;:. _ <br />.charge. under section 7.705 of this chapter, the system development charge <br />for the existing use'sha7i be calculated and if it is less than the: system <br />development charge for the proposed use, the difference between the system <br />development charge for the existing use and the system development charge <br />for the proposed use shall be the system ..development charge requiredunder <br />section 7.705. If the change in use results in the system development <br />charge for the proposed vse being .less than the system development charge <br />for the existing use, no system development charge shall be required, how- <br />ever,.no refund.or credit shall.be given. <br />{3) The .l imitations on the use of credits contained in this sub- <br />section shall not apply when credits are given under subsection 7.730(4) of <br />this section. A credit shall be given for the cost of a qualified public <br />improvement associated with. a development. If a qualified public improve- <br />ment is located partially on and partially off-the parcel. of land that is <br />the-subject of the approval, the credit shall be :given only for the cost of <br />the portion of the improvement not located on or wholly contiguous to the ' <br />parcel of land.. i'he credit provided for by this subsection shall be only <br />for the public improvement charge imposed .for the type of improvement being <br />constructed and shall not exceed the public improvement charge even if the <br />cost of the capital improvement exceeds. the applicable public improvement <br />.charge. <br />(4) When establishing the methodology, the city manager may pro- - <br />vide for a credit against the public improvement charge, the reimbursement.. <br />fee, or both, for a capital improvement constructed as part of the develop- <br />- ment that reduces the development',s demand-upon existing capital improve- <br />.. meats or the need for future capital improvements or that-would otherwise <br />have to be constructed at city expense under tfi a then-existing council poli- <br />cies. <br />(5) Except to the extent, that a capital improvement for which a <br />credit is given is part of the phasing of a larger project and that the <br />credit received against the systems development charge is greater .than the <br />~ charge for the phase where the capital. improvement is constructed,`credit <br />shall not be transferable from one development toyanother. ' <br />{6) Credit shall not be,transferable from one type of capital im- <br />p rovements to another. <br />7.735, SDC - Appeal Procedures. <br />(1) As used in this section "working .day" means a day when the <br />general offices of the city are open to transact business with the public. <br />(2) A person aggrieved by a decision required or permitted to be <br />made by the city manager or the manager's designee under sections 7.700 to <br />7.730 or a person challenging the propriety of an expenditure of systems <br />development charge revenues may appeal the decision or the expenditure by <br />filing with the city manager's office a written request for consideration by~ <br />the hearings officer and by paying the fee for an appeal established under <br />section 2-.020 of this code: .Such appeal shall describe with particularity- <br />the decision or the expenditure from which the person appeals, and shall com- <br />ply with subsection (4) of thin section. <br />(3) An appeal of an expenditure must- be filed within :two years of <br />the date of alleged improper expenditure. An .appeal challenging the metho= <br />dology may only be.filed within 15 working days of the city ,manager's-deci= <br />lion, thereafter unless modified by the council or a court the methodology <br />:Ordinance - 9 <br />