21.12.020 Exemptions.
The following development activities do not create any additional school impacts and are exempt from the requirements of this chapter:
A. Reconstruction, remodeling or construction of the following facilities, subject to the recording of a covenant or recorded declaration of restrictions precluding use of the property for other than the exempt purpose; provided, that if the property is used for a nonexempt purpose, then the school impact fees then in effect shall be paid.
1. Shelters or dwelling units for temporary placement, which provide housing to persons on a temporary basis for not more than four weeks;
2. Construction or remodeling of transitional housing facilities or dwelling units that provide housing to persons on a temporary basis for not more than 24 months, in connection with job training, self-sufficiency training and human services counseling, the purpose of which is to help persons make the transition from homelessness to placement in permanent housing;
3. Any form of housing for the elderly, including nursing homes, retirement centers, and any type of housing units for persons age 55 and over, which have recorded covenants or recorded declaration of restrictions precluding school-aged children as residents in those units; and
4. Any construction or building permit that does not include residential sleeping/bedroom space.
B. Rebuilding of legally established dwelling unit(s) destroyed or damaged by fire, flood, explosion, act of God or other accident or catastrophe, or remodeling of existing legally established dwelling unit(s); provided, that such rebuilding takes place within a period of one year after destruction, and so long as no additional dwelling units are created.
C. Condominium projects in which existing dwelling units are converted into condominium ownership and where no new dwelling units are created.
D. Any development activity that is exempt from the payment of an impact fee pursuant to RCW 82.02.100, due to mitigation of the same system improvement under the State Environmental Policy Act.
E. Any development activity for which school impacts have previously been mitigated pursuant to a condition of plat or PUD approval.
F. Any development activity for which school impacts have been mitigated pursuant to a voluntary agreement entered into with the district to pay fees, dedicate land or construct or improve school facilities, unless the terms of the voluntary agreement provide otherwise; provided, that the agreement predates the effective date of fee imposition. (Ord. 1738 § 4, 1998).