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-tW ORDINANCE No. 3389-14 An Ordinance revising the Small Project Impact Fee Ordinance, Repealing Ordinance No. 2424-99 and 2505-00, as amended (Chapter 18.36 EMC) WHEREAS,the City has not revised its Small Project Impact Fee regulations, Ordinance No. 2424-99 and 2505-00, as amended, since the adoption of these regulations; and WHEREAS,the Small Project Impact Fee regulations are in need of an update including the increase in fees which are currently artificially low; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1: Title, authority, and purpose 1.1 Title. The ordinance codified in this chapter may be referred to or cited as the Small Project Impact Fee Ordinance, or"SPIFO," and will be referred to herein as "this chapter." 1.2. Purpose and authorization. The purpose of this chapter is to implement the City's Comprehensive Plan including its Transportation and Capital Facility Elements. This chapter enables the City to collect impact fees from proposed projects that generate additional traffic and are categorically exempt under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) and the state rules adopted thereunder (WAC 197-11-305) and therefore not subject to the City's Transportation Mitigation Ordinance (TMO). The fees adopted under this chapter are authorized by and in accordance with the provisions of RCW 82.02.050-.090. Section 2: Location of definitions and usage This chapter adopts by reference the definitions contained in RCW 82.02.090. For terms not defined therein, this chapter adopted by reference the definitions and used contained in Section 18 of TMO. Section 3: When a transportation impact fee is required A project that is not subject to TMO and will generate ten (10) or more average daily vehicle trips, is required to pay a transportation impact fee as defined in Section 10.4 of TMO, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. The fee assessed under this chapter is and shall be based on a method of calculation that takes into account the factors specified by RCW 82.02.060. There shall be one service area for purposes of this ordinance, however, within the core area as defined in Section 18 of TMO trip generation shall be calculated as provided in Section 8 of this chapter. Section 4: Credit for improvements and non-duplication of mitigation -1-