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A. The following development activities are exempt from the requirement to pay some or all of the fire, park, school, and transportation impact fees required by this chapter:

1. Accessory dwelling units approved by the City under Redmond Zoning Code Section 21.08.220, Accessory Dwelling Units, or its successor, are exempt from the payment of all impact fees.

2. The alteration, reconstruction, remodeling, or replacement of existing buildings or structures, including mobile homes or manufactured homes, shall be exempt from the requirement to pay all impact fees; provided, that all of the following conditions are met:

a. For nonresidential structures or the nonresidential portion of mixed-use structures, no additional gross floor area may be added;

b. For residential structures or the residential portion of mixed-use structures, no additional dwelling units may be added;

c. For all structures, the alteration, reconstruction, remodeling, or replacement must create no additional demand on fire, park, school, or transportation systems;

d. For all structures, no change in use may be proposed; and

e. For replacement structures, the structure being replaced must have been demolished or moved outside the boundaries of the City of Redmond.

3. The construction of accessory structures where no additional fire, park, school or transportation demand will occur over and above that produced by the principal building or use of the land shall be exempt from the requirement to pay all impact fees.

4. Parking garages and building spaces that are constructed solely to park motor vehicles that are not for sale, lease or rent, or part of a stock in trade, are exempt from the requirement to pay all impact fees. The conversion of parking garages or vehicle parking areas exempted by this subsection to other uses requires the payment of impact fees.

5. Temporary uses and structures authorized by Chapter 21.46 of the Redmond Zoning Code, Temporary Uses, or its successor, are exempt from the requirement to pay all impact fees.

6. Where a fee has previously been paid for the development activity under the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) for all of the system improvements for which impact fees are imposed by this chapter, the development activity shall be exempt from the payment of all impact fees pursuant to RCW 82.02.100. Where a fee previously paid for the development activity under SEPA does not cover all system improvements for which an impact fee is imposed under this chapter, an impact fee credit shall be given to ensure that the City is not collecting both SEPA and impact fees for the same system improvements.

7. Development activity undertaken by the City of Redmond shall be exempt from the payment of all impact fees in consideration for the City’s contribution toward fire, park, and transportation system improvements from the City’s other funds and in recognition of the lack of impact from City development activities on the school system.

B. Development activity that is not exempt from the requirement to pay all impact fees may qualify for impact fee credits or adjustments pursuant to RMC 3.10.130. (Ord. 2610 § 1 (part), 2011: Ord. 2587 § 2 (part), 2011).