14.25.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide the conditions and procedures under which developers, including the City, who installed qualifying improvements requisite for future development and pursuant to the City’s development ordinances and policies, may be partially reimbursed for the expenses of such improvements by noncontributing benefited owners of adjacent properties in compliance with Chapters 35.72 and 35.91 RCW.
This chapter is intended to apply to:
(1) Street Improvements. Street improvements include all arterial street system improvements which are the result of a City ordinance that requires such improvements as a prerequisite to further property development. Arterial street system improvements constructed in order to comply with the City’s subdivision and zoning codes and the City’s Comprehensive Plan are hereby declared to be prerequisites to further property development for the purposes of RCW 35.72.010.
(2) Utility System Improvements. Utility system improvements include all utility system improvements which are the result of a City ordinance that requires such improvements as a prerequisite to further property development. Utility system improvements constructed in order to comply with the City’s Comprehensive Plan, development regulations, and permitting requirements are hereby declared to be prerequisites to further property development within the City, or as provided in RCW 35.91.020. [Ord. 4156, 2014; Ord. 3709 § 1, 2004; Code 1970 § 14.12.010.]