A. There is imposed on the act of development or redevelopment of property in the City a systems development charge (SDC) for connection to the City’s domestic water supply, due and payable at the time of application for a building permit for that (re)development.

B. The council shall establish and revise its SDC methodology and the SDC amounts by resolution.

C. The increases in the SDC to correspond to construction cost indices will be implemented as follows: Effective on February 1, 2021, and on that date for each following calendar year, the SDC shall be increased to reflect the total increase in the Engineering News-Record Construction Cost Index for Seattle, Washington, for the most recent December-to-December year-over-year change, except in the event the index decreases no change will be made.

D. The charge for water meters two inches in diameter or larger shall be estimated at the time the SDC is due for the development based on anticipated water usage and the adopted methodology. The SDC for water meters two inches in diameter or larger shall be recalculated and the difference shall be immediately due and payable by the property owner on the City’s demand whenever actual water usage during any 24 successive calendar months exceeds 110 percent of the estimated usage on which the SDC payable for that meter first was estimated. Failure to pay the difference between the estimated and recalculated charge shall constitute cause for termination of the domestic water service to the premises served by the meter.

E. The council may grant credits against the domestic water systems development charge imposed by this chapter for qualified public improvements as defined in ORS 223.304 on certification by the City Engineer that the improvement(s) qualifies for that credit.

F. This section shall take effect as to all complete applications for building permits for which a water SDC is payable that are received on and after July 1, 2014. [BC 4.02.036, added by Ordinance No. 3990, 7/15/97; amended by Ordinances No. 4195 § 1, Ordinance No. 4627, 1/14/14, Ordinance No. 4790, 7/14/20]