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e Mr. Boles added that although the City is not required to provide credits as a provision of its SDC charges, it plans to do so for all four SDC catego- ries. Mr. Nicholson asked what provision had been made for the change of use of a development, due to something such as the sale of the property. Mr. Lyle said a charge would be computed, using the proposed rates, for the existing use and the new use, and the new owner would pay the incremental difference. Mr. Lyle explained how SDC rates were set for sanitary sewers. In response to a question from Mr. MacDonald, Mr. Lyle said a single-family residential rate would be based on an equivalent dwelling unit (EDU) charge. He said warehouses might be charged less than the flat amount for single family resi- dential if they had fewer than 16 plumbing fixture units which is equivalent to a dwelling unit. Mr. Lyle reviewed the SDC Task Force recommendations for transportation, sanitary and storm sewers, and parks. Mr. MacDonald asked if those who annexed their property to the City at some earlier date, but were developing the land now, would be charged lower SDC rates. Mr. Lyle said the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission (MWMC) fee has a credit based on annexation date but the other SDC's would not be reduced based on annexation date. He said developers were usually more interested in the marketability of their property than the SDCs they would be required to pay for development, so the provision of annexation date e did not create the intended effect of compact urban growth. Ms. Andersen added that the City has been attempting to encourage the devel- opment of land already annexed to the city, although lower SDC rates do not seem to serve as an incentive. Mr. Nicholson pointed out that if a lot had been annexed to the city, the property owner was paying property taxes. He asked what services were pro- vided to empty lots. City Manager Mike Gleason pointed out that empty lots get police service, fire service, and other services funded by the General Fund. The amount of taxes paid is based on the valuation of the property. Thus, for vacant property the charges are less as are the services provided. Mr. Boles said property taxes were not part of the rate methodology for any of the SDC rates because these taxes do not support this kind of infrastruc- ture. Mr. Lyle said the SDC Task Force had spent a great deal of time discussing a possible exemption for low-income housing. He said the group had discussed three different scenarios including: 1) allowing an exemption; 2) charging interest if a low-income development decided to finance the SDC long-term; and 3) not exempting low-income housing. Mr. Lyle said the task force had discussed the fact that any development created an impact on the infrastructure. He said SDC charges are based on an e MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 8, 1991 Page 4