<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 19-1. - Purpose and intent.</div>
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               The purpose and intent of this chapter is:
               
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                  (1)
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                  To establish uniform school impact fees throughout the county and establish procedures
                  for the imposition, calculation, collection, administration and expenditure of school
                  impact fees imposed on new residential construction; and
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                  (2)
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                  To facilitate the implementation of the goals, objectives and policies of the Durham
                  County Comprehensive Plan relating to assuring that new residential construction contributes
                  its fair share towards the costs of school facilities necessitated by such new residential
                  construction; and
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                  (3)
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                  To ensure that new residential construction is reasonably benefited by the provision
                  of the public school facilities provided with the proceeds of school impact fees;
                  and
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                  (4)
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                  To impose a school impact fee of not more than 50 percent of the actual cost of providing
                  for school capital needs; the remaining 50 percent of cost to be provided by the state
                  and county governments; and
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                  (5)
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                  To ensure that all applicable legal standards and criteria are properly incorporated
                  in these procedures.
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               (Ord. of 9-8-03(1), Â§ 1)
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