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.-: <br />w~, <br />~~~ <br />To: ED-LO-1 <br />Size: 12.95+ acres <br />Location: Between Old NC <br />NC 86 <br />Identification: Hillsborough <br />Zoning Dockefi: 5-2001 <br />10 and I-85 approximately 600 feet east of <br />Township, Map 45, Lot 33 <br />D. PUBLIC SCHOOL IMPACT FEES <br />Effective July 1, 1993, the Board of County Commissioners established a system <br />of impact fees to help fund a portion of the school capital needs created by <br />growth in the county. Since that date, an impact fee has been collected for each <br />new housing unit constructed or installed in the county, including single-family <br />homes, multi family housing units, apartments, and mobile homes. Fees <br />collected in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District are deposited in a special <br />account and used exclusively for the construction of new school facilities in that <br />district. The same is true for fees collected in the Orange County School District. <br />The impact fee supplements funds provided by the County from sales tax and <br />property tax revenues for school capital projects. The public school impact fee <br />collected is now $750.00 for each new residential unit located in the Orange <br />County School District and $3,000 for each new residential unit located in the <br />Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District. <br />The Board of County Commissioners recently employed a consultant to evaluate <br />the potential for a public school impact fee rate structure that could legitimately <br />be the basis for a less regressive fee structure based on charging a different fee <br />amount far different housing types. Also, the Orange County Board of Education <br />has recently requested that the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />increase the amount of the fee for new residential dwelling units located in the <br />Orange County School District. <br />The 2001 Technical Report prepared by the consultant concluded that there was <br />a legitimate basis for charging one fee for single family homes and a lower fee for <br />all other residential dwelling units. The Report reflects new demographic data <br />concerning the number of students per household and recommendations of the <br />School Facilities Construction Standards Work Group, and calculates MAXIMUM <br />fees that could be charged as follows: <br />Maximum for <br />Maximum for all other <br />single-family residenial <br />homes units <br />Orange County School District $5,375 $2,53$ <br />Chapel Hill-Carrboro School <br />District $7,374 $3,304 <br />The Board of Commissioners will consider whether or not to change public <br />school impact fees following the February 26, 2001 public hearing. THE <br />