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AN ORDINANCE relating to road fees; setting the mitigation payment system program project list and providing for an updated road mitigation payment system (MPS) fee schedule; amending Ordinance 11617, Section 43 and Attachment B, as amended, and K.C.C. 14.75.040 and Ordinance 11617, Section 49, as amended, and K.C.C. 14.75.100 and repealing Ordinance 13696, Attachment B.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 11617, Section 43 and Attachment B, as amended, and K.C.C. 14.75.040 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Fee schedules and establishment of service districts.
A. Fee schedules stating the amount of the MPS fee which residential development shall pay for development subject to MPS fees are set forth in K.C.C. 14.75.040F as described in K.C.C. 14.75.040D and E. Subsequent fee schedules shall be established pursuant to K.C.C. 14.75.050. All other development shall pay an MPS fee individually calculated by the department, as set forth in K.C.C. 14.75.050B. The MPS administrative fee, which all developers shall pay, is set forth in K.C.C. 14.75.080 and 14.75.090.
B. For purposes of this chapter, the county is divided into service districts as set forth in Attachment A ((of)) to Ordinance 13696. In each service district, similar types of residential development shall pay the same MPS fee, unless the amount of the fee is altered because:
1. Unusual circumstances exist and the department adjusts the amount of the fee as provided in K.C.C. 14.75.040C; or
2. The developer submits studies or data showing that the fee as set forth in the applicable schedule or as calculated by the department is in error, as provided in K.C.C. 14.75.150.
C. The department may adjust the standard impact fee as set forth in the fee schedules at the time the fee is imposed to consider unusual circumstances in specific cases to ensure that MPS fees are imposed fairly. The department shall set forth its reasons ...
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