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For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the indicated meanings:

“Adjustment (A)” means a discretionary reduction in the school impact fee as determined by the City and identified in Attachment A*, taking into account the recommendation of the District and the need to adequately fund schools that are needed to serve forecast growth.

“Boeckh index” is a construction trade index of construction costs for various kinds of buildings; it is adjusted annually.

“Capacity” means the number of students the District’s facilities can accommodate district-wide, based on the District’s standard of service, as determined by the District.

“Capital facilities plan” means the Pasco School District No. 1 Capital Facilities Plan 2011 – 2017, and as hereafter amended.

“Capital improvement” means land, improvements to land, structures and relocatable structures (including site planning, acquisition, design, permitting and construction), initial furnishings and selected equipment. Capital improvements have an expected useful life of at least 10 years. Other capital costs, such as motor vehicles and motorized equipment, computers and office equipment, office furnishings, and small tools are considered to be minor capital expenses and are not considered capital improvements.

“City” means the City of Pasco.

“Classrooms” means educational facilities of the District required to house students for its basic educational program. The classrooms are those facilities the District determines are necessary to best serve its student population. Specialized facilities are identified by the District, including but not limited to gymnasiums, cafeterias, libraries, administrative offices, and childcare centers, shall not be counted as classrooms.

“Construction cost per student (CS)” means the estimated costs of construction of a permanent school facility listed in the District’s capital facility plan divided by the number of students the school will serve for the grade span of school to be provided. Grade span means elementary school, middle school and high school.

“Developer”” means the person or entity who owns or holds purchase options or other development control over property for which development activity is proposed.

“Development activity” means any residential construction, including the placement of a mobile home, or expansion of a building, structure or use, any change in use of a building or structure, or any change in the use of land that creates additional demand for school facilities.

“District” means Pasco School District No. 1.

“Dwelling” is as defined in PMC 25.15.060.

“Elderly” means a person aged 55 or older.

“Encumbered” means to reserve, set aside, or otherwise earmark the impact fees to pay for commitments, contractual obligations, or other liabilities incurred for public facilities as set out in the adopted capital facilities plan.

“Facilities credit (FC)” means the value of capital improvements for which an in-kind contribution credit has been granted as provided for in PMC 3.45.040(3).

“Impact fee” means a payment of money imposed upon development as a condition of development approval to pay for school facilities needed to serve new growth and development that is reasonably related to the new development that creates additional demand and need for public facilities, that is a proportionate share of the cost of the school facilities, and that is used for such facilities that reasonably benefit the new development. “Impact fee” does not include a reasonable permit or application fee.

“Impact fee schedule” means the impact fees to be charged per dwelling unit of development that shall be paid as a condition of residential development with the City.

“Interlocal agreement” means the agreement between the District and the City governing the operation of the school impact fee program and describing the relationship, duties and liabilities of the parties.

“Permanent facilities” means facilities of the District, including relocatable facilities.

“Program standard” means the standard adopted by the District which identifies the program year, the class size by grade span and, taking into account the requirements of students with special needs, the number of classrooms, the types of facilities the District determines will best serve its student population, and other factors as identified by the District.

“Proportionate share” means that portion of the cost of public facility improvements that are reasonably related to the service demands and needs of new development.

“Relocatable facilities” (also referred to as portables) means any structure, transportable in one or more sections, that is intended to be used as an education space to meet the needs of service areas within the District, to provide specialized facilities, or to cover the gap between the time that families move into new residential developments and the date that construction is completed on permanent school facilities.

“Service area” means property within the City limits of the City of Pasco, including hereafter annexed territory, served by the Pasco School District No. 1.

“State match (SM)” means the amount the District may receive from the state to pay a portion of the construction costs for schools identified in the capital facilities plan.

“Student factor (SF)” means the number of students typically generated from one residential unit for each type of school facility. This is determined by dividing the number of residential units built in the district into the number of students enrolled in each grade span. Student factors shall be based on District records of average actual student-generated rates for single-family and multifamily developments constructed over a period of not more than six years prior to the date of the fee calculation; provided, that if such information is not available in the District, data from adjacent districts, or districts with similar demographics or countywide averages may be used. Student factors must be updated when the District’s capital facility plan is updated and separately determined for single-family and multifamily dwelling units and for grade spans. [Ord. 4046, 2012; Code 1970 § 3.133.020.]

*Attachment A is on file in the City Clerk’s office.