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ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT 2 306F REVERE ROAD HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 A Q 1, NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON A PROPOSED INCREASE IN THE THE ORANGE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES IMPACT FEE Pursuant to the requirements of the General Statutes of North Carolina, Chapter 153A, Article 18, Sections 323,331,and 340;Chapter 460 of the 1987 Session Laws;Chapter 324 of the 1991 Session Laws;and Chapter 642 of the 1993 Session Laws,notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held in the Superior Courtroom of the Orange County Courthouse(New), 106 East Margaret Lane,Hillsborough,North Carolina, on Thursday, May 25, 1995, at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of giving all interested citizens an opportunity to speak for or against the following item: PUBLIC SCHOOL IMPACT FEES Effective July 1, 1993,the Board of County Commissioners established a system of impact fees to help fund a portion of the school capital needs created by growth in the county. Since that date, an impact fee of $750 has been collected for each new housing unit constructed or installed in the county,including single-family homes,townhouses,two to four-family dwellings,apartments,and mobile homes.Fees collected in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District are deposited in a special account and used for the construction of new school facilities in that district only. A similar provision applies in the Orange County School District. The amendment proposed to the Educational Facilities Impact Fee Ordinance is as follows: • Amend Section 3, School Impact Fees Imposed on New Residential Dwelling Units, by increasing the amount of the public school impact fee from $750 to $1,500 per residential dwelling unit.This change has be requested because of higher public school construction costs. The impact fee will supplement funds provided by sales tax and property tax revenues for school capital projects. All interested citizens are invited to attend this hearing and be heard.Public comment will be received during the public hearing. Changes may be made in the advertised proposal which reflect debate at the hearing. Specific questions regarding the proposed impact fee increase and ordinance amendments may be directed to the Orange County Planning Department located in the Planning & Agricultural Center, 306F Revere Road, Hillsborough, North Carolina. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. You may also call 732-8181 (Hillsborough), 688-7331 (Durham) or 967-9251 (Chapel Hill-Carrboro). Please ask for Extension 2585 or 2575.You will be directed to a staff member who will answer your questions. Marvin Collins, Planning Director PUBLISH: May 10, 1995 May 17, 1995