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15 <br /> CHCCS School Impact Fee Report(DRAFT) <br /> Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Impact Fee Overview <br /> Orange County has seen significant residential growth over the past several years and with it increased <br /> enrollment in both school systems. Growth is expected to continue in the future. Appendix A provides <br /> detail on land use and demographic assumptions and projections. To ensure that CHCCS have adequate <br /> capacity to accommodate growth, Orange County is considering implementation of updated impact fees <br /> for schools. The County has been granted authority by the State to implement impact fees for Schools.4 <br /> The purpose of the legislation is to "help defray the costs to the county of constructing certain capital <br /> improvements,the need for which is created in substantial part by the new development that takes place <br /> within the county."5 <br /> Orange County is served by two school systems, OCS and CHCCS. TischlerBise analyzed and calculated <br /> school impact fees for each school system. This report details the results of the CHCCS impact fees. The <br /> report for OCS is issued under separate cover. The reports comply with relevant requirements for <br /> calculation of impact fees. <br /> CHCCS impact fees are derived using the incremental approach. This approach determines current LOS <br /> standards for school buildings (elementary, middle,and high), portable classrooms, support facilities, and <br /> buses. Land for school sites is not a component of the fee,since the draft 2016 Orange County, NC Schools <br /> Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance Annual Report indicates "renovation and expansion to existing <br /> facilities may delay construction of new schools further into the future."6 Therefore, new land acquisition <br /> is not required at this time. LOS standards are derived using the adopted standards per the County's <br /> Schools Adequate Public Facility Ordinance (SAPFO) and are expressed as follows: <br /> • School buildings: Square feet per student by type of school, <br /> • Portable classrooms: Classrooms per student by type of school; <br /> • Support facilities: Square feet per student; and <br /> • Buses/other vehicles: Number of vehicles per student. <br /> A credit is included in the impact fee to account for outstanding debt on CHCCS improvements. Further <br /> detail on the approach, LOS, costs, and credits is provided in the body of this report. <br /> 4 S.L.1987-460("An Act Making Sundry Amendments Concerning Local Governments In Orange And Chatham Counties,Title VI: <br /> Orange County Impact Fees"). In addition to schools, other community service facility categories are allowed such as: the <br /> acquisition of land for open space and greenways,capital improvements to public streets,bridges,sidewalks,bikeways,on-and <br /> off-street surface water drainage ditches,pipes,culverts,other drainage facilities,water and sewer facilities and public recreation <br /> facilities.(See Appendix B for a copy of the applicable section of the Act.) <br /> 5!bid,Sec.17(b)(1). <br /> 6 SAPFOTAC,2016 Orange County,NC Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance(draft),p. <br /> 8 <br />