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County.No person may occupy any new residential dwelling unit until all applicable public school impact <br /> fees contained in the following schedule have been paid in full. No certificate of occupancy or other type <br /> of occupancy permit shall be issued for any new residential dwelling unit until the public school impact fees <br /> hereby required have been paid in full. Payment of such fees shall not relieve the feepayer from the <br /> obligation to comply with applicable land development regulations of Orange County or the municipalities <br /> located within Orange County. <br /> Schedule of Public School Impact Fees <br /> The amount of the public school impact fee will be $750 per residential dwelling unit. The same <br /> fee will be applicable in both the Orange County and Chapel Hill-Carrboro school districts. <br /> Comment: There has been discussion concerning an increase in the fee as well as providing a <br /> sliding scale of fees, based on dwelling type, number of bedrooms, and/or square footage in the <br /> dwelling unit. If a change to the fee schedule is desired, it should be done within the context of <br /> amending the Technical Report. <br /> SECTION 4 - PUBLIC SCHOOL MIPACT FEE EXCEPTIONS' <br /> Public school impact fees as provided in Section 3 shall not be imposed in the following <br /> circumstances: <br /> 1. Buildings or structures, including alterations, repairs, renovations or additions thereto, <br /> which are to be occupied and used solely for non-residential purposes. <br /> 2. Residential dwelling units for which a building permit was obtained prior to the effective <br /> date of this ordinance. <br /> 3. Alterations, repairs, renovations or additions to a residential dwelling unit. <br /> 4: v r t a of i . a:.o w2 st.. ,+, o .Wt w.. hi <br /> tding, ".. ,t, _e <br /> 4. Replacement of a building, structure or mobile home used for residential <br /> purposes, including the following: <br /> a. Installation of a replacement mobile home on a separate lot or mobile <br /> home park space when an educational facilities impact fee for such lot <br /> or space has been previously paid pursuant to this ordinance or where <br /> a residential mobile home legally existed on such lot or space on or <br /> before the effective date of this ordinance. For the purposes of this <br /> ordinance,"legally existed"shall mean that a mobile home was located <br /> on the lot or space during the five-year period prior to the date of <br /> adoption of this ordinance. <br /> 'Inquiries have been received from persons who started the process of obtaining a building permit prior <br /> to the adoption of the ordinance.Due to the process; e.g.,historic district review, etc.,the applicants were <br /> unable to complete the process in time and had to pay the impact fee. No one was at fault on either side <br /> in these situations. However, if relief is to be granted in such circumstan ces, additional information must <br /> be collected regarding the number and merit of such occurrences. <br /> Impact Fee Ordinance 2 <br />