(A) Assessment of the impact fee for any new development shall be made as follows:
(1) For new development which is submitted for approval pursuant to the city's subdivision regulations after June 20, 1987, or for which replatting results in an increase in the number of service units after such date, assessment shall be at the time of subdivision final plat approval, and shall be the amount of the impact fee per service unit, as provided in the exhibits to this chapter that are in effect at the time of subdivision final plat approval. For a new development which has received final plat approval before February 13, 2018, assessment shall be as adopted by the city on February 13, 2018.
(2) For new development which has received final plat approval prior to June 20, 1987, and for which no replatting is necessary prior to the issuance of a building permit, assessment shall be upon the issuance of a building permit, and shall be the amount of the impact fee per service unit set forth in this chapter that is in effect at the time of building permit application.
(3) For new development which occurs or is proposed to occur without platting, assessment shall be upon the issuance of a building permit or water or sewer tap purchase (whichever occurs first), and shall be the amount of the impact fee per service unit set forth in the exhibits to this chapter that are in effect at the time of building permit application.
(4) For water and wastewater facilities, fees shall not be assessed to a development for which taps previously were purchased and which development does not result in an increase in the number of living unit equivalents as determined by the service unit equivalency table. If the exchange of said taps will result in an increase in the number of SUE’s, impact fees for the increase in the number of SUE’s shall be assessed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter that are in effect at the time of subdivision plat approval.
(5) Because fire protection is of critical concern to the community as a whole, water demand related solely to fire protection is not subject to assessment or collection of a water or wastewater impact fee. However, if the fire protection capacity of the fire demand meter is routinely utilized for domestic purposes as evidenced by the registration of consumption recorded on the city's meter-reading and billing systems, the current owner of the property shall be assessed the impact fees currently in effect at the time such conversion is established by the city for the fire protection capacity which has been converted to domestic capacity by its routine usage as domestic capacity.
(B) Following assessment of the impact fee above, no additional impact fees or increases thereof shall be assessed against that development unless the number of service units increases.
(C) Following the lapse or expiration of approval for a plat, a new assessment must be performed at the time a new application for such development is filed.
(D) For purposes of this section, a final plat shall not include an amending plat.
(Ord. 05-2018-36, passed 5-8-18)