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Approved by Schools and Land Use Councils 11/14/01; <br />Draft completed by staff 2/8/02 <br />11-27-02 revisions <br />12-9-02 revisions <br />12-10-02 revisions <br />expected that adequate public school facilities will be available to accommodate such <br />new development. <br />The Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District and the Orange County School District are <br />each declared an overlay district in order to implement <br />Chapel Hill-Carrboro School District <br />Facilities as prescribed in this [article]. Within the p <br />Overlay District and within the Orange Co?ance School and Orange cCountyl Subdivis on <br />provisions of the Orange County Zoning Ord <br />Regulations which implement the Schools Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance are <br />applicable. <br />2. Certificate of Adequacy of Public Schools Facilities. <br />(a) Subject to the remaining provisions of this [article], no approval under this <br />ordinance of a subdivision preliminary plat, misubdivision final plat, site nor shall become effecti?e <br />conditional or special use permit for a residential for the <br />unless and until a Certificate of Adequacy of Public Schools Facilities (CAPS) <br />project has been issued by the School District. <br />A CAPS shall not be required for a general use or conditional apps roved, rezoning or for <br />a CAPS <br />amaster land use plan. However, evTe lan r of theg permits plan <br />approvals identified in <br />will nevertheless be required before any <br />subsection (a) of this section shall become effective, whether the CApStwillbe issued. <br />approval of a master plan provides no indication as to <br />The application for rezoning or master plan approval shall contain a statement to this <br />effect. istrict will (c) A CAPS must be obtained from the School District. <br />of School <br />of <br />issue or deny a CAPS in accordance with the provisions <br />Orange County, and the Chapel Hill <br />Understanding among Chapel Hill, Carrboro, <br />Carrboro School District or among Orange County, Hillsborough, and the Orange County <br />School District dated <br />(d) A CAPS attaches to the land in the am y that developmen rote permi ss on <br />attaches to the land. A CAPS may be transferred along with other n the <br />property with respect to which such CAPS is issued, but may not be severed or <br />transferred separately. <br />3. Service Levels. <br />(a) This section describes the service levels regarded as adequate by the parties to the <br />Memorandum of Understanding described in subsection (b) with respect to public school <br />facilities. <br />(b) As provided in the Memoranda of Understanding among Orange County, Chapel <br />Hill, Carrboro, and the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Board of Education and among Orange <br />County, Hillsborough, and the Orange County Board of Education (MOU or MOUs)2