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Updated 09/07

List of Jurisdictions with Impact Fee Provisions

This list is compiled from ordinances received by MRSC, code book provisions, and AWC's 2004 Tax & User Fee Survey, Part II - Land Use Fees which  lists  cities imposing GMA Impact Fees.  Copies of the ordinance provisions listed here are available to Washington city, town and county employees and officials by contacting the MRSC Library

CITY AND TOWN IMPACT FEES

ANACORTES

  • FIRE - Anacortes Ordinance No. 2295 amends Ordinance No. 2277 by providing a schedule of impact fees as Exhibit A; makes financial provision for fire facilities, passed 9-93. AUTHORITY: Ch. 82-02.RCW. (PL 2.1420)
  • GENERAL - Anacortes Ordinance No 2277 establishes a development impact fee service area; imposes impact fees therein to finance part of the costs of improvement to serve new development, passed 6-93. (PL 2.1420)
  • PARKS - AWC 2004 Tax & User Fee Survey, Part II - Land Use Fees lists  this city as imposing GMA Impact Fees for Park Facilities

ARLINGTON

    PARKS - SCHOOLS - TRANSPORTATION - Arlington Land Use Code Ch. 20.90 - Concurrency and Impact Fees

AUBURN

    SCHOOL - TRANSPORTATION - Auburn Municipal Code Title 19 - Impact Fees

    PARKS AND RECREATION - Auburn, Resolution No. 3165 Calls for a special election to submit the assessment of parks and recreation impact fees on new development pursuant to the requirements of I-695, passed 1-00. (E 4.4000) (PL 7.4400)

    TRANSPORTATION - Auburn Resolution No. 3164 Calls for a special election to submit the assessment of transportation impact fees on new development pursuant to the requirements of I-695, passed 1-00. AUTHORITY: Ch. 82.02 RCW (E 4.4000) (T 2.2000)

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND

    SCHOOLS - Bainbridge Island Municipal Code Ch. 15.28 - School Impact Fees

    SCHOOLS - Bainbridge Island Ordinance No. 96-16 relates to the imposition of school impact fees on the subdivision of agricultural land; allows deferral of payment until land is used for another purpose or until a residential building permit is issued, passed 3-96.(PL 7.4300)

BATTLE GROUND

BELLEVUE

BELLINGHAM

    SCHOOLS - Bellingham Municipal Code Ch. 16.100 - School Impact Fee Program

    SCHOOLS - Bellingham Ordinance No. 10333 provides for the mitigation of school overcrowding resulting from new residential development, authorizes the collection of mitigation fees, and amends municipal code. Cover letter calls ordinance an Interim school Impact Ordinance, passed 7-92. AUTHORITY: Ch 43.21C RCW (PL 7.4300)

    TRANSPORTATION - AWC 2004 Tax & User Fee Survey, Part II - Land Use Fees lists  this city as imposing GMA Impact Fees for Transportation Facilities

BLAINE

FIRE - PARKS - SCHOOL - TRANSPORTATION - Blaine Municipal Code Ch. 3.80 - Developer Impact Fees

BONNEY LAKE

PARKS - Bonney Lake Ordinance No. 1018 ( 62 KB) - Creates new Chapter 19.06 relating to park impact fees enacted pursuant to  Chapter 36.70A RCW,Chapter 82.02 RCW, and 42.21C RCW, passed 3-04.

BOTHELL

BRIDGEPORT

    GENERAL - Bridgeport Ordinance No. 90-383 adopts a new title 18, "Methods to Mitigate Development Impacts" and a new chapter 18.04 entitled, "Methods to Mitigate Development Impacts;" provides alternatives for prospective developers to mitigate the direct impacts that have been specifically identified by the city as a consequence of proposed development which includes, but is not limited to, subdivision approval, short subdivision approval, residential planned unit development approval, and the issuance of any building permit; and provides for voluntary payment agreements in lieu of dedication and improvements. RCW 58.17.110, RCW 82.02.020, passed 2-90.(PL 2.1420)

BRIER

PARKS - AWC 2004 Tax & User Fee Survey, Part II - Land Use Fees lists  this city as imposing GMA Impact Fees for Park Facilities

TRANSPORTATION - AWC 2004 Tax & User Fee Survey, Part II - Land Use Fees lists  this city as imposing GMA Impact Fees for Transportation Facilities

BUCKLEY

BURLINGTON

CAMAS

    Camas Muncipal Code Chapter 3.88 -  Impact fees on new developments for certain public facilities

    FIRE - PARKS - TRANSPORTATION - SCHOOLS - Camas Ordinance No. 1873 adopts a schedule of impact fees for public streets and roads, for public parks, open spaces, and recreational facilities, for school facilities, and for fire protection facilities; imposes such impact fees on new development activity within the city for the purpose of financing new public facilities necessitated by such development; and adds a new chapter to the municipal code, passed 3-92. AUTHORITY: Ch. 82.02 RCW (PL 2.1420)

CARNATION

    SCHOOLS - Carnation Ordinance No. 656 decreases school impact fees for single-family residential development and increases fees for multi-family residential development, and amends the Riverview School District capital facilities plan, passed 11-18/03

CHEHALIS

    TRANSPORTATION - Chehalis Ordinance No. 579-B establishes the method that provides for developers to share in the costs of off-site traffic improvements, passed 8-95. AUTHORITY: CH 82.02 RCW. (T 2.2000)

COUPEVILLE

PARKS - Coupville Municipal Code Ch. 3.36 - Park Impact Fees

COVINGTON

DARRINGTON

SCHOOL - AWC 2004 Tax & User Fee Survey, Part II - Land Use Fees lists  this city as imposing GMA Impact Fees for School Facilities

DUVALL

    PARKS - ROAD - SCHOOL - Duvall Municipal Code Ch. 14.26 - Impact Fee Assesssments-Parks, Roads and Schools

EATONVILLE

EDGEWOOD

    PARKS - Edgewood Municipal Code Ch. 4.20 - Park Impact Fees

    SCHOOLS - Edgewood Municipal Code Ch. 4.10 - School Impact Fees

    TRAFFIC - Edgewood Ordinance No. 07-0282 ( 232 KB) - Traffic Impact Fees, includes study, 4-07

ELLENSBURG

    GENERAL - Ellensburg Ordinance No. 4008 removes interim designation, restates manner by which impact fees are discounted, passed 9-95. AUTHORITY: Ch. 82.02 RCW (PL 2.1420)

    PARKS - AWC 2004 Tax & User Fee Survey, Part II - Land Use Fees lists  this city as imposing GMA Impact Fees for Park Facilities

ENUMCLAW

    GENERAL - Enumclaw Municipal Code Ch. 19.24 - Impact Fees

EVERETT

FEDERAL WAY

FERNDALE

    PARKS - Ferndale Ordinance No. 1001 establishes and implements standards for dedication of properties for public parks, recreation facilities and open space and formulas for use in mitigating the impacts, passed 1-93. AUTHORITY: Ch. 82.02 RCW (PL 2.1420)

    TRANSPORTATION -Ferndale Ordinance No. 1004; amended by Ordinance No. 1013, passed 4-93. (T 2.2000)

FIFE

GOLD BAR

    SCHOOL - Gold Bar Ordinance No. 457 creates a school impact fee program, passed 11-97. AUTHORITY: RCW 36.70A and RCW 82.01. (PL 7.4300)

    PARKS - TRANSPORTATION - Gold Bar Ordinance No. 525 increases park and traffic impact fees levied on new development, passed 12-99 (PL 2.1400)

GRANITE FALLS

TRANSPORTATION - AWC 2004 Tax & User Fee Survey, Part II - Land Use Fees lists  this city as imposing GMA Impact Fees for Transportation Facilities

ISSAQUAH

KENMORE

PARKS - TRANSPORTATION - Kenmore Municipal Code Ch. 18.100 Impact Fees

KENNEWICK

PARKS - AWC 2004 Tax & User Fee Survey, Part II - Land Use Fees lists  this city as imposing GMA Impact Fees for Park Facilities

KENT

    SCHOOLS - Kent Municipal Code Ch. 12.13 - School Impact Fees

KIRKLAND

    PARKS - Kirkland Municipal Code Ch. 27.06 - Park Impact Fees

    TRANSPORTATION - Kirkland Municipal Code Ch. 27.04 - Road Impact Fees

LA CENTER

PARKS - TRANSPORTATION- La Center Municipal Code Ch. 17.07 - Impact Fees

LACEY

LYNDEN

    FIRE - Lynden Municipal Code Ch. 3.44 - Fire Facilities Mitigation Fund

    PARKS - Lynden Municipal Code Ch. 3.40 - Parks Recreation and Open Space Mitigation Fund (Ordinance No. 959)

    TRANSPORTATION - Lynden Municipal Code  Ch. 17.15 - Development Impacts

MAPLE VALLEY

MARYSVILLE

MEDICAL LAKE

Medical Lake Municipal Code Ch. 16.05 - Mitigation Fees

FIRE - Medical Lake Municipal Code Ch. 16.06 - Fire Protection Impact Mitigation

PARKS - Medical Lake Municipal Code Ch. 16.07 - Parks, Recreation and Open Space Impact Mitigation

SCHOOL -  Medical Lake Municipal Code Ch. 16.09 - School Impact Mitigation

MILL CREEK

    Mill Creek Municipal Code Ch. 17.48 - Development Impact Mitigation

    GENERAL - Mill Creek Ordinance No. 90-221 requires mitigation of property development impacts, provides criteria for identifying and alternatives for mitigating development impacts, establishes a process to integrate mitigation decisions into the land use process, and adds a new chapter to the municipal code, passed 4/90. AUTHORITY: Multiple (PL 2.1420)

    FIRE - AWC 2004 Tax & User Fee Survey, Part II - Land Use Fees lists  this city as imposing GMA Impact Fees for Fire Protection Facilities

    PARKS - Mill Creek Resolution No. 2002-313 establishing and implementing formulas for use in determining appropriate mitigation for property development impacts on public parks and recreation facilities, passed 3/26/02 (PL 7.4400)

    TRANSPORATION - Mill Creek Resolution No. 97-227 adopts interim traffic mitigation formulas for use in assessing traffic mitigation fees, passed 4/01/97

MILTON

SCHOOL - Milton Municipal Code Ch. 13.42 School Impact Fees

TRANSPORTATION - Milton Municipal Code Ch. 16.84 Transportation Impact Fee and Mitigation Program

MONROE

    PARKS - Monroe Municipal Code Ch. 20.10 Park impact fees( 425 KB)

    PARKS - Monroe Ordinance No. 005-2003 (Adobe Acrobat Document258 KB) Adds a new Chapter 20.10 to The Monroe Municipal Code in order to impose Park Impact fees (ZCA200209), passed 2-03. (PL 7.4400)

    SCHOOLS - Monroe Municipal Code Ch. 20.07 School impact mitigation( 425 KB)

    SCHOOLS - Monroe Ordinance No. 967 requires mitigation of developmental impacts on schools and school services, passed 4-91. AUTHORITY: Ch. 43.21C RCW (PL 7.4300)

    TRANSPORTATION - AWC 2004 Tax & User Fee Survey, Part II - Land Use Fees lists  this city as imposing GMA Impact Fees for Transportation Facilities

MOUNT VERNON

MUKILTEO

NEWCASTLE

NORTH BEND

GENERAL - North Bend Municipal Code Ch. 17.30 - Impact Mitigation

PARKS - AWC 2004 Tax & User Fee Survey, Part II - Land Use Fees lists  this city as imposing GMA Impact Fees for Park Facilities

FIRE - North Bend Ordinance No. 1268 adopts fire protection impact fees, 3-07

SCHOOLS - North BEnd Ordinance No. 1269 adds Ch. 17.32, School Impact Fees, 3-07

OAK HARBOR

OLYMPIA

    GENERAL - Olympia Municipal Code Title 15 - Impact Fees

    PARKS - AWC 2004 Tax & User Fee Survey, Part II - Land Use Fees lists  this city as imposing GMA Impact Fees for Park Facilities

    SCHOOL - AWC 2004 Tax & User Fee Survey, Part II - Land Use Fees lists  this city as imposing GMA Impact Fees for School Facilities

PASCO

PARKS - Pasco Municipal Code Ch. 25. 80 - Park Fund Fees

TRANSPORTATION - AWC 2004 Tax & User Fee Survey, Part II - Land Use Fees lists  this city as imposing GMA Impact Fees for Transportation Facilities

POULSBO

    PARKS - Poulsbo Ordinance No. 90-18 amends park and open space plan to include park system impact mitigation, passed 6-90. (PL 5.2800)

    TRANSPORTATION - Poulsbo - Ordinance 97-09 updates traffic data employed in imposition of traffic mitigation for new development under SEPA; incorporates updated data of Trip Generation Manual into Traffic Study prepared by Bell-Walker and Associates, 1992 ed, passed 3-97. AUTHORITY: Ch. 43.21C RCW (T 2.2000)

PUYALLUP

REDMOND

RENTON

    FIRE - Renton Resolution No. 2913 adopts a fire mitigation fee and declares it a SEPA policy, passed 7-92. AUTHORITY: Ch. 43.21C RCW. (PS 3.1050)

    PARKS - Renton Resolution No. 3082 adopts a park and recreation facilities mitigation policy and fee and declaring it a SEPA policy, passed 8-94. AUTHORITY: Ch. 43.21C RCW (PL 7.4400)

    SCHOOL - AWC 2004 Tax & User Fee Survey, Part II - Land Use Fees lists  this city as imposing GMA Impact Fees for School Facilities

    TRANSPORTATION - Renton Resolution No. 3100 adopts the transportation element of the comprehensive plan and adopts a traffic mitigation fee, passed 12-94. AUTHORITY: Ch. 43.21C RCW (T 2.2000)

RIDGEFIELD

    GENERAL - Ridgefield Municipal Code Ch 18.070- Impact Fees

SAMMAMISH

TRANSPORTATION - Sammamish Ordinance No. 02004-136 authorizes the collection of impact fees for roads, created Ch. 14A.15 of the municipal code, , 1-04. AUTHORITY: Chapter 82.02 RCW

TRANSPORTATION - Sammamish Ordinance No. 02004-140 amends Chapter 14a.15 authorizing the collection of impact fees for roads; for the purpose of modifying the schedules for impact fees and authorizing independent fee calculations,  2-04

SCHOOL - Sammamish  Ordinance No. O2003-129  relates to school impact fees in the city; amending chapter 20.12 (impact fees) of the Sammamish interim development code; and adopting the issaquah school district no. 411 capital facilities plan and impact fee schedule for 2004, 9-03.

SEATAC

SEDRO-WOOLLEY

SPOKANE

    GENERAL - Spokane Municipal Code Ch. 17D.080 - Voluntary Impact Fees

STANWOOD

    GENERAL - Stanwood Municipal Code Ch. 17.151 - Impact Fees-Public Facilities (Adobe Acrobat Document241KB)

    FIRE - PARKS - TRANSPORTATION - Stanwood Ordinance No. 886 adopts a schedule of impact fees for public streets and roads, for public parks, open spaces and recreational facilities, and for fire protection facilities, passed 12-93. AUTHORITY: Ch. 82.02 RCW (PL 2.1420)

    GENERAL - Stanwood Ordinance No. 899 provides that impact fees will be assessed on additions to exiting units for streets and fire only and will be assessed at the rate of $150 per unit; reduction is not granted for new construction on new sites by an organization not previously providing housing within the city; impact fee is payable before the final approval of subdivisions of 5 units or more, others shall be payable prior to approval of city council or issuance of building permit or site approval when no council action is required, passed 4-94. (PL 2.1420)

    GENERAL - Stanwood Ordinance No. 1007 defines capital facilities plan and amends credits on impact fees, passed 9-97. (T 2.2000)

    FIRE - Stanwood Ordinance No. 913 amends ordinance no. 886 establishing and implementing standards for fire service facilities and formulas for use in mitigating the impacts of property development of fire facilities and establishing impact fees, passed 12-94. (PS 3.1050)

    PARKS - Stanwood Ordinance No. 948, passed 2-96. AUTHORITY: Ch. 82.02 RCW (PL 7.4400)

    SCHOOLS - Stanwood Ordinance No. 891 enables the collection of impact fees on residential development for common school facilities, providing for administrative procedures including refund mechanisms and appeals, creation of a school impact fee account, and adopts a formula for calculation of fees as authorized by the GMA of 1990, passed 12-93. AUTHORITY: Ch. 82.02 RCW (PL 7.4300)

STEILACOOM

SCHOOL - AWC 2004 Tax & User Fee Survey, Part II - Land Use Fees lists  this city as imposing GMA Impact Fees for School Facilities

SULTAN

PARKS - TRAFFIC - Sultan Municipal Code Ch. 16.112 - Development Impact Fees

SCHOOLS - Sultan Municipal Code Ch. 16.116 - School Impact Fees 

TUMWATER

    FIRE - PARKS - TRANSPORTATION - SCHOOL - Tumwater Municipal Code Ch. 3.50 - Impact Fees AUTHORITY: Ch. 43.21C RCW (PL 7.4300)

VANCOUVER

    GENERAL - Vancouver Municipal Code Ch. 20.915 - Impact Fees (Park, School, Traffic) 

WASHOUGAL

    FIRE - Washougal Ordinance No. 1434 adopts an amended Fire Capital Facilities Plan and establishes Fire Impact Fees, passed 8-02. (PS 3.1050)

    SCHOOLS - Interlocal agreement for the collection, distribution, and expenditure of school impact fees, between City of Washougal and Washougal School District No. 112 and Camas School District No. 117, passed 4/7/03 (PL 7.4300)

    SCHOOLS - Washougal Ordinance No. 1463 amends the Camas School District Impact Fees, passed 07/21/03 (PL 7.4300)

    SCHOOLS - Washougal Ordinance No. 1461 amends the Washougal School District Impact Fees, passed 07/21/03 (PL 7.4300)

    SCHOOLS - Washougal Ordinance No. 1458 amends Ch. 15.45 relating to impact fees for the Washougal and Camas School Districts, to change the capital facility plan updates from every year to every other year, passed 04/07/03 (PL 7.4300)

WOODINVILLE

WOODLAND

YELM

    TRANSPORTATION - Yelm Municipal Code Ch. 15.40 - Concurrency Management

    FIRE - Yelm Ordinance No. 838 adds a fire protection services impact fee pursuant to Section 82.02.050 RCW, passed 10/05.  Resolution No. 526 adopts a formula to determine the impact of new development on Services delivered by the Yelm Fire Department, passed 10/05 (PS 3.1050)

ZILLAH

PARKS - AWC 2004 Tax & User Fee Survey, Part II - Land Use Fees lists  this city as imposing GMA Impact Fees for Park Facilities

COUNTY IMPACT FEES

CLARK COUNTY

    Clark County Code Ch. 18.65 - Impact Fees (Traffic, Park, School)

KING COUNTY

    GENERAL - King County Code Ch. 21A.43 - Impact Fees (Word doc, search within file for 21A.43)

    TRANSPORTATION -King County Code Ch. 14.75 - Mitigation Payment System  (Word doc)

    TRANSPORTATION - King County Ordinance No. 9747 provides a method for collecting fees from developers to help fund transportation improvements made necessary by development, pursuant to the Growth Management Act of 1990, passed 12-90. AUTHORITY: Ch. 82.02 RCW (T 2.2000)

    SCHOOLS - King County Ordinance No. 9785 provides adequacy standards and an impact fee enabling program for public school facilities, passed 1-91; amended by King County Ordinance No. 10162, passed 11-91. (PL 7.4300)

    SCHOOLS- King County Ordinance No. 14525 adopts the capital facilities plans of the Tahoma, Federal Way, Riverview, Issaquah, Snoqualmie Valley, Lake Washington, Kent, Northshore, Enumclaw, Fife and Auburn school districts as subelements of the capital facilities element of the King County Comprehensive Plan for purposes of implementing the school impact fee program. Passed 1-03. (PL 7.4300)

    SCHOOLS - King County,WA Ordinance No. 13338 implements school impact fee program, passed 11-98 (PL 7.4300)

KITSAP COUNTY

    PARKS - TRANSPORTATION - Kitsap County Ordinance No. 143-1992 enables the collection of impact fees on development for the funding of transportation and parks, recreation and open space facilities, passed 3-92. AUTHORITY: Ch. 82.02 RCW (T 2.2000)

    SCHOOLS - Kitsap County Ordinance No. 144-1992 enables the collection of impact fees on residential development for common school facilities, provides for administrative procedures including refund mechanisms and appeals, creates a school impact fee account, and adopts a formula for calculation of fees as authorized by the Growth Management Act of 1990, passed 3-92. AUTHORITY: Ch. 82.02 RCW (PL 7.4300)

PIERCE COUNTY

    GENERAL- Pierce County Code Title 4A - Impact Fees (Adobe Acrobat Document166.3 KB)

    SCHOOLS -  PARKS - Pierce County Ordinance No. 2003-126s increases the maximum fee obligations for regional park and school impact fees by the annual cost-of-living adjustment, passed 12-02-03 (PL 2.1420)

SKAGIT COUNTY

SNOHOMISH COUNTY