§ 34-441. System development charge established.

(a)

Unless otherwise exempted by the provisions of this article or other local or state law, effective July 1, 1991, a systems development charge is imposed upon all new development within the city, and all new development outside the boundary of the city that connects to or otherwise uses the sanitary sewer system or water system of the city.

(b)

System development charges for each type of capital improvement may be created through application of the methodologies described in section 34-442. The amounts of each system development charge shall be adopted initially by Council resolution. Changes in the amounts shall also be adopted by resolution, except changes resulting solely from inflationary cost impacts. Inflationary cost impacts shall be measured and calculated each January by the City Manager or Manager's designee and charged accordingly. Such calculations will be based upon changes in the Engineering News Record Construction Index (ENR Index) for Seattle, Washington.

(Prior Code, § 35.015; Code 2006, § 13.24.4; Ord. No. 1241, § 1(part), 1991)