10.03.01. There is assessed, charged, imposed, and enacted transportation, police, general government, and parks impact fees on all new development occurring within the city, excluding any development of a government-owned and operated facility. These fees will be assessed, charged, or imposed in accordance with the fee schedule provided below:

10.03.02. If the type of proposed development is not clearly specified on the above schedule and the definitions of the land use types, the impact fee administrator shall determine the fee on the basis of the fee applicable to the most nearly comparable type of land use on the fee schedule.

10.03.03. In general, impact fees shall be assessed based on the principal use of a building or lot. For example, a warehouse that contained an administrative office would be assessed at the warehouse rate for all of the square footage. Shopping centers are assessed at the retail/commercial rate, regardless of the type of tenants. For a true mixed-use development, such as one that includes both residential and nonresidential development, the fee shall be determined by adding up the fees that would be payable for each use as if it was a freestanding land use type pursuant to the fee schedule.

10.03.04. If the type of impact-generating development is for a change of land use type or for the expansion, redevelopment, or modification of an existing development, the fee shall be based on the net increase in the fee for the new land use as compared to the previous land use. The previous land use shall be the most intensive use of the site during the previous ten years.

10.03.05. In the event that the proposed change of land use type, redevelopment, or modification results in a net decrease in the fee for the new use or development as compared to the previous use or development there shall be no refund of impact fees previously paid.

10.03.06. For the purpose of assessing nonresidential impact fees, square footage shall be measured in terms of gross floor area, as herein defined.

(Ord. No. 3588, § 1, 10-3-2011; Ord. No. 5128, § 3(Exh. A), 10-23-2024; Ord. No. 5212, § 2, 11-3-2025)