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♦ Chapter Fifteen Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance <br />Section 15 -9 Impact Areas <br />1. General <br />a) Except as provided below, availability and adequacy of Public Facilities are <br />determined only with respect to Public Facilities located within the <br />unincorporated areas of Cabarrus County. If part of the impact area lies in a <br />municipality in the County or an unincorporated area of Mecklenburg, Union, or <br />Rowan Counties, absent an intergovernmental agreement with the County or <br />municipality, availability and adequacy are determined only with respect to <br />Public Facilities located within unincorporated Cabarrus County. <br />b) Per Session Law 2004 -39, H.B. 224, Cabarrus County may review proposed <br />developments within an incorporated area of the County for compliance with the <br />Level of Service standards for schools. <br />2. Intergovernmental Agreement. <br />If the County Commission has entered into an intergovernmental agreement with an adjacent <br />county or with a municipality to evaluate Public Facilities in such areas, an Applicant is subject <br />to the evaluation of the Level of Service standard for the facility as adopted by the adjacent <br />county or municipality. Prior to the request for Reservation of Capacity Certificate being <br />presented to the Board of Commissioners, the Zoning Administrator will require that the <br />adjacent county or municipality certify the proposed development will not cause a reduction <br />in the Level of Service standards for those facilities lying within the adjacent county or the <br />municipality. <br />1. For purposes of this Ordinance, the student generation rate for each category of schools <br />shall be as follows: <br />Type of Unit <br />Type of School <br />Elementary <br />Middle <br />High <br />Total <br />Single Family Detached <br />.318 <br />.139 <br />.124 <br />.581 <br />Townhouse <br />.165 <br />.057 <br />.082 <br />.304 <br />Multi- Family/ Other <br />.150 <br />.055 <br />.072 <br />.277 <br />Sources: Cabarrus County Planning Services Department; Cabarrus County Schools - Facility Planning Division, Schools Voluntary <br />Mitigation Payment Study, TischlerBise, December 19, 2006. <br />Adopted 8/20/2007 15 <br />Cabarrus County Revisions 4/10/2008 <br />Amended 5/19/2008 <br />Attachment number 1 <br />G -2 Page 204 <br />