(A) Reference to impact fee procedures. Terms which are defined in this section, and which are used herein shall have the meanings given in the impact fee procedures, unless another meaning is plainly intended.
(B) Reference to York County code. Terms which are defined in this code and which are used herein shall have the meanings given in this code, unless another meaning is plainly intended.
(C) This section. For purposes of this section, the following words and terms shall have the meanings set forth herein, unless another meaning is clearly indicated.
ADOPTED LEVEL OF SERVICE (LOS) STANDARD. Means and refers to the amount of public education facilities (buildings and land) needed to accommodate an elementary, middle, and high school student as established in School Impact Fee Study and Amended Capital Improvement Plan prepared for the Fort Mill School District by TischlerBise (dated June 14, 2018 and revised September 7, 2022), which is incorporated herein by reference.
COUNTY. Means and refers to York County, a political subdivision of the State of South Carolina, possessing all powers available generally to counties in South Carolina.
COUNTY COUNCIL. Means and refers to the elected governing body of York County.
DWELLING UNIT. Means and refers to either single-family detached or multi-family units.
INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENT IMPACT. A study prepared by a fee payor, calculating the cost of capital improvements for public education facilities required to serve the fee payor's proposed development, that is based on the established level of service standards, the service units and unit construction costs, and methodology identified in School Impact Fee Study and Amended Capital Improvement Plan prepared for the Fort Mill School District by TischlerBise (dated June 14, 2018 and revised September 7, 2022), which is incorporated herein by reference. The assessment shall be performed in compliance with any standards for such studies established by this section.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT. Means and refers to an agreement executed by the county and the Fort Mill School District for the collection of public education facilities impact fees by the county, and the transfer of the fee revenues from the county and to the school district, and for the expenditure of said revenues by the school district for public education facilities, as herein defined, to accommodate new residential development.
NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. Means and refers to all development other than a dwelling unit.
PUBLIC EDUCATION FACILITIES. Means and refers to the buildings and land for elementary, middle, and high schools (including the planning, design, engineering, and construction of the school buildings and associated playgrounds and recreation areas, parking, lighting, landscaping, sidewalks, internal streets, access roads and driveways; the costs associated with the acquisition of land; site preparation costs; and costs associated with the construction of new, or additions to or expansions of elementary, middle, and high school buildings; all of which constitute system improvements for public education facilities.)
PUBLIC EDUCATION FACILITIES IMPACT FEE. Means and refers to the fees imposed on new residential development on a proportionate share basis as a condition of development approval, which has been calculated to defray the costs of system improvements for the needed public education facilities identified in a capital improvements plan which is needed to accommodate new residential development, based on the level of service standard for the Fort Mill School District.
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. Means and refers to the development of one or more dwelling units.
SCHOOL BOARD. Means and refers to the elected governing body of the Fort Mill School District No. 4.
SCHOOL DISTRICT or FORT MILL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Means the Fort Mill School District No. 4.
STUDENT GENERATION RATE (SGR). Means and refers to the number of elementary, middle and high school students generated by a typical dwelling unit in the Fort Mill School District. The student generation rate is used by the school district for planning, capital improvements programming, the development of a capital improvement plan, and the development of proportionate share public education impact fees.
(‘77 Code, § 14-52) (Ord. 7396, passed 12-16-96; Am. Ord. 2818, passed 7-16-18; Am. Ord. 6822, passed 12-22-22)