17.045.001 Authority and purpose.
A. This title is enacted pursuant to the city’s police powers, the Growth Management Act as codified in Chapter 36.70A RCW, the enabling authority in Chapter 82.02 RCW, Chapter 58.17 RCW relating to platting and subdivisions, and the State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), Chapter 43.21C RCW.
B. The purpose of this title is to:
1. Develop a program consistent with the Imagine Bothell... Comprehensive Plan, the six-year transportation improvement program and the city capital improvement plan, for joint public and private financing of transportation improvements necessitated in whole or in part by development in the city;
2. Ensure adequate levels of transportation and traffic service within the city;
3. Create a mechanism to charge and collect fees to ensure that all new development bears its proportionate share of the capital costs of off-site transportation facilities directly necessitated by new development, in order to provide an adequate level of transportation service;
4. Ensure that the city pays its fair share of the capital costs of transportation facilities necessitated by public use of the transportation system; and
5. Ensure fair collection and administration of such impact fees.
C. The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to effectively carry out its purpose in the interests of the public health, safety and welfare. (Ord. 2014 § 1 (Exh. A), 2009; Ord. 1658 § 1, 1996).