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8 • 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. • Temporary buildings and structures,provided they are not used for residential purposes. However, public school impact fees shall not be levied in the following cases: o A mobile home being used to provide custodial care under the provisions of an approved Special Use Permit. o A mobile home being used as a temporary residential dwelling during the installation of a replacement mobile home or the construction of a stick-built dwelling unit. One of the difficult aspects of administering the impact fee ordinance involved when and when not to grant exceptions for "replacement" units. Soon after the ordinance became effective, questions arose such as the following: • A farm house existed on the property 20 years ago. Is an impact fee required? • A mobile home existed on the property two years ago. Is a fee required? Because of the number of such questions, the following interim policy was employed: If a dwelling unit (or mobile home) is being placed on a lot (or mobile home space) which has been vacant for one year or less, it is permissible to issue a building permit without charging impact fees.If the situation involves a lot(or mobile home space)which has been vacant for more than one year, the applicant must submit a letter which explains his/her situation and why the lot (space) has been vacant for an extended period of time. The letter, along with the completed building permit application, must be submitted to the Planning Director for review. Following consultation with the County Manager and the County Attorney, a decision will be rendered regarding the request. An acceptable reason for excepting impact fees for spaces or lots which have been vacant for more than a year includes the inability of the mobile home park owner to locate homes on spaces due to a County or State prohibition resulting from a failing septic system or contaminated well. This situation may include the time involved to extend public water and sewer service to the site or the installation of a new septic and/or well system. The above policy was initially drafted in August, 1993. It was revised again in October, 1993, to add the provision regarding failing septic systems and contaminated wells. Since the policy was instituted, 13 exception requests have been handled involving 61 dwellings. A summary of the requests and actions taken is as shown on the following page. Of all the exception requests considered to date, the most time consuming to explain and/or process have been those associated with mobile home parks. Several owners have cited other reasons for controlling the flow of units in and out of a park(other than failing septic systems). One reason cited more than any other was the desire to locate desirable tenants in the parks. The owners noted that it is time consuming as well as expensive to remove undesirable tenants, and, once removed, they have been Annual Report 6