12.10.080 SDC Project List.
A. The Council has adopted, and may amend or replace by resolution, SDC project lists for the various types of SDC (each being the “SDC project list” for the SDC for that improvement type). Such SDC project lists must include:
1. The capital improvements that the City intends to fund in whole or in part with the improvement fee revenues; and
2. The estimated cost, timing of construction, and percentage of that cost eligible to be funded with improvement fee revenues for each improvement.
The project list included in the most recently adopted methodology is the SDC project list if no other list has been adopted or amended by resolution.
B. In amending the SDC project lists, the City may incorporate, by reference, all or a portion of any public facilities plan, master plan, capital improvement plan or similar plan that contains the information required by this section.
C. If the amount of SDC charges will be increased by a proposed modification to the SDC project list, the City must:
1. Provide at least 30 days’ notice prior to adopting the modification to those who have requested notice pursuant to this chapter or State law; and
2. Hold a public hearing if a written request for a hearing is received at least seven days prior to the date scheduled for adoption of the proposed modification.
D. Notice under subsection (C) of this section is not required for a resolution amending an SDC project list if the amendment does not change the total cost of projects on the list and results in no change to the SDC charged.
E. A change in the amount of a reimbursement fee or an improvement fee is not a modification of the system development charge methodology if the change in amount is based on:
1. A change in the cost of materials, labor, or real property applied to projects or project capacity on an SDC project list;
2. The periodic application of one or more specific cost indexes or other periodic data sources, including the cost index identified in the methodology establishing the charge. A specific cost index or periodic data source must be:
a. A relevant measurement of the average change in prices or costs over an identified time period for materials, labor, real property, or a combination of the three;
b. Published by a recognized organization or agency that produces the index or data source for reasons that are independent of the system development charge methodology; and
c. Incorporated as part of the established methodology or identified and adopted by the City Council in a separate resolution, or if no other index is identified in the established methodology, then the City will use information published by the Engineering News-Record (ENR) Construction Cost Index for Seattle to determine the annual inflationary adjustment. [Ord. NS-2491, 2024; Ord. NS-2161, 2011]