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ISSUE: Habitat for Humanity and Orange Community Housing Corporation have requested that a "policy" regarding "reimbursement" of impact fees be established for homes purchased by families earning less than sixty percent of median income. The proposed "policy" would not apply to rental units. Such "reimbursements" would be accomplished through special appropriations to those(and similar)agencies,following submission of a funding request as part of the County's annual budget process. The request cannot be dealt with simply as a policy issue. It must be handled through an ordinance amendment.A more recent request involves payment of impact fees on an installment basis (e.g., a down payment followed by payments based on a specific construction or phasing plan). An "installment plan" provision may be appropriate for Section 5.B. Collection of Fees - Responsibility for Fee Collection.The installment approach does raise the issue of whether similar provisions should apply to all residential projects or just those involving afforable housing. Associated with the issue of affordable housing, what V limit defines median income? ISSUE: About a year ago, an impact fee exception was requested by a resident receiving AFDC. The request was referred to DSS to determine if any "discretionary fund" existed through which to pay the fee. Marti Pryor-Cook responded that none existed and suggested that if such a fund were established, it could be administered as a component of DSS emergency assistance. A question to be resolved is whether such situations fall into the same category as those identified by Habitat and OCHC or should DSS request an appropriation (through the annual budget process) for this purpose. Administration& Enforcement Public school impact fees are charged to new residential dwelling units located within Orange County, including those within municipalities and their extraterritorial planning jurisdictions. No person may occupy any new residential dwelling unit until all applicable public school impact fees have been paid in full. No certificate of occupancy or other type of occupancy permit is issued for any new residential dwelling unit until the public school impact fees have been paid. Exceptions. Provision is made in the Educational Facilities Impact Fee Ordinance to allow exceptions from payment of impact fees in the following circumstances: • Buildings or structures, including alterations, repairs, renovations or additions thereto, which are to be occupied and used solely for non-residential purposes. • Residential dwelling units for which a building permit was obtained prior to the effective date of this ordinance. • Alterations, repairs, renovations or additions to a residential dwelling unit. 0 Replacement of a building or structure or mobile home with a new building or structure or mobile home of the same dwelling type. • Accessory buildings and structures,including, but not limited to,garages, decks,storage buildings, and similar structures,provided they are not used for residential purposes. Annual Report 6