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2 ' <br /> ORANGE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE <br /> SECTION 1 -LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS <br /> The Orange County Board of Commissioners makes the following legislative findings: <br /> 1. Orange County public school facilities are vital to the health, safety, welfare, and <br /> economic prosperity of Orange County; <br /> 2. That public school facilities in Orange County must be expanded in order to <br /> maintain current levels of service if new development is to be accommodated <br /> without decreasing current levels of service; <br /> 3. To finance the expansion of the public school facilities in Orange County necessary <br /> to maintain current levels of service while accommodating new residential growth, <br /> several methods of finance will be employed, one of which will require new <br /> residential development to pay an appropriate share of the reasonably anticipated <br /> new educational facilities in the form of school impact fees; and <br /> 4. These school impact fees will provide,in a reasonable manner,for the public health, <br /> safety,and welfare of persons residing within Orange County by providing a portion <br /> of the costs of new school facilities which bears a relationship to the benefits of the <br /> new school facilities to the new residential growth in Orange County. <br /> SECTION 2 -DEFINITIONS y <br /> For the purposes of this ordinance,the following terms shall have the following definitions: <br /> Certificate of Occupangy. A certificate issued by Orange County or a municipality located <br /> therein allowing the occupancy or use of a dwelling unit and certifying that the building or <br /> structure has been constructed and will be used in compliance with all applicable codes and <br /> ordinances. <br /> Dwelling Unit.A room or group of rooms forming a single independent habitable unit with <br /> facilities used or intended to be used for living, sleeping,cooking,and eating by one family. <br /> Feepayer. The person constructing or responsible for having constructed a new dwelling <br /> unit or new dwelling units. In the case of a mobile home, the person installing or <br /> responsible for having installed a new mobile home or new mobile homes. <br /> Impact Fee Ordinance i <br />