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The following words and terms shall have the following meanings for the purposes of this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. Terms otherwise not defined herein shall be defined pursuant to RCW 82.02.090 or given their usual and customary meaning.

A. “Act” means the Growth Management Act, Chapter 36.70A RCW, as now in existence or as hereafter amended.

B. “Building permit,” for the purposes of this chapter only, means an official document or certification which is issued by the city and which authorizes the construction, alteration, enlargement, conversion, reconstruction, remodeling, rehabilitation, erection, demolition, moving or repair of a building or structure.

C. “Capital facilities plan” means the capital facilities plan element of the city’s comprehensive plan adopted pursuant to Chapter 36.70A RCW, known as the city of Auburn parks, recreation and open space plan, and such plan as amended.

D. “Change in use,” for the purposes of this chapter, means a different use that qualifies as a single – or multiple-family dwelling as defined in this chapter.

E. “City” means the city of Auburn.

F. “Council” means the city council of the city of Auburn.

G. “Department” means the department of parks, arts, and recreation.

H. “Development activity” means any construction or expansion of a building, structure, or use, any change in use of a building or structure, or any change in the use of land that creates additional demand and need for parks and recreation facilities.

I. “Director” means the director of the department of parks, arts, and recreation or the director’s designee.

J. “Dwelling unit” means a building, or portion thereof, designed for residential occupancy consisting of one or more rooms which are arranged, designed or used as living quarters for one family only.

K. “Encumbered” means to reserve, set aside or otherwise earmark the impact fees in order to pay for commitments, contractual obligations or other liabilities incurred for parks and recreation facilities.

L. “Feepayer” is a person, corporation, partnership, an incorporated association, or any other similar entity, or department or bureau of any governmental entity commencing a land development activity which creates the demand for additional parks and recreation facilities, and which requires the issuance of a building permit. “Feepayer” includes an applicant for an impact fee credit.

M. “Grandfathering” means that the existing land use of a developed property in effect on January 1, 2007, the initial effective date of the impact fees ordinance, is entitled to system capacity credits determined by the adopted impact fees rate schedule.

N. “Hearing examiner” means the examiner who acts on behalf of the council in considering and applying land use regulatory codes as provided under Chapter 2.46 ACC. Where appropriate, “hearing examiner” also refers to the office of the hearing examiner.

O. “Impact fee” means a payment of money imposed by the city of Auburn on development activity pursuant to this chapter as a condition of granting development approval in order to pay for the parks and recreation facilities needed to serve new growth and development.

P. “Impact fee account” or “account” means the account established for the parks and recreation facilities’ impact fees collected. The account shall be established pursuant to ACC 19.08.080 and comply with the requirements of RCW 82.02.070.

Q. “Independent fee calculation” means the parks and recreation impact calculation prepared by a feepayer to support the assessment of an impact fee other than by the use of the fee schedule.

R. “Interest” means the interest rate earned by local jurisdictions in the State of Washington Local Government Investment Pool, if not otherwise defined.

S. “Multifamily dwelling” means a building designed exclusively for occupancy by two or more families living independently of each other, and containing two or more residential dwelling units.

T. “Owner” means the owner of record of real property; provided, that if the real property is being purchased under a recorded real estate contract, the purchaser shall be considered the owner of the real property.

U. “Parks and recreation facilities” means neighborhood and community parks, open space, recreational trails, athletic fields, swimming pools, and community centers, and any furnishings and equipment that are used at such locations and which can be capitalized.

V. “Parks and recreation project improvements” means site improvements and facilities that are planned and designed to provide service for a particular development or users of the project and are not parks and recreation system improvements. No parks and recreation improvement or facility included in a capital facilities plan approved by the council shall be considered a parks and recreation project improvement.

W. “Parks and recreation system improvements” means parks and recreation facilities that are either included in the city of Auburn’s capital facilities plan and/or are designed to provide service to service areas within the community at large, in contrast to parks and recreation project improvements.

X. “Single-family dwelling” means a detached building designed exclusively for occupancy by one family and containing one residential dwelling unit. A manufactured home may be considered a one-family dwelling, if sited per Chapter 18.31 ACC.

Y. “State” means the state of Washington.

Z. “Surplus credits” means credits over and above those calculated as an impact fee. For example:

1. In grandfathering calculations, if the difference between a proposed use fee minus existing use credit results in a positive number, the result is the impact fee due.

2. In grandfathering calculations, if the difference between a proposed use fee minus existing use credit results in a negative number, the result is the surplus credit and no impact fee would be due.

AA. “Downtown catalyst park service area” means the areas defined by (1) the boundary of West Main Street/East Main Street to the north, “A” Street SE to the east, 2nd Street SE/2nd Street SW to the south, and “A” Street SW to the west; and (2) the boundary of East Main Street to the south, Auburn Avenue to the east, 1st Street NE to the north, and North Division Street to the west; and (3) the boundary of 2nd Street SW to the north, South Division Street to the east, 3rd Street SW, and “A” Street SW to the south. (Ord. 6637 § 2, 2017; Ord. 6341 § 5, 2011; Ord. 6063 § 1, 2006.)