A. “Applicant” means a person who applies for a building permit under the LMC and who is the owner of the subject property or the authorized agent of the property owner.

B. “Building permit” means an official document or certification which is issued by the city and which authorizes the construction, alteration, enlargement, conversion, reconstruction, remodeling, rehabilitation, erection, demolition, moving, or repair of a building or structure.

C. “Capital facilities plan” means the capital facilities element of the city’s comprehensive plan adopted pursuant to Chapter 36.70A RCW and such plan as amended.

D. “City” means the city of Lynnwood.

E. “Council” means the city council of the city.

F. “Department” means the city’s department of public works.

G. “Development activity” or “development” means any construction or expansion of a building, structure, or use, any change in use of a building or structure, or any change in the use of land that creates additional demand for public facilities.

H. “Director” means the director of the department of public works of the city of Lynnwood or her/his designee.

I. “Equivalent residential unit” or “ERU” is the amount of sewer flow that equates to the average amount produced by a residential single unit site.

J. “Hearing examiner” means the hearing examiner operating pursuant to the powers and duties set forth in Chapter 2.22 LMC.

K. “LMC” means the city of Lynnwood Municipal Code.

L. “Nonresidential” means any development activity except residential single unit or residential multiple unit development.

M. “Project improvements” means site improvements and facilities that are planned and designed to provide service for a particular development activity and are necessary for the use and convenience of the occupants or users of the project and are not system improvements. No improvement or facility included in a capital facilities plan adopted by the council shall be considered a project improvement.

N. “Public facilities,” for purposes of this chapter, means the capital facilities owned or operated by the city or other governmental entities related to its public sewer system.

O. “Rate study” means the utility rate study most recently prepared and other studies relied upon by the city in establishing the sewer connection charge methodology and fee schedule.

P. “Residential single unit” means all dwelling units occupied by one family or by not more than five unrelated persons, including, but not limited to, detached single-family residences, and zero lot line buildings wherein the building is on a separate fee simple lot, used for residential purposes, and is served by a separate water meter.

Q. “Residential multiple unit” means a residential building designed for two or more families, or for more than five unrelated persons, including, but not limited to, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, apartment buildings, dormitories, boardinghouses and rooming houses, mobile homes in a mobile home park, and zero lot line buildings wherein the city permitted multiple units within a building to be served by a common water meter.

R. “RCW” means the Revised Code of Washington or, when followed or preceded by a numerical designation, a provision of the Revised Code of Washington.

S. “System improvements” means public facilities that are included in the city of Lynnwood wastewater comprehensive plan or capital facilities plan, and such plans as amended, and are designed to provide service to service areas within the community at large, in contrast to project improvements.

T. “Sewer connection charge” means a payment of money imposed by the city on development activity pursuant to this chapter as a condition of granting development approval. “Sewer connection charge” does not include a building permit fee. Connection charges shall be considered revenue of the sewer utility. (Ord. 3286 § 2, 2018)