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As used in this chapter, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:

A. “Building permit” means a permit issued by the Monroe building official and which authorizes the construction, alteration, enlargement, conversion, reconstruction, remodeling, rehabilitation, erection, demolition, moving or repair of a building or structure. As the term relates to park impact fees, “building permit” includes a permit issued for the siting or location of a mobile home.

B. “Capital facilities” means those park, open space and recreation facilities or improvements addressed in the park and recreation and capital facilities elements of the Monroe comprehensive plan, as the same now exists or may be hereafter amended. Capital facilities costs include the cost of park planning, land acquisition, site improvements, buildings, and equipment, but exclude the cost of maintenance and operation.

C. “Capital facilities program (CFP)” means a six-year plan that is approved by the city council in order to finance the development of capital facilities necessary to support the projected population of Monroe over the six-year period. The city’s CFP is found in the capital facilities element of the Monroe comprehensive plan, as the same now exists or may be hereafter amended.

D. “City” means the city of Monroe, Washington.

E. “Developer” means an individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation, association, municipal corporation, state agency, or other person proposing or undertaking development activity within the city.

F. “Development activity,” as the term relates to park impact fees, means any construction or expansion of a building, structure, or use, any changes in the use of a building or structure, or any changes in the use of land that created additional demand and need for public park, open space or recreation facilities.

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

H. “Director” means the community development director of the city of Monroe.

I. “Encumbered” means to reserve, set aside, or otherwise earmark the impact fees in order to pay for commitments, contractual obligations, or other liabilities incurred for park, open space or recreation capital facilities. Impact fees shall be considered encumbered on a first in, first out basis.

J. “Impact fee” means a payment of money imposed upon new growth or development as a condition of development approval in order to pay for park, open space or recreation facilities needed to serve such new growth or development. “Impact fee” does not include any permit or application fee.

K. “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.

L. “New development” means any and all development for which a permit is issued after the effective date of the first ordinance establishing this chapter.

M. “Owner” means the owner of record of real property, although when real property is being purchased under a real estate contract, the purchaser shall be considered to be the owner of the real property if the contract is recorded.

N. “Project improvements” means site improvements and facilities that are planned and designed to provide service for a particular development project and that are necessary for the use and convenience of the occupants or users of the project and are not system improvements. No park, open space or recreation improvement or facility included in the capital facilities plan shall be considered a project improvement.

O. “Proportionate share” means that portion of the cost of park, open space and recreation improvements that are reasonably related to the service demands and needs of new development.

P. “Service area” means a geographic area defined by the city or, in the case of facilities providing service to areas outside the city, by interlocal agreement, as being that area in which a defined set of park, open space and recreation facilities provide service to development within the area.

Q. “System improvements” means park, open space and recreation facilities that are included in the capital facilities plan and are designed to provide service-to-service areas within the community at large, in contrast to project improvements. (Ord. 005/2019 § 8)