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Staff outlines APFO rules, warns overcrowding threshold will drop to 105% in 2028
Summary
County staff reviewed the Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (APFO), explained recent changes removing an adjacency rule, and said overcrowding thresholds fall from 110% to 105% beginning Oct. 1, 2028, affecting approvals for developments in overcrowded districts.
County staff described the Adequate Public Facilities Ordinance (APFO) as a "smart growth" mechanism that links new residential development approval to school capacity. The presenter said APFO definitions of overcrowding have changed over time: "Overcrowded... was until 09/30/2025, a 115%... a 110% is what is active right now until 09/30/2028. And then after that, beginning 10/01/2028, we're gonna be looking at overcrowded as looking at 105."
Staff also explained a recent APFO rule change eliminated an adjacency allowance, meaning that developments located in an overcrowded school district can now be denied approvals where they would push a district over capacity. The presenter said the county performs a school impact analysis for every residential development to estimate pupil yield and assess whether a proposed project would make a district exceed capacity.
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