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Exhibit A <br />A BILL TO BE ENTITLED <br />AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE ORANGE COUNTY TO LEVY A TAX ON <br />THE IMPACT OF LAND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PURPOSE <br />OF GENERATING REVENUES TO PAY PART OF THE COSTS <br />OF SCHOOL CAPITAL FACILITIES <br />The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: <br />Section 1. The following definitions apply to this act: <br />(1) Commercial building enclosed floor space. All enclosed <br />floor space used for any purpose except: <br />a. dwelling units and accessory structures to dwelling <br />units; <br />b. recreational facilities constructed as part of a <br />residential development and used primarily by <br />residents of the development; <br />C. buildings owned by the United States, the State of <br />North Carolina, any county or any municipal. <br />corporation; . <br />d. buildings owned and operated by non - profit entities <br />for noncommercial and nonresidential purposes; <br />e. schools or day care centers. <br />(2) Dwelling Unit. An enclosure containing sleeping, kitchen, <br />and bathroom facilities designed for and used or held ready <br />for use as a permanent residence by one family. <br />(3) Land development. <br />a. Land development shall mean: <br />1. construction of any dwelling unit, other than <br />one excluded under subsection (b) of this <br />Section, for which a building permit was issued <br />or should have been issued after the effective <br />date of an ordinance adopted under this act; <br />2. construction of any commercial building <br />enclosed floor space for which a building <br />permit was issued or should have been issued <br />after the effective date of an ordinance <br />adopted under this act; <br />3. conversion of a building that adds one or more <br />new dwelling units or that creates new <br />commercial building enclosed floor space; or <br />4. the initial location of a manufactured home or <br />other dwelling or commercial structure within <br />Orange County. <br />b. For purposes of determining the impact of land <br />development for this act, land development shall not <br />include: <br />1. construction of an addition to a dwelling unit; <br />2. the relocation within Orange County of any <br />structure located within the County, on the <br />effective date of an ordinance adopted pursuant <br />to this act or any structure with respect to <br />which an impact tax pursuant to this act has <br />been paid; <br />3. within the County, the reconstruction or <br />