13.30.020 Definitions.
For purposes of this chapter and any subsequent chapter creating a city services fee, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) “City administrator” shall mean the city administrator or the city administrator’s designee.
(2) “City services fee” shall mean a fee created subject to this chapter, and expressly referring to this chapter, where:
(a) Revenue generated by the fee is limited to specific purpose and uses which are expressly stated and directly related to the service for which the fee is charged or the collection of that fee; and
(b) The fee is collected from responsible parties as defined herein; and
(c) City services fees shall be reviewed annually during the budget process, and amounts for fees and any penalties for delinquency shall be set by resolution of the city council; and
(d) The fee is calculated using criteria reasonably related to the service performed; and
(e) No city services fee shall be collected based on real property ownership, nor shall any city services fee be based on or calculated using real property values.
(3) Repealed by Ord. 2026.
(4) “Developed property” shall mean a parcel or legal portion of real property on which an improvement exists or has been constructed. Improvement on a developed property includes, but is not limited to, buildings, parking lots, landscaping and outside storage.
(5) “Nonresidential property” shall mean property that is not primarily used for personal domestic accommodation. Nonresidential property includes industrial, commercial, institutional, hotel and motel, and other nonresidential uses.
(6) “Occupied unit” shall mean any structure or any portion of any structure occupied for residential, commercial, industrial, or any other purpose. In a multifamily residential unit, each dwelling unit shall be a separate occupied unit and each retail outlet in a shopping mall shall be considered a separate occupied unit. An occupied unit includes more than one structure if all structures are part of the same dwelling unit, or if all structures are part of the same commercial or industrial operation on the same contiguous developed property.
(7) “Public works director” shall mean the city public works director or the public works director’s designee.
(8) “City finance director” shall mean the city finance director or the finance director’s designee.
(9) “Residential property” shall mean property that is used primarily for personal domestic accommodation, including single-family and multifamily residential property, with accessory uses. Residential property does not include hotels or motels.
(10) “Responsible party” shall mean the person or persons who by occupancy or contractual arrangement are responsible to pay for utility and other services provided to an occupied unit. Unless another party has agreed in writing to pay and a copy of the writing is filed with the city, the person paying the city’s water and/or sewer bill for an occupied unit shall be the responsible party as to that occupied unit. For any occupied unit not otherwise required to pay a city utility bill, the responsible party shall mean the person legally entitled to occupancy of the occupied unit, unless another responsible party has agreed in writing to pay and a copy of the writing is filed with the city. Any person who has agreed in writing to pay is considered the responsible party if a copy of the writing is filed with the city.
(11) “Street maintenance” shall mean any action to maintain or improve city streets, including repair, renewal, resurfacing, replacement and reconstruction. Street maintenance does not include work that increases the capacity of a street such as street widening, adding bike lanes or sidewalks, or the construction of new streets or street lighting. Street maintenance shall include resurfacing of existing streets; the repair, replacement or addition of curb and gutters; improving storm drainage; updating ADA access; repair or replacement of the entire existing street structural section; repair or replacement of existing street shoulders, pavement markers, striping and other street markings; repair or replacement of existing channelization devices; adjustment of existing utilities to match finish grades; and other related work within existing streets. (Ord. 2026 § 1, 2018; Ord. 2009, 2017)