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5/ 26/ 99 2 . Impact Fees and Impact Taxes An impact fee requires the developer . to pay a fee representing the prorated cost of providing, community - wide and area - wide recreational facilities required, by this new development . The use of the * fee requires authority from the legislature through enabling' legislation , and Orange . County currently has the authority to levy* such impact . fees . Orange County also has a Public School . Facilities Impact Fee , but no other impact fee is currently in use in the county for any other services . . In using these fees , there must . be exhibited a correlation showing the ( 1 ) actual need created by the impact of the development and ( 2 ) benefits provided to the particular subdivision . By contrast , an impact tax allows for recognition that all impacts are not equal . . Impact taxes may be assessed in graduated levels and do not require the " one size fits. all " regressive nature fee scale that exists for impact .fees . Orange County has , in previous years , tsought impact tax legislation from the State to provide for possible reassessment of the Public School Impact Fee program . C . Current Status of Payment- in - Lieu. Throughout the County Methods of assessi-ng a development 's recreation impact vary across the different jurisdictions . within Orange County . Appendix . G indicates the method by which . Orange County a. nd Carrboro calculate their payment required for the payment - in - lieu program . Orange County also has tspecial legislation which allows . payments to be collected and spent on a " district " basis . Instead of using . a set schedule of payments , Chapel Hill negotiates based on individual development proposals while Hillsborough seeks dedication of Land instead of payments . The appendix also shows the efforts of other selected jurisdictions throughout the country in acquiring land for recreation and open space :needs . . In terms of the reality of the programs , in Carrboro , many , developments choose - to provide private recreation facilities rather 41 than payment - in - lieu . Carrboro has collected $ 453 , 000 to date . Both Chapel Hill and Hillsborough do � not have . detailed central . records of the . results of payments or individually negotiated fees and land donations . Orange County . has required payments since 1988 , , and has accumulated these payments in a fund totaling '$ 488 , 000 . It is clear in a broad , overview , - however, that the current system of , land acquisition has been insufficient to meet citizens ' . needs . Several problems arise in assessing the current adequacy of our parklands and