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3 Bedrooms or Morel $2,823 <br /> Commercial, Levied per Square Feet <br /> Office and Services $0.26 <br /> Retail $0.38 <br /> Industrial $0.21 <br /> B. Each development shall mitigate its impacts on the city's parks facilities by payment of a fee that is <br /> based on the type of land use of the development and proportionate to the cost of the parks facility <br /> improvements necessary to serve the needs of growth. For residential development, fee amount is <br /> based on number of bedrooms across all residential units within development; for commercial <br /> development, fee amount is based on gross floor area of the development as defined in EMC <br /> 19.04.040, exclusive of parking. <br /> C. Applications for a change of use shall receive credit based on the existing use.This credit is <br /> calculated by deducting the fee amount of the existing use from the fee of the proposed use. <br /> 19.53.070 Parks Impact Fee Updates. <br /> A. Annual: the park impact fee rate schedule shall be updated annually using the following procedure: <br /> 1. The planning and community development director("director") shall use the average of the <br /> Building Cost Index and Construction Cost Index for Seattle published by the Engineering News <br /> Record to calculate annual inflation adjustments from June to the following June in the impact <br /> fee rates.The park impact fees shall not be adjusted for inflation should the index remain <br /> unchanged or show negative growth. <br /> 2. The indexed impact fee rates shall be effective January 1. <br /> B. Revised Basis: The park impact fee schedule set forth in 19.53.060 shall be updated and revised no <br /> later than [five years after the effective date of this ordinance]. <br /> 19.53.080 Individual Project Parks Impact Fee Adjustments. <br /> A. The city may adjust a parks impact fee at the time the fee is imposed in order to consider unusual <br /> circumstances in specific cases to ensure that impact fees are imposed fairly. <br /> B. In calculating the fee imposed on a particular development,the city shall permit consideration of <br /> studies and data submitted by a developer in order to adjust the amount of the fee.The developer <br /> shall submit an independent fee calculation study to the director, who shall review the study to <br /> determine that the study: <br /> 1. Is based on accepted impact fee assessment practices and methodologies; <br /> 2. Uses acceptable data sources and the data used is comparable with the uses and intensities <br /> planned for the proposed development activity; <br /> 3. Complies with applicable state laws governing impact fees; <br /> 4. Is prepared and documented by professionals who are mutually agreeable to the city and the <br /> developer and who are qualified in their respective fields; and <br /> 5. Shows the basis upon which the independent fee calculation was made. <br /> C. In reviewing the study, the director may require the developer to submit additional or different <br /> documentation. If an acceptable study is presented,the director may adjust the fee for the <br /> particular development activity.The director shall consider the documentation submitted by the <br /> applicant, but is not required to accept such documentation that the director reasonably deems to <br /> in ORDINANCE Page 6 of 14 <br />