19.02.030 Determination of the amount of the impact fees.
The amount of the impact fees shall be determined for each school district as agreed to by the city and the applicable school district. The methodology to determine the fees will be based upon what other jurisdictions have used to determine their school impact fees and will address the terms and concepts defined in ACC 19.02.020, Definitions. The city shall only consider requiring impact fees for any school district upon receipt of a written request duly executed from the applicable school district. The city shall adopt by a separate ordinance an impact fee schedule for each applicable school district.
A. If the city annexes property and the affected school district has an impact fee schedule, approved by the applicable county, then if the affected school district has adopted a capital facilities plan which has been incorporated into the city’s comprehensive plan under the Growth Management Act that schedule shall continue in effect on an interim basis and the city shall consider adopting by reference the fee amounts that the county has imposed together with any formulas or methodologies used to arrive at the fee amounts.
B. If residential development occurs within a school district that is within the city of Auburn, and an impact fee schedule has been approved for that school district by another legislative authority, other than the city of Auburn, then if the affected school district has adopted a capital facilities plan which has been incorporated into the city’s comprehensive plan under the Growth Management Act that schedule shall continue in effect on an interim basis and the city shall consider adopting by reference the fee amounts that have been imposed by the other legislative authority together with any formulas or methodologies used to arrive at the fee amounts.
C. Any impact fee imposed shall be reasonably related to the impact caused by the development and shall not exceed a proportionate share of the cost of system improvements that are reasonably related to the new development. The impact fee formula shall take into account the future revenues the district will receive from the development, along with system costs related to serving the new development.
D. The impact fee shall be based on a capital facilities plan adopted by the district and incorporated by reference by the city as part of the capital facilities element of the city’s comprehensive plan, adopted pursuant to Chapter 36.70A RCW, for the purpose of establishing the fee program.
E. Separate fees shall be calculated for single-family and multifamily types of dwelling units, and separate student generation rates must be determined by the district for each type of dwelling unit. For the purpose of this chapter, mobile homes shall be treated as single-family dwellings, and duplexes and attached single-family dwellings shall be treated as multifamily dwellings.
F. The fee shall be calculated on a district-wide basis using the appropriate factors and data to be supplied by the district. The fee calculations shall also be made on a district-wide basis to assure maximum utilization of all available school facilities in the district which meet district standards.
G. Credit shall be given for school facilities or sites offered by the developer which the district accepts and approves as meeting district needs and standards, consistent within the capital facilities plan. (Ord. 6341 § 2, 2011; Ord. 5078 § 1, 1998.)