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DRAFT 5 -14 -92 /REVISED 5 -21 -92 <br />ORANGE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE <br />SECTION 1 - LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners makes the following <br />legislative findings: <br />1. Orange County public school facilities are vital to the health <br />and economic prosperity of orange County; <br />2. That public school facilities in Orange County must be <br />expanded in order to maintain current levels of service if new <br />development is to be accommodated without decreasing current <br />levels of service; <br />3. To finance the expansion of the public school facilities in <br />Orange County necessary to maintain current levels of service <br />while accommodating new residential growth, several methods of <br />finance will be employed, one of which will require new <br />residential development to pay an appropriate share of the <br />reasonably anticipated new educational facilities in the form <br />of impact fees; and <br />4. These impact fees will provide, in a reasonable manner, for <br />the public health, safety, and welfare of persons residing <br />within Orange County by providing a portion of the costs of <br />new school facilities which bears a relationship to the <br />benefits of the new school facilities to the new residential <br />growth in Orange County. <br />SECTION 2 - DEFINITIONS <br />For the purposes of this ordinance, the following terms shall have <br />the following definitions: <br />Apartment. A detached building located on its own individual lot <br />and containing five (5) or more dwelling units. <br />Certificate of Occupancy_. A certificate issued by Orange County or <br />a municipality located therein allowing the occupancy or use of a <br />dwelling unit and certifying that the building or structure has <br />been constructed and will be used in compliance with all applicable <br />codes and ordinances. <br />