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11 <br /> County,and within the municipalities and their extraterritorial planning jurisdictions located within Orange <br /> 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 /> SECTION 4 - PUBLIC SCHOOL IMPACT 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 /> • <br /> 3. Alterations, repairs, renovations or additions to a residential dwelling unit. <br /> 4. Replacement of a building or structure or mobile home with a new building or structure <br /> or mobile home of the same dwelling type. <br /> 5. Accessory buildings and structures, including, but not limited to, garages, decks, storage <br /> buildings, and similar structures, provided they are not used for residential purposes. <br /> 6. Temporary buildings and structures, provided they are not used for residential purposes. <br /> However, public school impact fees shall not be levied in the case of a mobile home being <br /> used to provide custodial care under the provisions of an approved Special Use Permit. <br /> Likewise, such fees shall not be levied in the case of a mobile home being used as a <br /> temporary residential dwelling during the installation of a replacement mobile home or the <br /> construction of a stick-built dwelling unit. <br /> SECTION 5 - COLLECTION OF FEES <br /> A. CREATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL BENEFIT AREA TRUST FUNDS <br /> Public school impact fees collected by Orange County pursuant to this ordinance shall be kept <br /> separate from other revenue of the County. There shall be one trust fund established for each of the <br /> benefit areas. The benefit areas correspond to the school district boundaries as determined by the School <br /> Districts and as illustrated on the attached map labeled Public School Benefit Areas. <br /> B. RESPONSIBILITY FOR FEE COLLECTION <br /> All public school impact fees are due to Orange County and shall be paid to Orange County prior <br /> to a certificate of occupancy being issued for a dwelling unit. The fees will be collected by Orange County <br /> Annual Report 9 <br />