19.12.050 Imposition of impact fees.
A. The city is hereby authorized to impose impact fees on new development.
B. Impact fees may be required pursuant to the impact fee schedule adopted through the process described herein, or mitigation may be provided through:
1. The purchase, installation and/or improvement of park, school and transportation facilities pursuant to GHMC 19.12.080(C); or
2. The dedication of land pursuant to GHMC 19.12.080(C).
C. Impact fees:
1. Shall only be imposed for park, school and transportation facilities that are reasonably related to new development;
2. Shall not exceed a proportionate share of the costs of park, school and transportation facilities that are reasonably related to new development;
3. Shall be used for park, school and transportation facilities that will reasonably benefit the new development;
4. Shall not be used to correct existing deficiencies;
5. Shall not be imposed to mitigate the same off-site park, school and transportation facility impacts that are being mitigated pursuant to any other law;
6. Shall not be collected for improvements to state/county park and transportation facilities unless the state/county requests such improvements and an agreement to collect such fees has been executed between the state/county and the city;
7. Shall not be collected for improvements to park and transportation facilities in other municipalities unless the affected municipality requests that such impact fees be collected on behalf of the affected municipality, and an interlocal agreement has been executed between the city and the affected municipality for the collection of such fees;
8. Shall not be collected for any development approved prior to the date of adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter unless changes or modifications in the development requiring city approval are subsequently proposed which result in greater direct impacts on park, school and transportation facilities than were considered when the development was first approved;
9. Shall be collected only once for each development, unless changes or modifications to the development are proposed which result in greater direct impacts on park, school and/or transportation facilities than were considered when the development was first permitted;
10. May be imposed for system improvement costs previously incurred by the city, to the extent that new growth and development will be served by previously constructed improvements; and provided, that such fee shall not be imposed to make up for any system improvement deficiencies; and
11. Shall only be imposed for park and school facilities on residential development. (Ord. 963 § 3, 2004; Ord. 828 § 6, 1999).