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12 <br />S.ec. 15. In addition _to= the other authority grant-ed by la~v, the Town of <br />Chapel Hill may engage in and appropriate and expend any public funds for housing <br />programs and activities for the benefit of low and moderate income persons, and to <br />engage in the following activities for the benefit of low -and moderate income persons: <br />programs of assistance and financing-of rehabilitation efforts, including-direct repair and <br />the making of grants or loans; the purchase, lease or disposition of property for housing <br />sites; and the construction, reconstruction, improvement or alteration of housing or <br />housing projects. The Town of Chapel Hill may enter into contracts or agreements with <br />any person, -association, partnership, corpor-ation or another governmental- agency to <br />undertake, carry out or otherwise exercise -the authority granted by this section. This <br />authority shall be-considered a part of-the Town's Community Development enabling <br />authority. <br />Sec. 16. This Title shall apply to the Town of Chapel Hill only. <br />TITLE VI. QRANGE COITNTY~MP_ACTFEES.__ <br />Sec. 1-7. ~~C.S. LS-3A-331 is-amEnded-by identifying the existing provisions as <br />subsection (a) and by adding new subsections to read: <br />"(b) Impact Fees Authorized. <br />(1) Orange County may provide by ordinance for a system of -impact fees <br />to be paid by developers to help -defray the costs to the- County of <br />constructing .certain capital improvements, the need for which is <br />created in substantial part by the new development that takes place <br />within the County. <br />(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term capital- improvements <br />includes the acquisition of land for open space ~.nd greenways; capital <br />improvements to public streets, schools, bridges, sidewalks, bikeways, <br />on and off street surface water-drainage ditches, pipes, culverts, other <br />drainage facilities, water and sewer facilities and public recreation <br />facilities. <br />(3} An ordinance adopted under this subsection may be made applicable to <br />all development that occurs within the County. <br />(c) Amount of Fees. In establishing the amount of any impact fee, the County <br />shall-endeavor to approach the objective of having every development contribute to a <br />capital improvements fund an amount of revenue that bears a reasonable relationship to <br />that development's fair share of the costs of the capital improvements that are needed in <br />part because of that development. In fulfilling this- objective, the County shall, among <br />other steps and actions: <br />(1) Estimate the total cast of improvements by category (e.g., streets, <br />sidewalks, drainage ways, etc.) that will be needed to provide in a <br />reasonable manner for the public health, safety and welfare of persons <br />residing within the County during a reasonable planning period not to <br />exceed 20 years. 'The Board of County Commissioners may divide the <br />County into two or more districts and estimate the costs of needed <br />improvements within each district. These estimates shall be <br />House Bill 917 S.L. 1987-460 Page 7 <br />