area. Service areas shall be designated on the basis of sound planning or engineering principles. 44. Significant past tax payment. Taxes exceeding five percent of the amount of the impact fee, and which were paid prior to the date the impact fee is assessed and were earmarked

road corridors, and road segments, as defined in SDC 21.08.020E.

32. Occupancy. That a space is being lived in, rented, or used and therefore not vacant. 33. Owner. The owner of record of real property, although when real property is being purchased under a real estate contract, the purchaser shall be considered the owner of the real property if the contract is recorded. 34. Peak hour. The hour during the morning or afternoon with the highest traffic volumes for a particular roadway or intersection. 35. Planned action. A project action as that term is defined in RCW 43.21C.0312. 36. Preapplication meeting. For the purposes of this Chapter, a meeting between the applicant for a transportation concurrency certificate or its extension and the staff of the department, according to that department’s rules and administrative procedures held for the purpose of determining the requirements to file a development permit application. 37. Project improvements. Site improvements and facilities that are planned and designed to provide service for a particular development project and that are necessary for the use and convenience of the occupants or users of the project, and are not system improvements. No improvement or facility included in a capital facilities plan approved by the City council shall be considered a project improvement.

612 | Title 21: Sammamish Development Code

Effective | January 1, 2022

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