Under Washington state law, a developer or property owner (“applicant”) has the right to seek reimbursement from other property owners (“benefited properties”) who later connect to the public streets or utilities that the applicant constructed as part of the applicant’s property development.  The payback agreement between the City and the applicant provides the mechanism for the City to collect the reimbursement from the benefited properties as a condition of service, and to provide the reimbursement to the applicant.

Ordinance No. 6742 authorizes modifications to ACC 3.25 to provide more efficient administration of the payback agreement process for the city and the developer by linking portions of the payback process to key milestones in the applicant’s property development process.