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585 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in called session at 7:00 P.M. on Thursday, August 20, 1981, in the Superior Courtroom at the County Courthouse in Concord, North Carolina, for the purpose of reviewing the proposed Zoning Ordinance. Present - Chairman: Ralph C. Bonds Commissioners: J. Harold Nash Troy R. Cook James W. Lentz Kenneth F. Payne Members of the Cabarrus County Planning Board present for the meeting were as follows. Ms. Cynthia Bostick Mr. John Cline Mr. Frank Rankin Mr. Raiford Troutman UPON MOTION of Commissioner Nash, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board moved for the Board of Commissioners and the Planning Board to jointly go into Executive Session with the County Attorney and two members of the Planning Department staff for the purpose of discussing legal aspects of the proposed Zoning Ordinance. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Cook and unanimously carried, the Board moved to terminate the Executive Session. Chairman Bonds stated the Board had met with the County Attorney during the Executive Session for legal counsel concerning the proposed Zoning Ordinance. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Lentz, seconded by Commissioner Cook with Commissioners Lentz, Cook, and Payne and Chairman Bonds voting for and Commissioner Nash voting against, the Board agreed to turn over the proposed Zoning Ordinance draft of August 20, 1981, to the Cabarrus County Planning Board for certification. Mr. John Boger, County Attorney, advised the Board that the County Planning Board would now be responsible for taking action on the revised draft of August 20, 1981, of the proposed Zoning Ordinance. He explained that due to the number of changes made to the document it would be necessary for the Board of Commissioners to call for another public hearing on the proposed Zoning Ordinance after receiving the ordinance from the Planning Board. Chairman Bonds opened the meeting for comments from the audience. Mr. Eric Jean Hendley complained that he had been informed on this date that his trailer could not be allowed in its present location as that area was not zoned for mobile homes. He stated he had visited the Building Inspection Department in June and had been told at that time to set his trailer up and an inspector would come out to inspect the trailer when he was ready to have the electricity turned on. Mr. Hendley explained he had gone to the Building Inspection Office again on August 20, 1981, to make arrangements to have his trailer inspected. He stated he had been sent to the Planning Department where he had been informed that his trailer was located in an area which was not zoned to permit mobile homes and that the proposed Zoning Ordinance was retroactive to the date of notice of public hearing. Mr. Hendley requested that his trailer be allowed to remain in its present location. Chairman Bonds instructed Commissioner Lentz and County Manager Charles McGinnis to investigate the matter and report their findings at the next Board meeting. He also requested that some type of arrangement be worked out between the Building Inspection Department and the Planning Department to prevent such occurrences in the future. Mr. Manuel Kiser questioned the legality of the new text of the pro- posed Zoning Ordinance being retroactive to the date of notification of the public hearing for the previous draft of the ordinance. Mr. Jerry Rollins complained about the regulations placed on mobile homes by the proposed Zoning Ordinance. Dr. Kenneth Underwood of Kannapolis complained of the zoning restrictions on his property in Kannapolis. Mr. Bill Powlas stated that zoning would take away an individual's freedom to do as he wished with his personal property.