13.17.060 Obligation to pay reimbursement charge.
A. An owner of property within any Reimbursement District shall pay to the City, in addition to any other applicable fees and charges, the Reimbursement Charge when any of the following events occur within ten (10) years from the District formation date:
1. A use of the property is expanded to create additional “units” as that term is defined in the City Engineer’s report.
2. A building permit that will use or increase the use of a public improvement.
3. A connection to a public improvement or otherwise use of a public improvement that will increase the use of the public improvement.
B. “Increase the use” means:
1. For sanitary sewer or storm sewer improvements, to make a physical change, following construction of the improvement for which the District was formed, that requires a building or development permit on the property that increases the volume discharged into the line.
2. For water improvements, to make a physical change, following construction of the improvement for which the District was formed, requiring a building or development permit on the property that increases the amount of water used.
3. For street improvements, to make a physical change, following construction of the improvement for which the District was formed, requiring a building or development permit on the property that increases the trips on the street or creates a new entrance onto the street.
C. The Reimbursement Charge is due and payable in full, or provision for installment payments or other acceptable security has been made, and payment is a precondition to receiving the first City permit applicable to the development activity, or, in the case of a connection to a line, as a precondition to receiving the connection permit.
D. A person who becomes obligated to pay the Reimbursement Charge as the result of a connection to a line constructed through the local improvement district process and who owns property within the local improvement district against which an assessment is levied may also be assessed a Reimbursement Charge as an added portion of the local improvement district assessment.
E. Inclusion in a Reimbursement District and payment of a Reimbursement Charge may be made a condition of approval of annexation of property.
F. No person shall be required to pay a Reimbursement Charge on an application or upon property for which the Reimbursement Charge has been previously paid, or for which a Proportionate Contribution, as defined in Chapter 3.20, has been previously paid, unless payment was for a different public improvement.