Ordinance 3504-16 - Laserfiche WebLink

(b) Submit a certification that the applicant has requested no more than a total of twenty deferred transportation system improvement 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; (e) Be junior and subordinate to a first mortgage for the purpose of construction upon the same real property granted by the person who applied for the deferral of impact fees, but in no case shall the lien be in less than second place; 4. The lien shall be recorded by the applicant, at their own expense, and a conformed copy of the recorded document shall be provided to the city prior to the issuance of the building permit that is subject to the fee for transportation improvements. 5. Each applicant eligible to defer transportation fees shall only be entitled to annually receive deferrals for no more than a total of twenty building permits within the city. 6. The applicant shall be responsible for the payment of all recording fees. 7. The deferred fee for transportation improvements shall be paid in full prior to whichever of the following occurs first: (a) Issuance of a certificate of occupancy; (b) The closing of the first sale of the property occurring after the issuance of the applicable building permit for which the fees were deferred; or (c) Eighteen months from the date of building permit issuance. 8. If the building for which the deferral of the fee for transportation improvements is requested is located within a subdivision, unit lot subdivision or short subdivision, the subdivision, unit lot subdivision or short subdivision shall be recorded prior to recording the lien for fees and issuance of the building permit. 9. After the applicant has paid all deferred fees for transportation improvements, the applicant is responsible for submitting a lien release application to the city. The applicant, at their own expense, will be responsible for recording lien releases. 10. Compliance with the requirements of the deferral option shall constitute compliance with subdivision or short subdivision conditions pertaining to the timing of the fee payment. 11. If deferred fees for transportation improvements are not paid in accordance with terms authorized by state law and this section, the City may initiate foreclosure proceedings for the unpaid impact fees and all costs associated with the collection of the unpaid fees. 12. A request to defer transportation fees under this section may be combined in one application with a request to defer school impact fees under EMC 18.44.090. 7