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Cabarrus County, NC I Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance 2. The Reviewing Agency will determine whether public schools within the County have sufficient available capacity and acreage to accommodate the demand generated by the proposed residential development at the adopted level of service. Available capacity shall be calculated for the applicable high school feeder area and shall be expressed in terms of possible student enrollment which can be accommodated, in accordance with the following formulae: Formula #1: CAC = (EC) - (E + C) Formula #2: FAC = (EC + PC2) - (E + C) Formula #3: FAC = (EC + PCs) - (E + C) where: Variable CAC FAC EC PC PC, PC,S E C Meaning Current Available Capacity, in student enrollment. Future Available Capacity, in student enrollment. 110% of Existing Capacity, in enrollment, for elementary, middle and high schools within the high school feeder area. The capacity of school facilities shall be computed in accordance with the North Carolina Public Schools, Facilities Guidelines (January 1997), "Class Sizes and Teacher Allotments," This document is hereby incorporated by this reference and made a part of this Ordinance. Planned Capacity, in enrollment, for funded but un built elementary, middle and high schools within the high school feeder area based upon the applicable School District Facilities Plan, which documents are incorporated by this reference. PC (Planned Capacity), as defined above, based on the first two (2) years of the School District Facilities Plan. PC (Planned Capacity), as defined above, based on the balance (fifteen (15) years) of the School District Facilities Plan. Current enrollment based upon the most recent enrollment counts per monthly membership report by the School District Enrollment generated by Committed Development within the high school feeder area. 3. If current available capacity is equal to or greater than zero (0) (Formula #1 of subsection 1, above), and adequate capacity exists to accommodate the enrollment projected to be generated by the proposed development, school facilities are adequate. If current available capacity for any school type is a negative number, adequate capacity does not currently exist to accommodate the enrollment projected to be generated by the proposed development. 4. If current available capacity is inadequate, Formula #2, above, is applied (two (2) years of planned capacity). If future available capacity is equal to or greater than the projected enrollment that will be produced by the proposed development for all school types, the development may be . approved with conditions related to phasing or mitigation, and the F~3 20