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APPENDIX pRA~ SCHOOL IMPACT FEES: Crwee~ Hiu~-C~eoRO Ctrr SCHOOts Orange County, North Carolina Note: Only Title VI (Orange County Impact Fees) is shown. GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA 1987 SESSION CHAPTER 460 HOUSE BILL 917 AN ACT MAKING SUNDRY AMENDMENTS CONCERNING LOCAL GOVERNJVIENTS IN ORANGE AND CHATHAM COUNTIES. /// TITLE VL ORANGE COUNTY IMPACT FEES. Sec. 17. G.S. 153A-331 is amended by identifying the existing provisions as subsection (a) and by adding new subsections to read: "(b) Impact Fees Authorized. (1) Orange County may provide by ordinance for a system of impact fees to be paid by developers to .help defray the costs to the County of constructing certain capital improvements, the need for which is created in substantial part by the new development that takes place within the County. (2) For purposes of this subsection, the term capital improvements includes the acquisition of land for open space and greenways, capital improvements to public streets, schools, bridges, sidewalks, bikeways, on and off street surface water drainage ditches, pipes, culverts, other drainage facilities, water and sewer facilities and public recreation facilities. (3) An ordinance adopted under this subsection may be made applicable to all development that occurs within the County. (c) Amount of Fees. In establishing the amount of any impact fee, the County shall endeavor to approach the objective of having every development contribute to a capital improvements fund an amount of revenue that bears a reasonable relationship to that development's fair share of the costs of the capital improvements that are needed in part because of that development. In fulfilling this objective, the County shall, among other steps and actions: (1) Estimate the total cost of improvements by category (e.g., streets, sidewallcs, drainage ways, etc.) that will be needed to provide in a reasonable manner for the public health, safety and welfaze of persons residing within the County during a reasonable planning period not to exceed 20 years. The Boazd of County Commissioners may divide the County into two or more districts and estimate the costs of needed improvements within each district. These estimates shall be periodically reviewed and updated and the planning period used may be changed from time to time. (2) Establish a percentage of the total costs of each category of improvement that, in keeping with the objective set forth above, should fairly be borne by those paying the impact fee. (3) Establish a formula that fairly and objectively apportions the total costs that are to be borne by those paying impact fees among various types of developments. By way of illustration without limitation: TISChIer~tS~ A-17 P0c=',[ea~pniei:. Pihntt~ng Cr.~imk~ms.