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t a. In the case of street improvements, the impact fee m:r h <br />related to the: number of trips per clay gencrateJ j, diffc; nt <br />Wes of uses acuorclinb to recotnixcd e;tit11,11cs• <br />h. In the case of drainagbt inlprovcmcnts. the ii11)lact fcc rlla� <br />he rclatcL) to the siir: of a developnlcnt, the :,111pun o "r <br />impervious surface the devclopmcnt has, or other �r; <br />that hear upon the dcyree to hiC a dttvclo)7mcn, <br />CpnlribulcS tp the ne:cd for drainage improvcnlC;lts ;d a; <br />public expense. <br />(d) Capital Improvements Reserve Funds: Expenditures. <br />(l) lnlpact fees received by the County $hall be deposited in a ca :,1 <br />improvements reserve fund or funds established under Cll:ipter• 9 <br />of the General Statutes, Article 3, Par, Such fund; m:r c <br />expended only pn rile t�•pe of capital improvements for which such <br />impact fees were estnblished, and then only in accorLl;ince Nk•ith c <br />provision of Subsection (2) of thi; section. <br />(3) In orcic:r to en,urc that impact fees paid by a particular <br />clevGlopmcnt are ex}�cn�lcd oil capit:,l irrlprOveillents tll;.it bun ;t <br />that LIGVel0pi11er1t, the County may c$tab)ish for each catc�,or �f <br />cnwit :11 improver11ur1t for %which it collect; an im);:lct fee at )z� ;t �tW p <br />rcoC":r:tuhical districts or zones, and impnct funs GCncratCd v <br />duvelopmcnts within thL;e districts or zone; must bz stacnt <br />irllpro�cnlcnts that are IOC:ItL:J within or that benefit prppci y <br />IoC31t:d within IhOsc districts or zones. <br />(c) Credits for InlpruvenlcnU. An immict fee: ordinancc shill make pr•oviSior, i r <br />crcLlits ngainst rct)Lrircd fct:: %vilen a dev4loper install; inlprovcrllcnts of a tvt�Y tJ t <br />generally would be paid for by the County out of a capital r- SCI-VC aCCOLrnI fu,�dLd U} <br />inlp:iL't fees. Thc.nrcJirance may SDCII out the circulllstances under w),ic}1 a d;:�,CIO , <br />'will be alJOW-CCl 10 install such imprOverltents and receive such crudity. r <br />(f7 Appe :tls Proc:cclLirc. An ordinance author; zin•T im �:1Gt <br />may provide that any pc:rsorl ate, *ricved by a d,e ;eision re„ fees as provided hCr-in <br />a., carding an inli.,=1 Ice 171' <br />-- appeal to the Orange; County Beard of Adjustment. If the ordinance establishes r� <br />ap.)lcals procedure, It shall spcII out the time \h.itiiitl wllich. the appeal mint be ta;:trl <br />to the hoard of adjustment, the possible grounds for an appeal and the heard' <br />authority in t))e matter, whether the fete mutt be paid prior to re:$alution of ti <br />nom:al, :1nd other proCCdLir :il or substtantive matters related to a)_lneals. :tidy deeisio� <br />by the board of aajustnlcnt shall be subject to review by the superior court b <br />proccedin,s in thL: nature` of cc:-iia::r,i in the sans-! nncr ay is pro.idcd in G.. <br />(a) °aymcnt of Impact Fees. An ordinance authorizing itnc;act fucs as herein <br />Provided shall spell • Out when in thz process at dee:eloprlicnt approval an <br />construction "'Pact fe %s shall be paid and by «horn. By way of illustration without <br />limitation, the ordinance naay provide t.r,at an applicant fora building pCrnlit shall <br />sullillit the impact fee $torso with the oetrrlit application and that building )I- <br />tile not be issued until the inoact fee has been paid. <br />(h) R- funds. If this s::Ction or any ordinance •adopted thereunder is declared to U <br />uncorstitution:a or otherwise invalid, then any • *'impaCt fees collected sh:J! Uu, <br />refunded to the person naying, then to -ether .wilh- ..interest at the rate estab:i ;ht• <br />'.'.,under G.S. 1Q� -? ;1. ?, bein; the same r2te paid by file _ �.. <br />refunds for tax over y- - r SzCrzl._rV o� 1��� eiltie _a <br />(i) Limitation; oil Actions. <br />_ (1) Any. action COntctitinp the vrilidity, of an ordinance ado,) A <br />- herein provided must be Con1111Crlced not 12iCr than nine <br />after the CUCCLive date of such ordinance:-'... <br />A -4 1 <br />