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8 <br />8. "Fire protection facilities" means all publicly owned apparatus and <br />buildings within the City that are used for fire protection and/or emergency response and <br />aid. <br />9. "Impact fee" means the payment of money imposed by the City on <br />development activity pursuant to this ordinance as a condition of granting development <br />approval in order to pay for the fire facilities needed to serve growth and development <br />that is a proportionate share of the cost of fire capital facilities used for facilities that <br />reasonably benefit development. Impact fees do not include reasonable permit fees, <br />application fees, administrative fees for collecting and handling fire impact fees, or the <br />cost of reviewing independent fee calculations. <br />10. "Low-income housing" means housing where monthly costs, including <br />utilities other than telephone, do not exceed are no greater than 30% of the resident's <br />household monthly income and where household monthly income must be is 80% or less <br />of the King County Median family income adjusted for family size as reported by the U.S. <br />Department of Housing and Urban Development. <br />11. "Owner" means the owner of record of real property, as found in the records <br />of King County, Washington, or a person with an unrestricted written option to purchase <br />property; provided, that if the real property is being purchased under a recorded real <br />estate contract, the purchaser shall be considered the owner of the property. <br />12. "Proportionate share" means that portion of the cost for fire facility <br />improvements that are reasonably related to the service demands and needs of <br />development. <br />Section 7. TMC Section 16.26.040 is hereby reenacted to read as follows: <br />16.26.040 Fire Impact Fee Assessment <br />A. The City shall collect fire impact fees from applicants seeking development <br />approvals from the City for any development activity in the City for which building permits <br />are required effective January 1, 2009, consistent with the provisions of this ordinance. <br />B. Fire impact fees shall be assessed at the time of a technically -complete building <br />permit application that complies with the City's zoning ordinances and building and <br />development codes. Fire impact fees shall be collected from the fee payer at the time the <br />building permit is issued, - - - - - - <br />Section 16.26.095. <br />1,1 <br />C. Except if otherwise exempt or deferred, the City shall not issue the required <br />building permit unless or until the fire impact fees are paid. <br />Section 8. TMC Section 16.26.050 is hereby reenacted to read as follows: <br />16.26.050 Use of Fire Impact Fees <br />A. Pursuant to this ordinance, fire impact fees shall be used for fire facilities that will <br />reasonably benefit growth and development, and only for fire protection facilities <br />addressed by the City's Capital Facilities Element of the Comprehensive Plan. <br />W: Word Processing\Ordinances\Fire Impact Fees -TMC 16.26 re-enacted strike-thru 11-6-17 <br />PM:bjs <br />Page 4 of 12 <br />