13.110.030 Development application review fees.
(1) Upon submittal of any development application or other land use approval requiring approval of Snohomish County, except for an application for a preapplication concurrency evaluation under SCC 30.66B.175, the developer shall pay a $200.00 base review fee plus $5.00 per each new vehicle trip generated by the development. For purposes of setting the review fee only, vehicle trips generated will be determined by the following table:
(a) Single-family residential 10 trips/unit
(b) Multi-family residential 6 trips/unit
(c) Office/office park/business park 12 trips/1,000 s.f.
(d) Industrial/industrial park/ warehouse manufacturing/ other industrial-type uses 6 trips/1,000 s.f.
(e) School 12 trips/1,000 s.f.
(f) Church/day care 7 trips/1,000 s.f.
(g) *Commercial-5,000 s.f. or less 20 trips/1,000 s.f.
(h) *Commercial-5,001 s.f. through 25,000 s.f. 15 trips/1,000 s.f.
(i) *Commercial-25,000 s.f. or more 10 trips/1,000 s.f.
*Commercial use is any use not otherwise defined in this table.
(2) In any case, the maximum fee for any individual application shall not exceed $5,000.
(3) The following development types are exempt from the development application review fee of SCC 13.110.030(1):
(a) Rezones not requiring official site plans.
(b) Lot width variances.
(c) Commercial building permits for portable classrooms.
(d) Commercial building permits for rockeries.
(e) Building permits for single-family residences on existing tax lots.
(4) Commercial building permit applications that have undergone prior development review within twelve months of building permit application will pay only the $200.00 base fee.
(5) Upon submittal of an application for a preapplication concurrency evaluation for a proposed development under SCC 30.66B.175, the developer shall pay a base fee of $850.00 plus an additional $400.00 for each arterial unit analyzed for future level-of-service conditions. If, pursuant to SCC 30.66B.175(6), a developer submits revisions or alternative analyses or proposals in response to a decision that a proposed development cannot be deemed concurrent, then the developer shall pay only the base fee of $850 upon submittal of the response. For other resubmittals of the same development, as in instances in which a preapplication concurrency approval has elapsed and a developer resubmits an updated traffic study for a new concurrency evaluation, the department of public works may waive all or part of the review fee if it determines that the amount paid in the initial review fee will adequately cover the costs of application review.
(6) Whenever a development is deemed concurrent under SCC 30.66B.135 on the basis of a valid preapplication concurrency approval, then thirty-three percent (33%) of the development’s review fee under sub-section (1) above shall be refunded. (Added by Ord. 90-197, Dec. 26, 1990; Amended by Ord. 91-195, Jan. 27, 1992; Amended by Ord. 95-039 § 3, June 28, 1995, Eff date July 13, 1995; Amended by Amended Ord. 95-063, Aug. 9, 1995, Eff date Sept. 29, 1995; Amended by Amended Ord. 02-077, Dec. 4, 2002, Eff date Dec. 19, 2002).