Ordinance 3504-16 - Laserfiche WebLink

assigned to the improvement in the traffic analysis or other project review documents or agreements. F. An applicant may appeal the city traffic engineer's determination of the impact fee required under this chapter by following the administrative appeal procedures for the underlying development approval. If there are no administrative appeal procedures for the underlying development approval, the appeal shall follow the administrative appeal procedures in Section 15.20.010 for the appeal of minor administration decisions. Is hereby amended to read as follows: A. RCW 82.02.070 and 82.02.080 are hereby adopted by reference into this chapter as the administrative procedures for collection and refunding of impact fees under this chapter. B. Payment of all transportation impact fees shall be made prior to building permit issuance, except as provided in EMC 18.36.060(C). C. The deferral of transportation impact fees shall be allowed only for single-family attached and detached construction being constructed by an applicant having a contractor registration number or other unique identification number and in accordance with the following: 1. For this subsection: (a) "Applicant" includes an entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the applicant. (b) "Common control" means two or more entities controlled by the same person or entity. (c) "Control" means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of an entity, whether through the ownership of voting shares, by contract, or otherwise. 2. An applicant wishing to defer the payment of transportation impact fees shall: (a) Submit a signed and notarized deferred fee application and completed lien form concurrent with the building permit application for the building subject to the fee; and (b) Submit a certification that the applicant has requested no more than a total of twenty deferred impact fee requests in the calendar year within the city; and (c) Pay a non-refundable $250.00 administration fee for each unit or lot of a single development project for which the deferral of the fee is requested. Beginning January 1, 2018, and each January 1 thereafter, this fee shall be adjusted in accordance with the most recent change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) or other official measurement of inflation used by the city. If the change in the CPI or other official measurement of inflation used by the city indicates an increase of less than one percent since the last adjustment of the fees listed herein, there shall be no increase for that year. At such time that the change in the CPI or other official measurement of inflation used by the city for one or more years indicates an increase of one percent or more since the last adjustment of the fees, the cumulative percentage increase since the last adjustment of fees. 3. The lien shall: (a) Be in a form approved and provided by the city; (b) Be signed by all owners of the property, with all signatures acknowledged as required for a deed; (c) Include the legal description, property tax account number, and address for each lot or unit the lien will encumber; (d) Be binding and subordinate on all successors in title after the recording; 3