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Mr. Marvin Collins Page 2 September 19, 1990 <br />2. purpose for which the service /product was received <br />3. quantity /amount received <br />4. different character of service furnished <br />5. time of use. <br />There is, then, a fair amount of flexibility in setting fees. It <br />seems to me that in the case of Habitat's request, however, the <br />only relevant factor listed above would be the purpose for which <br />the service was received. Arguably, the services being received <br />by Habitat are being received by it in order that it can provide <br />low or moderate income housing, a stated important public policy <br />concern of Orange County. The fee exemption provision in the fee <br />ordinance must, however, be broad enough to include all <br />applicants within that same classification. This can be tricky. <br />The proposed policy included with your September 5, 1990 <br />memorandum does, I think, a credible job in creating a <br />classification of applicants to be exempted from fee requirements <br />based on the notion that the purpose of the fee recipient is to <br />provide affordable housing to low and moderate income residents <br />of Orange County. The proposed "policy" can, at the election of <br />the Board of Commissioners, be incorporated into the County's <br />planning and inspection fee ordinance. <br />GEG /lsg <br />xc: Moses Carey, Jr. <br />Stephen Halkiotis <br />o John Hartwbll <br />Shirley E. Marshall <br />Don Willhoit <br />John M.. Link, Jr. <br />Mary Scearbo <br />Very truly yours, <br />ON <br />hi <br />