15.16.020 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, except where the context otherwise requires, the words and phrases have the following meaning:
“Capital improvement(s)” means facilities or assets used for any of the following:
(a) Water supply, storage, treatment and distribution; or
(b) Sanitary sewers, including collection, transmission, treatment and disposal; or
(c) Transportation, including but not limited to streets, sidewalks, bicycle lanes, multi-use paths, street lights, traffic signs and signals, pavement markings, street trees, swales, public transportation, vehicle parking and bridges.
(d) Drainage and flood control.
(e) Parks and recreation, including but not limited to community parks, public open space and trail systems, recreational buildings, courts, fields and other like facilities.
“Capital improvement” does not include costs of the operation or routine maintenance of capital improvements.
“Development” means the act of making a manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate (e.g., constructing a building or conducting a mining operation) or making a physical change in the use or appearance of a structure or land which increases the usage of any capital improvements or which creates the need for additional capital improvements.
“Improvement fee” means a fee for costs associated with capital improvements to be constructed after the date the fee is adopted pursuant to MMC 15.16.050.
“Reimbursement fee” means a fee for costs associated with capital improvements constructed or under construction on the effective date when the fee is established, for which the City Council determines that capacity exists.
“Systems development charge (SDC)” means a reimbursement fee, an improvement fee, or a combination thereof, assessed or collected at any of the times specified in MMC 15.16.050. It shall also include that portion of a water or sanitary sewer connection charge that is greater than the amount necessary to reimburse the City for its average cost of inspecting and installing connections with the water system or the sanitary sewer system. Systems development charge does not include:
(a) Any fees assessed or collected as part of a local improvement district;
(b) A charge in lieu of a local improvement district assessment; or
(c) The cost of complying with requirements or conditions imposed upon a land use decision. (Ord. 164, passed 10-8-2019)