22.18.020 Definitions.
The following words and terms shall have the following meanings for the purposes of this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise. Terms otherwise not defined herein shall be defined pursuant to RCW 82.02.090, or given their usual and customary meaning.
A. “Capital facilities plan” means the district’s capital facilities plan adopted by the school board consisting of:
1. A forecast of future needs for school facilities based on the district’s enrollment projections;
2. The long-range construction and capital improvements projects of the district;
3. The schools under construction or expansion;
4. The proposed locations and capacities of expanded or new school facilities;
5. At least a six-year financing plan component, updated as necessary to maintain at least a six-year forecast period, for financing needed school facilities within projected funding levels, and identifying sources of financing for such purposes, including bond issues authorized by the voters and projected bond issues not yet authorized by the voters; and
6. Any other long-range projects planned by the district.
B. “City” means the city of Bellevue, King County, Washington.
C. “Classrooms” means educational facilities of the district required to house students for its basic educational program. The classrooms are those facilities the district determines are necessary to best serve its student population. Specialized facilities as identified by the district, including but not limited to gymnasiums, cafeterias, libraries, administrative offices, and child care centers, shall not be counted as classrooms.
D. “Construction cost per student” means the estimated cost of construction of a permanent school facility in the district for the grade span of school to be provided, as a function of the district’s design standard per grade span and taking into account the requirements of students with special needs.
E. “Design standard” means the space required, by grade span and taking into account the requirements of students with special needs, which is needed in order to fulfill the educational goals of the district as identified in the district’s capital facilities plan.
F. “Developer” means the person or entity who owns or holds purchase options or other development control over property for which development activity is proposed.
G. “Development activity” means any residential 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 school facilities.
H. “District” means either the Issaquah School District No. 411 or the Renton School District No. 403, King County, Washington.
I. “Elderly” means a person aged 62 or older.
J. “Encumbered” means to reserve, set aside, or otherwise earmark the impact fees in order to pay for commitments, contractual obligations, or other liabilities incurred for public facilities.
K. “Fee schedule” means the schedule set forth as BCC 22.18.100 indicating the standard fee amount per dwelling unit that shall be paid as a condition of residential development within the city.
L. “Grade span” means the categories into which a district groups its grade of students, i.e., elementary school, middle or junior high school, and high school.
M. “Interlocal agreement” means the interlocal agreement by and between the city of Bellevue and the Issaquah school district as authorized by Resolution No. 5888, or the interlocal agreement by and between the city of Bellevue and the Renton school district as authorized by Resolution No. 8833.
N. “Permanent facilities” means the facilities of the district with a fixed foundation which are not relocatable facilities.
O. “Relocatable facility” means any factory-built structure, transportable in one or more sections, that is designed to be used as an education space and is needed to prevent the overbuilding of school facilities, to meet the needs of service areas within the district, or to cover the gap between the time that families move into new residential developments and the date that construction is completed on permanent school facilities.
P. “Relocatable facilities cost per student” means the estimated cost of purchasing and siting a relocatable facility in the district for the grade span of school to be provided, as a function of the district’s design standard per grade span and taking into account the requirements of students with special needs.
Q. “Site cost per student” means the estimated cost of a site in the district for the grade span of school to be provided, as a function of the district’s design standard per grade span and taking into account the requirements of students with special needs.
R. “Standard of service” means the standard adopted by the district which identifies the program year, the class size by grade span and taking into account the requirements of students with special needs, the number of classrooms, the types of facilities the district believes will best serve its student population, and other factors as identified by the district. The district’s standard of service shall not be adjusted for any portion of the classrooms housed in relocatable facilities which are used as transitional facilities or for any specialized facilities housed in relocatable facilities. Except as otherwise defined by the school board pursuant to a board resolution, “transitional facilities” shall mean those facilities that are used to cover the time required for the construction of permanent facilities; provided, that the district has the necessary financial commitments in place to complete the permanent facilities called for in the capital facilities plan.
S. “Student factor” means the number derived by the district to describe how many students of each grade span are expected to be generated by a dwelling unit. Student factors shall be based on district records of average actual student generation rates for new developments constructed over a period of not more than five years prior to the date of the fee calculation; provided, that if such information is not available in the district, data from adjacent districts, districts with similar demographics, or countywide averages may be used. Student factors must be separately determined for single-family and multifamily dwelling units, and for grade spans. (Ord. 6194 §§ 3, 4, 2014; Ord. 4801 § 2, 1995; Ord. 4767 § 1, 1995.)