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CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON
RESOLUTION NO. 2895
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON, ADOPTING
A FIRE MITIGATION FEE AND DECLARING IT A SEPA POLICY.
WHEREAS, the City of Renton has a Fire Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, the city presently has sufficient personnel and
equipment to serve the City of Renton's basic fire needs, with the
exception of certain discrete areas of the city; and
WHEREAS, new development is quickly eliminating the capacity
of the city to meet the response times of the Fire Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, the council has been presented with a Fire Mitigation
F Fee Policy which seeks to impose. on new development-. that por.tion . of
the -cost .to .con.tinue -.to. meet the. Fire Master. Plan. resp.o.nse .times,
but.. only -,that .po.rti.on:_attr.i.butable �to- new growth-;'- and..
WHEREAS, ,the fire site at. .North�..B.end .has been closed
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and there is no assurance of adequate training facilities
elsewhere.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON,
WASHINGTON, DO RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. The above recitals are found to be true and
correct in all respects .
SECTION II. The City Council of the City of Renton hereby
adopts the Fire Mitigation Fee Policy which is attached hereto as a
policy of the City of Renton.
SECTION III. The City Council of the City of Renton adopts
the Fire Mitigation Fee Policy as a SEPA policy.
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RESOLUTION NO. 2895
SECTION IV. The City Council directs the staff and
administration to utilize this policy as guidance in mitigating the
environmental effects of new development. However, should any
applicant refuse to avail itself of this Fire Mitigation Fee
Policy, then the city staff and administration shall independently
analyze the environmental impacts of the proposed development on
the fire service. Likewise, should the staff reviewing a project
determine that there are specific attributes of the project that
make this mitigation policy inadequate or unworkable, then the
staff is authorized to require additional studies and/or
environmental review and to impose mitigation outside the scope of
-.this- policy.
PASSED B:Y THE CITY. COUNCIL this 20th day of April ,
fig"92 .
Marilyn / Di6tersen, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 20th day of April
1992 .
%E1 Clymer, Ma
Approve s to form:
Lawrence J. Warren, City Attorney
RES. 189 : 2/06/92
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FIRE MITIGATION FEE (F.M.F. ) POLICY
Introduction: This Fire Department mitigation fee policy as
prepared shall constitute a S. E. P. A. policy as adopted by the
City of Renton, City Council.
1. Basic premise. Except for those discreet areas of the city,
there is presently sufficient personnel and equipment to serve the
City of Renton's basic fire needs . Response times of fire
apparatus to areas located nearby existing fire stations continue
to be adequate, while the more outlying areas suffer from slower
response times . One basic measure of the adequacy of fire service
is fire response system (equipment and personnel) and the proximity
of the call to a station. As the city continues to develop,
capacity is consumed requiring additional capacity to be provided.
A property near an existing fire station already has the benefit of
the proximity to the station, but would benefit from increased
capacity. A property more remote from an existing fire station
would benefit both from expanded capacity and from construction of
a closer fire facility.
2 . Universal contributions. Those parties developing close to
existing fire stations should contribute to a fire mitigation fund
because they are using capacity that would otherwise serve more
distant development. As close in properties develop, they restrict
the capacity of the fire department to answer calls in a timely
manner to those properties located farther out, and thereby
necessitate the development of additional fire stations . Those
parties developing in more outlying areas shall contribute a fire
mitigation fee because the capacity of the system must be increased
to serve the property as infill occurs, and construction of
additional fire facilities in close proximity will improve response
times closer to existing fire stations . Any substantial remodel of
a residential or commercial structure or any conversion in use such
that the gross square footage of the building will be increased
will trigger and additional fire mitigation fee based upon the
differential increase in the square footage or number of dwelling
units.
Exception: Single Family residential property will be exempted
from any added mitigation in the case of remodel .
3. Assumptions, Components and Categories.
A. Current City Boundaries : As a point of reference, the
city boundaries at the time of adoption of this policy
shall be used as a determinant or benchmark as to the
extent capacity of service according to the Fire Master
Plan.
B. Property Categories: For the purpose of simplicity
developed and developable properties are categorized into
3 basic property groups, Commercial, Multi-family
residential and Single Family residential . Commercial
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property shall be those property uses that would
otherwise be classified as industrial, business, retail
sales and services, wholesale sales and storage.
C. Capital Improvements and Expenditures : The Fire Master
Plan has identified a number of necessary capital
improvements and expenditures . The addition of two new
fire stations, relocation of an existing station,
construction of a fire training facility, acquisition of
fire vehicles and increases in staffing levels have been
specifically identified (see appendix A) .
D. Fire Department Service Levels : The Fire Department
service levels to the property categories identified in
section 3B shall be used as a customer classification in
which to measure the extent of service provided for both
Fire and Aid responses and to determine that portion of
capital expenditures and improvements to be used as a
base line for determining fees (see appendix B) .
3. Construction, Equipment and Staffing Costs. The projected
costs of Capital Expenditures and Improvements will be the basis
for determining the construction, equipment, and staffing costs
(C.E .S. ) to be used in calculating the mitigation fee for each
category (see appendix A) .
4. Existing Property Use Data. The Planning divisions
calculations of existing single family and multi-family dwelling
units and their estimation of square-footage of existing
commercially developed properties will be used in the respective
formulas as constants (see appendix C) .
5. Review and Adjustment. Bi-annually the C.E. S. and fire
department service levels by category will be reviewed to determine
the validity of the calculations used and an adjustment if
necessary will be made and through the adoption process .
6. Methodology Application. New projects when proposed and upon
building permit application shall have there fire mitigation fee
category determined and the appropriate fee calculated by applying
the respective Methodology.
A. Commercial Properties :
F.M.F. _ (Proposed Gross Sq. Footage) X (37% C.E. S. )
(Total Existing Commercial Property Sq. Footage)
B. Multi-Family Properties :
F.M.F. _ (Proposed Number of Dwelling Units) X (28% C.E. S. )
(Total Number of Existing Multi-Family Dwelling
Units)
C. Single Family Properties
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F.M.F. _ (Proposed Number of Dwelling Units) X (35% C.E. S)
(Total Number of Existing Single Family Dwelling
Units)
Examples of how these formulas are to be applied can be found
in appendix D.
7 . Fee Payment Policy. Payment of the fire mitigation fee will
be made at the time the building permit is issued, as one of the
demand for structural fire fighting and aid unit support begins at
the construction phase. Fees will be calculated by the Fire
Prevention Division and collected by the Building Division. All
funds will be held by the Finance Department and accounted for
separately according to the Fire Department capital improvement and
expenditure needs .
8. City Participation. There is currently an unmet need in
Renton for fire service. The City of Renton plans to contribute to
capital improvements and staffing to meet that current unmet need.
While the exact amount of that contribution is difficult to
calculate, the city plans to meet those needs by taking the
following actions :
A. Expending funds to supplement for loss of collections
under this policy. Estimates are never fully realized
from development.
B. Paying for those instances in which actual costs exceed
estimates .
C. Paying for unanticipated costs .
D. Advancing money, when necessary, to build improvements
when sufficient funds have not been accumulated.
E. Making outright city contributions .
F. Managing the system and contributing staff time, design
time, engineering time and other city services .
G. Providing ongoing management of the fire mitigation
system.
H. Funding staffing after the three year time period
addressed in this policy.
I . Paying funds due to underestimation of fees required from
new construction as fee calculations are based on
existing development rather than just new development.
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APPENDIX *A*
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND EXPENDITURES
The following is a list of items contained within the
Capital Improvement Plan for the City of Renton regarding
future Fire Department needs as identified by the Fire
Master Plan.
Construction:
Valley Station #14 and Training Center 4,742, 000
(Less 2.5 million rec e vea from Metro Mitigation) 2, 242, 000
Kennydale Fire Station and Station #12 Relocation 3 ,716, 000
Equipment:
Acquisition and replacement of Capital Fire Apparatus.
3 First Run Pumpers @ $225, 000 over 7 years 96, 500
3 Reserve Pumpers @ $225, 000 over 15 years 45, 000
1 Aerial Ladder Truck @ $650, 000 over 10 years
65, 000
4 Aid Units @ $65,000 over 7 years 37, 000
Staffing:
Costs for additional fire fighters to staff new fire
stations and to bring staffing to Fire Master Plan
recommended levels for 3 years. Three years is used, as it
takes three years before new construction is added to the
tax roles. These costs have been determined using 1991
dollars.
54 Fire Fighters 7,200, 000
C.E. S. Total Costs 13 ,401, 500
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APPENDIX *B*
1990 FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVICE LEVELS
Calls to identified Property Categories.
Total calls for service 5381
Less Outside or "in the street" calls 1228
Total calls to identified Property Categories 4153 1000
Commercial Calls for assistance 1558 37%
Multi-family Calls for assistance 1145 28%
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Single Family Calls for assistance 1450 35%
CITY OF RENTON
MEMORANDUM
APPENDIX C
DATE: September 17, 1991
TO: Jim Matthew, Deputy Fire Chief
THROUGH: Mary Lynne Myer, Principal Planner
FROM: Mike Kattermanrr, enior Planner, ext. 6190
SUBJECT: Land Use and Housing Data
As per your request, following is the best available data we have on housing units and
commercial..and industrial land use in the city.
The 1990 Census counted a total of 19,243 housing units in Renton as of April 1, 1990. A
breakdown of the housing types is not yet available from the Census. The city's estimate as of
April 1, 1991, based on building permits issued (though not all have necessarily been built)
since the census indicates a potential total of 20,125 dwelling units. Using the relative
percentages of housing types established from earlier data, the housing stock is 49% single
family; 48% multi-family, and 3% mobile homes.
Housing Type % of Total # of. Units
Single Family 49.0% 9,861
Multi-family (includes duplex) 48.0% 9,660
Mobile Home 3.0% 604
100.0% 20,125
Another request was for the total acreage in the city developed as commercial or industrial.
Based on data in the Community Profile (Oct. 1989), the city had a total of 10,304 acres, of
which 2,200 acres (about 21%) was developed as commercial or industrial.
Finally, you also asked how many acres are available for development as commercial or
industrial. Again, based on the 1989 Community Profile, the city had 2,294 acres of vacant
land. Of that, 26.1%, or 599' acres, was'availatile-for commercial or industrial development. It
is important to note that this figure does not include lands which would have to be taken out
for protection of critical areas.
I hope this information meets your needs. Additional 1990 Census data should be available in
the next couple of months and we are currently working on updating our vacant lands
information. Please check back with me in about a month and I should have more up-to-date
information.
cc: Lynn Guttmann r L�
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Kay Shoudy
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CITY OF RENI'ON
MEMORANDUM
DATE: October 7 , 1991
TO: Jim Matthew, Deputy Fire Chief
THROUGH: Mary Lynne Myer, Principal Planner��' 1\
FROM: Mike Kattermann�� nior Planner, ext . 6190
SUBJECT: Land Use Data
As you requested, I have prepared the following inkormation on
the amount of developed commercial/industrial square footage in
the city.
The data used are from the 1988 King County Assessor files and
the 1989 Business License files . These data were compiled and
analyzed for use in the 1990 transportation. study conducted by
Barton-Aschman Associates . We are in the process of evaluating
more recent data from these two sources and putting it into a
usable form, but that will probably not be ready before the end
of this year. In addition, we will make acreage/square footage
comparisons at that time-. Any comparison made prior to that
eval_uation being - complete would not necessarily be accurate .
Please contact me if you need to make any comparisons between
these figures and any other data. I will send you the updated
information as soon as it is ready.
The total building area in commercial and industrial use in the
city for 1.988 was 9 ,476, 763 square feet. That figure excludes
public schools, churches , and government uses . These uses
constitute another 472 , 475 square feet.
As I mentioned on the telephone, the figures are dated but they
ar'e. the best we have available at this time . I hope this
information will be helpful in your project . Please let me know
if" you have any .questions about these figures or- . if you need
additional information.
cc: Lynn Guttmann
Kay Shoudy
APPENDIX *D*
EXAMPLE APPLICATIONS OF FIRE MITIGATION FORMULAS
Example 1. Proposal to develop 100,000 square foot office
building.
F.M.F. _ (Proposed Gross Sq Footage) X (37% C E S )
(Total Existing Commercial Property Sq. Footage)
F.M.F. = 100 , 000 X .37 ( 13 , 401, 500)
9,476,763
F.M.F. = 100, 000 X 4 , 958 555
9, 476,763
F.M.F. = 100, 000 X .52
F.M.F. _ $52, 000
Example 2 . Proposal to develop 150 unit apartment.
F.M.F. = (Proposed Number of Dwelling Units) X (28% C E S )
(Total # of Existing Multi-family Dwelling Units)
F.M.F. = 150 X .28 (13 ,401, 500)
9, 660
F.M.F. _ _150 X 3 , 752 , 420
9, 660
F.M.F. = 150 X 388
F.M.F. _ $58, 200
Example 3. Proposal to build one single family home.
F.M.F. = (Proposed # of Dwelling Units X (35% C E S )
(Total # of Existing Single Family Dwelling Units)
F.M.F. = 1 X . 35 (13 ,401,500)
10,465
F.M.F. = 1 x 4 , 690,525
10,465
F.M.F. _ $448
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