Ordinance 3955-23 - Laserfiche WebLink

household income limits for the low-income housing and that if the property is converted to a use other than low income housing within ten years, the property owner must pay the city the applicable impact fees in effect at the time of conversion. d. Should the early learning facility fail to achieve the required percentage of children and families qualified for state subsidized child care using the early learning facility at any point during a calendar year, the property owner is responsible for paying twenty percent of the impact fee that would have been imposed on the development without exemption. Payment must be made within ninety days of city notification to the property owner. Any balance remaining thereafter shall be a lien on the property as described in EMC 19.53.120(F). e. Should the property be converted to a use other than an early learning facility, the property owner is responsible for paying the applicable parks impact fee in effect at the time of the use conversion. 8. Change of use that has less impact than the existing use shall not be assessed a parks impact fee. 9. A fee payer required to pay for system improvements pursuant to RCW 43.21C.060 shall not be required to pay an impact fee for the same improvements under this chapter. 10. The city council may, on a case-by-case basis, grant exemptions to the application of the fee schedule for housing affordable to households earning less than 60% of the Snohomish County median family income as established by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in accordance with the conditions specified under RCW 82.02.060(4). To qualify for the exemption, the project applicant shall submit a petition on a form provided by the city to the planning director for consideration by the council prior to application for a building permit. Conditions for such approval shall meet the requirements of RCW 82.02.060(4) and include a requirement for a covenant to assure the project’s continued affordability. The covenant shall be an obligation that runs with the land upon which the housing is located and shall be recorded against the title of the real property. D. The city may, on a case-by-case basis, grant a partial exemption of not more than eighty percent of park impact fees, with no explicit requirement to pay the exempted portion of the fee from public funds, for low-income housing units, pursuant to the following: 1. Fee exemptions shall only be available to multi-family housing units affordable to households earning at or below sixty percent of area median income for Snohomish County as established by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. 2. The mayor, or designee, may grant a fee exemption. 3. The decision to grant, partially grant or deny an exemption shall be based on: