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A. General. Service areas, which may vary by type of public facility, are established as shown on the Park Impact Fee Technical Document and Vancouver Transportation Impact Fees Program Technical Document, which are incorporated herein by reference.

B. Service areas and fees. Such areas will provide a nexus between those paying the fees and receiving the benefits to ensure that those developments paying impact fees receive substantial benefits.

C. Establishment of overlay service areas. Overlay service areas may be established for system improvements identified in the capital facilities plan which are:

1. Designed to serve geographic areas whose boundaries are not generally contiguous with established service areas; or

2. Designed to serve more than one established service area; or

3. Where a system improvement is designed to serve an established service area, or service areas, but is located partly or entirely outside of the city or urban growth area, and provides a substantial benefit to the assigned service area. Properties within this type of overlay service area are not subject to city impact fees to the extent those properties are outside the city.

D. Factors affecting service areas. Additional or revised service areas may be designated by the city council upon consideration of the following factors:

1. The Comprehensive Plan;

2. Standards for adequate public facilities incorporated in the capital facilities plan;

3. The projections for full development as permitted by land use ordinances and timing of development;

4. The need for and cost of un-programmed capital improvements necessary to support projected development; and

5. Such other factors as the city council may deem relevant.

E. Service areas and urban growth boundaries. Service areas adjoining an urban growth boundary shall automatically be adjusted to conform to any change in such boundary. (Ord. M-4274 § 1, 2019; Ord. M-4181 § 1, 2016; Ord. M-4107 § 2, 2014; Ord. M-3933 § 3, 2009; Ord. M-3643, 2004)