A. Unless otherwise exempted by the provisions of this Chapter or any other applicable local or state law, a SDC is hereby imposed upon all New Development within the City, and upon all development outside the boundary of the City that connects to, contributes to the need for, or otherwise uses city water, sanitary sewer, stormwater drainage and flood control, transportation or parks and recreation facilities. SDCs shall be due and payable at the point in time at which the development imposes new or increased demand upon these public improvement systems, upon issuance of a Permit, upon the commencement of a change of use that does not require a Permit, whichever occurs first. Depending upon the circumstances, the City Manager may allow deferment of actual payment of an SDC until a later time, but only with appropriate financial guarantees.

B. SDCs for each type of capital improvement shall be established and may be revised from time to time by resolution of the council. The resolution shall set the amount of the charge, the type of permit to which the charge applies, the methodology used to set the amount of the charge, and if the charge applies to a geographic area smaller than the entire city, the geographic area subject to the charge.

C. Once paid, an SDC remains with the property that incurred the charge and imposed the demand or impact on the City’s capital improvement system(s). SDCs are not personal and shall not be transferred to another or different property.