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EVERETT <br />WASHINGTON <br />ORDINANCH NO. <br />An ORDINANCE Relating to Traffic Mitigation Fees, AMENDING Ordinance No. 3774-20 <br />WHEREAS, <br />A. The City of Everett did its last major update of the City's Traffic Mitigation Fee in 2014, increasing <br />the Traffic Mitigation Fee to $2,400 per PM peak hour trip. The 2014 update also included an <br />inflation index that adjusts the Traffic Mitigation Fee annually, based on the Washington State <br />Department of Transportation's (WSDOT) Construction Cost Index (CCI). <br />R. This ordinance further increases the Traffic Impact Fee to $3,994 per PM peak hour trip. Further, <br />because the WSDOT CCI ceased to be updated in 2016, this ordinance also changes the inflation <br />index to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) National Highway Construction Cost Index <br />(NHCCI). <br />NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: <br />Section 1. Section 19.51.100 of Section 5.Z of Ordinance 3774-20 (codified at EMC 19.51.100) is <br />amended as follows, with underlined text added and strike -out text deleted: <br />19.51.100 Fair share for system improvements. <br />A. Two Components of Fair Share. This section specifies the mitigation for transportation system <br />improvements, unless otherwise agreed by the city traffic engineer. The fair share shall consist of <br />two components: <br />1. A fee for each peak hour trip calculated to provide a fair share, attributed to new <br />development, of the cost of "planned system improvements" (see subsection D of this section <br />for fee amount); plus <br />2. Responsibility for a fair share of cost of additional improvements, if any, to maintain <br />acceptable levels of service as a result of the proposed project (see Table 2 and subsection B of <br />this section for method of calculating the fair share). <br />When level of service "D" or better will be met at the horizon year with the project, the <br />applicant shall not be required to pay a fair share contribution for additional transportation <br />system improvements. This section does not duplicate, replace, or substitute for any local <br />transportation improvements for which an applicant is responsible. <br />B. Fair Share Cost of Additional Improvements. Based on the actual traffic projected to be generated <br />by a project onto the transportation system and the consequent need to make system <br />improvements to maintain acceptable levels of service and address the impacts resulting from the <br />