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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-2141 - Adds Sec. 15.05.070, consolidated application process (Repealed by 2852)CITY OF MARYSVILLE Marysville,Washington ORDINANCE NO.dJ1\- AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE,WASHINGTON RELATINGTO REIMBURSEMENTOFCITYTRAFFIC ENGINEERING STUDY COSTS IN LIEU OF SITE-SPECIFIC TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STUDY AND AMENDING MMC CHAPTER 15.05 BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 15.05.070. WHEREAS,the City of Marysville on occasion must evaluate and study various traffic and roadway conditions existing within the city's system of public streets;and WHEREAS,some or all of the information gathered through the hiring of consulting engineers at public expense is also information that aids individual private developers in studying the impacts of proposed development on traffic;and WHEREAS,in those instances where a city traffic engineering study produces information and analysis of traffic impacts that can be used in lieu of a separate traffic study performed by a private developer,it is appropriate that the City be reimbursed for a portion of its costs commensurate with the benefits received by a private property owner; NOW,THEREFORE,THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE,WASHINGTON DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1.MMC Chapter 15.05 is hereby amended by adding a new section 15.05.070,which shall read as follows: 1.In those cases where a developer would be required pursuant to any applicable City Code or policy to provide a traffic study as a condition of development,the City Engineer or his designee may evaluate whether any traffic study previously completed at public expense adequately addresses the traffic issues that would be expected to be covered in a private,site-specific study.In such cases,the City Engineer may waive a developer's site-specific traffic engineering study and instead authorize the payment of a fee to be paid in lieu of such study as reimbursement of a portion of the City's costs of an engineering study. jwpf/mv/eng.ord2 1 2.The fee to be reimbursed to the City shall be administratively determined in the sole discretion of the City Engineer and shall be based upon the following: a.The total cost of the City's study; b.The scope and area of the City's study as compared to the area that would have been required to be studied by the private developer; c.The degree to which the City's study is expected to be used in lieu of other site-specific private developer studies in the future; d.Such other and further factors as the City Engineer deems relevant. There shall be no appeal from the decision of the City Engineer.The decision of the City Engineers shall be issued in writing. 3.In the event the private developer disagrees with the amount determined to be reimbursed to the City, the developer may appeal the administrative determination to the City's Hearing Examiner pursuant to MMC Chapter 2.70.Said appeal shall be filed in writing with the City Engineer not later than fourteen (14) calendar days from the issuance of the administrative determination.Failure to file an appeal within said time period shall be deemed as acceptance of the administrative determination.He shall conduct his own study at his own expense. 4.If it is determined by the City Engineer or other appropriate authority that the City study needs to be updated with respect to a particular property or use, the developer shall do so at its own expense. PASS§!)by the this OlS7FJ day of MAYOR /wpf/mv/eng.ord2 2 Approved as to form: By ~/c.W.»<:Q ,CITY ATTORNEY Date of Publication:8£r2/97 Effective Date (5 days after publication): /wpf/mv/eng.ord2 3