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be collected in the same manner as allowed by law for street improvement assessment liens. In lieu of suchlien, upon application of the permittee the obligation to pay the -unpaid systems development charge and interest thereon may be secured by property, bond~ deposits, letter of credit or other security acceptable to the city manager or the manager's designee~ (5) When the obligation to pay the unpaid systems development charge is imposed at the time of ferrying a local improvement district assessment for wastewater sewer or of paying an equivalent assessment for wastewater sewer and the obligation is secured by a lien against the real property being developed, the person paying the systems development charge in installments may apply for deferral of the payments as provided in section 7.195. (6) Except as provided in this subsection, SDC fees paid are not refundable and, in the case of an agreement to pay SDCs in installmems~ the terms of the agreement may not be modified. A partial refund of SDC fees will be made or a modification of an installment agreement will be allowed when an active development permit ~s canceled or expires without being used, a change of design of an active development permit is approved that results ~n a less intense use of the property., or property previously developed as a manufactured home park is partitioned and redeveloped~ Noportion of the administrative fees will be refunded, and an additional administrative charge may be hnposed to cover the cost of calculating and processing the partial reftmd. 7.725 SDC ~ Exemptions. The following are exempt from the systems development charge imposed in section 7.705: (a) Except fbr the systems development charge attributable to the was~ewater sewer system ~d the stormwater sewer system, ali development which existed or for which the city had received a completed building permit application on or before June 30, 1991 or for which a building permk was issued before that date. (b) Any conducting of a building or mining operation~ or making of a physical change in the use or appearance of a structure or which does not increase the usage of any capital improvement or which does not creme the need for additional capital improvements. However~ the SDC methodology adopted under section 7.710 of this code may require that a proposed development be reviewed by the city in order to determine whether such an impact will be incurred. If this review occurs and it is determined that there will be no increased usage of any capkal improvements and no addkional capkal improvements will be needed~ then an administrative charge shall be imposed for this review. (c) Housing for low-income persons, subject to the follo~4ng limkations: (t) Commencing with the 1998 fiscal year, and continuing each fiscal year thereafter, the city manager or designee may waive a base amount totaling $115,000 annually of system development charges fbr housing for low-income persons. (2) Each fiscal year that there is a change in the rates for the sysmm development charges ~br residential development, the base ~ount for that fiscal year shall be adjusted in an amount proportionate to that change. (3) If any portion of the authorized base amount remains unallocated at the end of a fiscal year, that portion shall be added to the Ordinance - 4