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The 2022 Impact Fee Deferral Report, an annual report to the Legislature per RCW 43.31.980 by the Washington State Department of Commerce, Growth Management Services, dated December 19, 2022. The introduction explains the deferral program established by Chapter 241, Laws of 2015 (SB 5923), under which builders may defer impact fees for up to 18 months, and describes this as the fifth annual report. Commerce surveyed 179 counties, cities and towns in October 2022 and received 51 responses, a 28.5% response rate. Tables report 1,394 deferrals requested and issued across fire protection, parks, schools and transportation fees, with 410 not paid fully or on time, broken out by jurisdiction such as Kitsap County, Ridgefield and Olympia.
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2022 Impact Fee Deferral
Report
Annual report per RCW 43.31.980
December 19, 2022
LOCAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION
GROWTH MANAGEMENT
SERVICES Report to the Legislature
Director Lisa Brown
V3.1
Acknowledgments
Washington State Department of Commerce
Mark K. Barkley, Assistant Director,
Local Government Division
Growth Management Services
Dave Andersen, AICP, Managing Director
Valerie Smith, Deputy Managing Director
Paul Johnson, Operations Manager
Matt Ojennus, Senior Planner
GROWTH MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Dave Andersen, AICP, Managing Director
dave.andersen@commerce.wa.gov
Phone: 409-434-4491
1011 Plum St. SE
P.O. Box 42525
Olympia, WA 98504-2525
www.commerce.wa.gov
For people with disabilities, this report is available on
request in other formats. To submit a request, please
call 360-725-4000 (TTY 360-586-0772)
2022 IMPACT FEE DEFERRAL REPORT
Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 2
Deferral data................................................................................................................................................ 3
2022 IMPACT FEE DEFERRAL REPORT 1
Introduction
Authorizing legislation
Per RCW 43.31.980, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) must annually report on the deferral process
for impact fees as follows:
1) Beginning December 1, 2018, and each year thereafter, the department of commerce must prepare an
annual report on the impact fee deferral process establish in RCW 82.02.050(3). The report must include
(a) The number of deferrals requested of and issued by counties, cities, and towns; (b) the number of
deferrals that were not fully and timely paid; and (c) other information as deemed appropriate.
2) The report required by this section must, in accordance with RCW 43.01.036, be submitted to the
appropriate committees of the house of representatives and the senate.
Commerce published its first report in 2018. This is the fifth annual report.
Background
During the 2015 session, the Washington State Legislature passed Chapter 241, Laws of 2015 (SB 5923),
which in part established a deferral program for impact fees. Local governments fully planning under RCW
36.70A (the Growth Management Act) can collect impact fees for fire protection facilities, transportation
facilities, parks and schools. Local governments can choose to charge different rates for different classes of
construction, such as residential, commercial and retail. Local governments can also choose to collect impact
fees on only a single type of construction. Except under specific circumstances, a local government must
refund fees not expended or dedicated within 10 years of collection.
All local governments imposing impact fees were required to establish an impact fee deferral program by
September 1, 2016.
The deferral program applies to builders. Local governments can allow for a minimum of 20 deferrals of single-
family homes built per year by a builder, and have the option to permit more. The deferral can last no longer
than 18 months. At minimum, the local government must offer builders at least one of the following options to
defer collection of the impact fee payment:
Payment of the final property inspection
Issuance of a certificate of occupancy or similar certificate
Closing of the first sale of the property occurring after issuance of the applicable building permit
Report methodology
Commerce collected data for this report using SurveyMonkey in October 2022. There were 17 questions.
Planning directors, permitting departments and city administrators were notified of the survey by email.
Survey responses
Commerce sent the survey to 179 counties, cities and towns. Of those, 51 responded (28.5% response rate).
Twenty-six respondents required impact fees and 24 reported issuing deferrals. All deferral requests were
granted and only two communities did not have deferrals fully paid or on time.
2022 IMPACT FEE DEFERRAL REPORT 2
Deferral data
Table 1: Total deferral by type of impact fee
Deferrals not paid fully
Type of impact fee Deferrals requested Deferrals issued or on time
Fire protection facility 1 1 0
Parks 463 463 136
Schools 461 461 136
Transportation 469 469 138
Total impact fees
1,394 1,394 410
Table 2: Fire protection facility impact fee deferrals
Deferrals not paid fully
Jurisdiction Deferrals requested Deferrals issued or on time
Auburn 1 1 0
Total impact fees 1 1 0
Table 3: Park deferrals
Deferrals not paid fully
Jurisdiction Deferrals requested Deferrals issued or on time
Auburn 1 1 0
Buckley 10 10 0
Ferndale 27 27 0
Kitsap County 267 267 0
Olympia 20 20 0
Ridgefield 136 136 136
University Place 2 2 0
Total impact fees 463 463 136
2022 IMPACT FEE DEFERRAL REPORT 3
Table 4: School facility deferrals
Deferrals not paid fully
Jurisdiction Deferrals requested Deferrals issued or on time
Auburn 1 1 0
Buckley 10 10 0
Ferndale 27 27 0
King County 2 2 0
Kitsap County 267 267 0
Olympia 18 18 0
Ridgefield 136 136 136
Total impact fees 461 461 136
Table 5: Transportation deferrals
Deferrals not paid fully
Jurisdiction Deferrals requested Deferrals issued or on time
Auburn 1 1 0
Buckley 10 10 0
Ferndale 27 27 0
Kitsap County 267 267 0
Olympia 22 22 0
Ridgefield 136 136 136
University Place 6 6 2
Total impact fees 469 469 138
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