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31 <br /> Attachment 4 <br /> The e-mail below is from members of the stakeholder group staff met with on October 26. Staff <br /> responses are in red text after each comment. <br /> A proposal for your consideration <br /> Aaron Nelson <anelson@carolinachamber.org> <br /> = Tue 11/112016 5:40 PM <br /> - Perdita Holt <br /> - Travis Myren; Holly Fraccaro; Craig Benedict jrogers©triangleaptassn.org <br /> Travis, Craig and Perdita, <br /> With respect to the Board of Commissioners and County Planning Staff and through a <br /> collaborative effort with the Triangle Apartment Association, Homebuilder's Association of <br /> Durham Orange and Chatham Counties, and the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chapel Hill Chamber <br /> of Commerce,we would like to provide you with an alternative option to what has been <br /> presented so far regarding amending the school impact fee ordinance. <br /> The additional option (or modification of existing options) would all of the following (we <br /> trust you to create the property legal/zoning language to achieve these objectives): <br /> • We support grandfathering (grandmothering) projects. <br /> o Projects with an approved Zoning Compliance Permits issued prior to <br /> 1/1/2017 will have the option to pay the either the 2016 or 2017 fees, and <br /> Projects that are currently in the development approval process have been <br /> planned and potentially financed based on current fee assumptions. If these <br /> projects were allowed to pay the existing fee, the projects could continue <br /> through development without altering the existing building or financing plan. <br /> The language in Attachments 2 and 3 has been modified to allow applicants <br /> who have an approved Zoning Compliance Permit by January 1, 2017 to pay <br /> the existing (2016) impact fee as long as a building permit application is <br /> accepted within one (1) year and a permit is issued within 180 days of the <br /> accepted permit application. <br /> o Any projects that submits and has their building permits formally accepted <br /> prior to 1/1/2017 shall have the option to pay the 2016 or 2017 fees, <br /> provided a permit is received within 180 days of application for building <br /> permit; and <br /> This concept was part of the materials presented at the October 18 BOCC <br /> meeting except that the number of days between applying for a building <br /> permit and receiving a building permit was 120 days. Town of Chapel Hill <br /> staff reported that most building permits, even for multi-family projects, are <br /> issued within 30 days of application submittal, if the submitted plans are <br /> done well and comply with building codes. However, some cases may result <br />