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plan. All development activity located within the city shall be charged a parks impact fee; <br />provided, that the following exemptions shall apply. <br />B. The following shall be exempt from parks impact fees: <br />1. Replacement of a structure with a new structure having the same use, at the same <br />site, and with the same gross floor area, when a complete building permit application is <br />filed within one year of demolition or destruction of the previous structure. <br />2. Alteration, expansion, or remodeling of an existing dwelling or structure where no <br />new units or gross commercial floor area are created and the use is not changed. <br />3. Construction of nonhabitable accessory residential structures. <br />4. Miscellaneous improvements including, but not limited to, fences, walls, swimming <br />pools, parking, and signs that do not create an increase in demand for parks services. <br />5. Demolition of or moving an existing structure within the city from one site to <br />another. <br />6. Colleges, schools, and government facilities. <br />7. Parks impact fees for the construction of early learning facilities may be reduced at <br />the discretion of the director when requested by the property owner in writing prior to <br />permit submittal and subject to the following criteria: <br />a. Submittal of a written request to the director specifying the facility policy for <br />minimum enrolled percent of children and families that qualify for state <br />subsidized child care; <br />b. Early learning facility fee reduction table. <br />Percent of Children and Families Using the Facility <br />that Qualify for State Subsidized Child Care <br />Fee Reduction <br />25% <br />100% <br />c. The developer must record a covenant per RCW 82.02.060(4)(c) that <br />prohibits using the property for any purpose other than for early childhood <br />education and assistance at the original income limits for a period of at least ten <br />years. At a minimum, the covenant must address price restrictions and <br />household income limits for the low-income housing and that if the property is <br />converted to a use other than low income housing within ten years, the <br />property owner must pay the city the applicable impact fees in effect at the <br />time of conversion. <br />d. Should the early learning facility fail to achieve the required percentage of <br />children and families qualified for state subsidized child care using the early <br />learning facility at any point during a calendar year, the property owner is <br />responsible for paying twenty percent of the impact fee that would have been <br />