“Capital facilities” means school facilities identified in the district’s capital facilities plan and are “system improvements” as defined by the GMA as opposed to localized “project improvements.”

“Capital facilities plan” means the district’s facilities plan adopted by the school board consisting of those elements meeting the requirements of the GMA.

“City” means the city of Monroe.

“City council” means the Monroe city council.

“County” means Snohomish County.

“Developer” means the proponent of a development activity, such as any person or entity who owns or holds purchase options or other development control over property for which development activity is proposed.

“Development” means all subdivisions, short subdivisions, conditional use permits, binding site plan approvals, rezones accompanied by another project permit, or building permits (including building permits for multifamily and duplex residential structures, and similar uses) and other applications requiring land use permits or approvals by the city of Monroe.

“Development activity” means any residential construction or expansion of a building, structure or use of land, or any other change in use of a building, structure, or land that creates additional demand and need for school facilities, but excluding building permits for attached or detached accessory apartments, and remodeling or renovation permits which do not result in additional dwelling units. Also excluded from this definition is “housing for older persons” as defined by 46 USC 3607, when guaranteed by a restrictive covenant, and new single-family detached units constructed on legal lots created prior to May 1, 1991.

“Development approval” means any written authorization from the city which authorizes the commencement of a development activity.

“Encumbered” means impact fees identified by the district as being committed as part of the funding for a school facility for which the publicly funded share has been assured, development approvals have been sought, or construction contracts have been let.

“Growth Management Act (GMA)” means the Growth Management Act, Chapter 17, Laws of the State of Washington of 1990, 1st Ex. Session, as now in existence or as hereafter amended.

“Impact fee schedule” means the table of impact fees to be charged per unit of development, computed by the formula adopted under this chapter, indicating the standard fee amount per dwelling unit that shall be paid as a condition of residential development within the city.

“Low-income housing” means a housing unit developed and maintained specifically for rental or ownership occupancy by households with incomes no greater than sixty percent of current average median income as determined by reference to the most recently published income data for the Seattle-Bellevue PMSA published by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

“Multifamily unit” means any residential dwelling unit that is not a single-family unit as defined by this chapter.

“School impact fee” means a payment of money imposed upon development, as a condition of development approval, to pay for school facilities needed to serve new growth and development. The school impact fee does not include a reasonable permit fee, an application fee, the administrative fee for collecting and handling impact fees, or the cost of reviewing independent fee calculations.

“Single-family unit” means any detached residential dwelling unit designed for occupancy by a single family or household. (Ord. 005/2019 § 7)