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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 1989 <br /> ° <br /> 1 (1) Person. An individual, partnership, corpora.ion. or other legal <br /> 2 entity. <br /> 3 (2) Land development. Land development shall mean: <br /> 4 a. Construction of any dwelling unit for which a building <br /> 5 permit was issued or should have been issued after the <br /> 6 effective date of an ordinance adopted under this act; or <br /> 7 b. Construction of any commercial building enclosed floor <br /> 8 space for which a building permit was issued or should have <br /> 9 been issued after the effective date of an ordinance adopted <br /> 10 under this act. <br /> 11 (3) Person responsible for the impact of land development. The <br /> 12 owner of any dwelling unit or commercial building enclosed floor <br /> 13 space on the date an occupancy permit is issued for the dwelling <br /> 14 unit or commercial floor space or, if no such permit is issued, the <br /> 15 date the dwelling unit or commercial floor space is occupied. <br /> 16 (4) Commercial building enclosed floor space. All enclosed floor <br /> 17 space designed or intended to be used for any purpose except: <br /> 18 a. Single-family, two-family, or multi-family residences and <br /> 19 accessory structures. <br /> 20 b. Recreational facilities constructed as part of a residential <br /> 21 development and used primarily by residents of the <br /> 22 development. <br /> 23 c. Governmentally owned buildings. <br /> 24 d. Buildings owned and operated by nonprofit entities for <br /> 25 noncommercial and nonresidential purposes. <br /> 26 e. Buildings designed and constructed to be used as schools or <br /> 27 day care centers. <br /> 28 Sec. 3. The purpose of the tax authorized by this.act is to generate funds <br /> 29 to partially offset the cost of constructing new capital facilities or replacing, <br /> 30 expanding, or improving existing capital facilities necessitated in part by new growth <br /> 31 within the county. Accordingly, the net proceeds generated by the tax authorized by <br /> 32 this act and retained by Orange County or distributed pursuant to Section 6 to <br /> 33 Chapel Hill or Carrboro, respectively, shall be deposited by each local government in <br /> 34 its capital reserve improvements fund or funds established under Part 2 of Article 3 <br /> 35 of Chapter 159 of the General Statutes and may be expended only as follows: <br /> Page 2 <br /> House Bill 925 <br />