12.22.080 Exempt development.
A. Any development activity or development permit shall be exempted from this chapter if the development activity or development permit is deemed by the director to generate less than one net new trip in the peak hour, including rezoning applications and privately initiated comprehensive plan amendments.
B. The following types of development permits are typically exempt from the requirements of this chapter because they do not create additional long-term impacts on road facilities. However, if any development permit from the list below generates one or more net new trips in the peak hour, it shall not be exempt from concurrency evaluation.
1. Access permit;
2. Demolition permit;
3. Driveway or street permit;
4. Excavation/clearing permit;
5. Excavation permit;
6. Fire code permit;
7. Grading permit;
8. Interior alterations with no change of use;
9. Mechanical permit;
10. Plumbing permit;
11. Right-of-way permit;
12. Sign permit;
13. Single-family remodeling with no change of use;
14. Street use permit;
15. Street vacation permit;
16. Utility permit (waste, sewer, storm).
C. Alteration or replacement of an existing residential or nonresidential structure that does not expand the usable space or add any residential units.
Notwithstanding the exemptions provided in this section, the trip generation resulting from an exempt use shall be included in computing background traffic for any nonexempt project, and any exemptions provided in this section shall not be construed as an exemption from any applicable transportation impact fee requirements. (Ord. 3153 § 3, 2015)