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C 6.19.1 Purpose The purpose of this Section is to ensure that, to the maximum extent practical, approval of new residential development is coordinated with the construction of new school facilities will , r begA ^m° offe,. +; „e GRIP Whe„ it Rably he e e te,� so that adequate public school facilities will be available to accommodate such new development. 6.19.2 General Provisions 6.19.3 (A) Memoranda of Understanding (1) There are two Schools Adequate Public Facilities Memoranda of Understanding, hereafter referred to as "the MOUs” or "the MOU" as the context requires, each relative to one of the two school districts in the County. (2) Parties to the two agreements are as follows: (a) Chapel Hill - Carrboro School District- The Town of Chapel Hill, Town of Carrboro, Orange County, and Chapel -Hill Carrboro City Board of Education. (b) Orange County School District- Town of Hillsborough, Orange County, and Orange County Board of Education. (B) For purposes of this Section, the terms "building capacity" and "school membership" shall have the same meaning attributed in the MOUs. (C) The Chair of the Board of County Commissioners or any member temporarily acting as Chair may, in his or her official capacity, administer oaths to witnesses in any hearing before the Board of County Commissioners concerning a special exceptions appeal Gf (A) The provisions of this Section shall apply to the entirety of the County lying outside of the following: (1) The municipalities therein, (2) The extraterritorial planning jurisdiction, if any, of the municipalities therein and (3) The Joint Planning Area Transition Area, if any, of the municipalities therein. (B) The Chapel Hill - Carrboro School District and the Orange County School District are each declared an overlay district in order to implement Schools Adequate Public Facilities as prescribed in this Section. Within the Chapel Hill - Carrboro School District Overlay District and within the Orange County School District Overlay District, the provisions of this Section apply. 6.19.4 Service Levels (A) As provided in the MOUs, adequate service levels for public schools shall be deemed to exist with respect to a proposed new residential development if, given the number of school age children projected to reside in that development, and considering all the factors listed in the MOU, projected school membership for the elementary schools, the middle schools, and the high schools within the School District w41--should not exceed the following percentages of the building capacities of each of the following three school levels: