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Article 2. Impact Fees. Division 1. Impact Fee Requirements. Section 36-8. Impact fees required. (a) On and after the effective date of this chapter, any person who causes the commencement of impact-generating development shall be obligated to pay impact fees, pursuant to the terms of this chapter. The obligation to pay the impact fees shall run with the land. (b) The impact fees for roads, parks, fire/EMS, police and solid waste shall be determined and paid at the time of issuance of a building permit for the development, provided that for small lot subdivisions, which receive final subdivision approval after the effective date of this chapter, such fees shall be paid at the time of final subdivision approval. The impact fees for small lot subdivisions shall completely satisfy the impact fee requirement otherwise owing for the subsequent construction of one dwelling on each lot in the subdivision. (c) The impact fees for wastewater shall be determined and paid in accordance with the following: (1) Except for small lot subdivisions, wastewater impact fees shall be determined and paid at time of the purchase of a water meter for the development. If no water meter is obtained, fees shall be paid prior to physical connection to the County's wastewater line serving the property. (2) For small lot subdivisions, when connection to the County wastewater system is required, wastewater impact fees shall be paid at the time of final subdivision approval. If connection to the County wastewater system is required after final subdivision approval for individual lots, the wastewater impact fee shall be paid prior to physical connection with the County's wastewater line serving the property. Section 36-9. Impact fee exemptions. (a) The following shall be exempt from the terms of this chapter: (1) Asingle-family detached unit on a lot for which impact fees had been paid at time of final subdivision approval shall be exempt from any increase in impact fees of the types already paid, but shall be subject to any new impact fees for additional facilities if the council enacts an amendment to this ordinance requiring impact fees for other types of facilities; (2) Alterations of an existing single-family detached dwelling unit where no additional dwelling units are created; -5-