The service area within which a transportation impact fee shall be charged and collected is co-extensive with the corporate city limits, and shall include all unincorporated areas annexed to the city on and after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter. After the adoption of interlocal agreements with other local and regional governments, geographic boundaries may be expanded consistent therewith.
(Ord. 1619-07 § 5, 2007; Ord. 2154 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2025)
A. 
There is hereby imposed a transportation impact fee measured in units of vehicle-miles and based on a figure of $473.00 per daily vehicle-mile of travel for any development within the service area, except a development specifically exempt pursuant to FMC 20.10.090, Impact fee exemptions.
B. 
The actual transportation impact fee shall be generated from the formula for calculating impact fees set forth in the study entitled "Rate Study for Transportation Impact Fees" (DEA, Inc. 2006), as may be amended, and incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the "Rate Study for Transportation Impact Fees" is on file in the city clerk's office.
C. 
The public works director or his/her designee shall be responsible for calculating the amount of the applicable transportation impact fee for each development.
D. 
The timing of the payment shall be in accordance with the provisions of FMC 20.10.060.
E. 
In accordance with FMC 20.10.080, the public works department may consider unusual circumstances for specific developments and may adjust the transportation impact fee for specific developments to ensure that impact fees are imposed fairly. The department shall set forth its reasons for adjusting the impact fee in written findings. In determining whether to adjust the impact fee, the department shall consider the following sources of information:
1. 
The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) "Trip Generation User's Guide," latest edition.
2. 
If the applicant proposes a trip generation rate other than that set forth in the ITE "Trip Generation User's Guide," latest edition, the applicant shall provide supporting studies or data for a minimum of three comparison sites, at the same level of detail as would be necessary for the data to be accepted by ITE for inclusion in its database for trip generation.
3. 
Any other data or studies submitted by a qualified transportation professional affiliated with the Institute of Transportation Engineers or a professional engineer licensed by the state of Washington.
(Ord. 1619-07 § 6, 2007; Ord. 1859 § 110, 2014; Ord. 2154 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2025)
A. 
For purposes of calculating an adjustment to the transportation impact fee, as authorized by FMC 20.25.020(E), the public works director shall consider the demolition of an existing structure in which a lawful business is operating on the property to be developed as an unusual circumstance justifying a potential impact fee credit.
B. 
No credit shall be given under the provisions of subsection (A) of this section unless all of the following criteria are met:
1. 
The property owner has documentation that indicates transportation impact fees have been previously calculated and paid to the city;
2. 
The peak hour trips for which credit would be given shall not be greater than the number of peak hour trips that were generated by the existing use on the tax parcel;
3. 
The credit can only be used on the same tax parcel, or a larger parcel that includes the same property on which the use and structure identified in subsection (B)(1) of this section is located; and
4. 
The request with documentation for a credit must be made before payment of the impact fee is due. Any request not so made shall be deemed waived.
(Ord. 1770 § 1, 2012; Ord. 2154 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2025)
Transportation impact fees shall be reviewed by the city council and adjusted as appropriate, in conjunction with the periodic update of the transportation element of the city's comprehensive plan or at such intervals as the city council determines.
(Ord. 1619-07 § 7, 2007; Ord. 2154 § 1 (Exh. 1), 2025)