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Ordinance – Amending PMC 3.35.240 School Impact Fees - 1
ORDINANCE NO. 4774
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON,
AMENDING PASCO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 3.35.240 RELATING TO
FEE SUMMARY SCHOOL IMPACT FEES TO REFLECT THE PASCO
SCHOOL DISTRICT’S 2025 CAPITAL FACILITIES PLAN; AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Pasco is authorized under the Washington Growth Management
Act (GMA), Chapter 36.70A RCW, to collect impact fees to ensure new development pays a
proportionate share of the cost of public facilities needed to serve such development; and
WHEREAS, the City adopted Ordinance No. 4046 on March 5, 2012, creating PMC
Chapter 3.45 and Section 3.35.240 to establish school impact fees in coordination with the Pasco
School District (PSD); and
WHEREAS, the PSD has updated its Capital Facilities Plan (CFP) in 2025, as required by
City ordinance, to reflect current student enrollment projections and capacity needs; and
WHEREAS, the 2025 CFP proposes a revision to the school impact fee schedule based on
changes to the District’s facility needs and corresponding fee calculations, including the removal
of completed elementary and high school projects and the addition of new middle school capacity
needs; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO,
WASHINGTON DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Section 3.35.240 entitled “School impact fees” of the Pasco Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
3.35.240 School impact fees.
The school impact fee, together with administrative costs, shall be:
Residential Development Type Fee Amount Reference
Single-Family Residence $4,700.00 $0 3.45.040
Multifamily Residence $4,525.00 $2,595.00 3.45.040
[Ord. 4046, 2012; Code 1970 § 3.07.230.]
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Section 2. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word
of this Ordinance should be held to the invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality thereof shall not affect the validity or
constitutionality of any other section, subsection, sentence, clause phrase or word of this
Ordinance.
Section 3. Corrections. Upon approval by the city attorney, the city clerk or the code
reviser are authorized to make necessary corrections to this Ordinance, including scrivener’s errors
or clerical mistakes; reference to other local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations; or
numbering or referencing of ordinances or their sections and subsections.
Section 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take full force and effect on June 25,
2025 after approval, passage and publication as required by law.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco, Washington, on this 16th day of June,
2025.
_____________________________
Pete Serrano
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_____________________________ ___________________________
Debra Barham, CMC Kerr Ferguson Law, PLLC
City Clerk City Attorneys
Published: _____________________________ Sunday, June 22, 2025