Sammamish Unified Development Code

Administration | School Impact Fees

capital facilities plan, the district’s standards of service for the various grade spans, estimates of the cost of providing needed facilities and other capital improvements, and the data from the district called for by the formula in SDC 21.09.090D. The actual fee schedule for the district will be adopted by ordinance based on this information and the fee calculation set out for SDC 21.09.090D. Any impact fee imposed shall be reasonably related to the impact caused by the development and shall not exceed a proportionate share of the cost of system improvements that are reasonably related to the development. The impact fee formula shall account in the fee calculation for future revenues the district will receive from the development. The ordinance adopting the fee schedule shall specify under what circumstances the fee may be adjusted in the interests of fairness. 3. The impact fee shall be based on a capital facilities plan developed by the district and approved by the school board, and adopted by reference by the City of Sammamish as part of the capital facilities element of the Comprehensive Plan for the purpose of establishing the fee program.

3. The fee shall be calculated on a district-by-district basis using the appropriate factors and data to be supplied by the district, as indicated in SDC 21.09.090J. The fee calculations shall be made on a district-wide basis to assure maximum utilization of all school facilities in the district used currently or within the last two years for instructional purposes. 4. The formula in SDC 21.09.090J. also provides a credit for the anticipated tax contributions that would be made by the development based on historical levels of voter support for bond issues in the school district. 5. The formula in SDC 21.09.090J. also provides for a credit for school facilities or sites actually provided by a developer that the school district finds to be acceptable.

E. Fee collection

Fees shall be collected by the department of community development and maintained in a separate account for each school district, pursuant to SDC 21.09.090G. Fees shall be paid to the district pursuant to administrative rules of an interlocal agreement between the City and the district.

F. Assessment of impact fees

D. Fee calculations

1. In school districts where impact fees have been adopted by City ordinance and except as provided in this section, the City shall collect impact fees, based on the schedules set forth in each ordinance establishing the fee to be collected for the district, from any applicant seeking development approval from the City where such development activity requires final plat or PUD approval or the issuance of a residential building permit or a mobile home permit and the fee for the lot or unit has not been previously paid. No

1. The fee for each district shall be calculated based on the formula set out in SDC 21.09.090J. 2. Separate fees shall be calculated for single-family and multifamily residential units and separate student generation rates must be determined by the district for each type of residential unit. For purposes of this chapter single- family units shall mean single detached dwelling units, and multifamily units shall mean townhouses and apartments.

664 | Title 21: Sammamish Development Code

Effective | January 1, 2022

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