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June 24, 2004 Page 535 DD. Thoroughfare - any street designated on the adopted County or Cabarrus - Rowan Metropolitan Planning Organization Thoroughfare Plan. [See definition for "Road"]. EE. Thoroughfare Plan the map and attendant documents approved by the Cabarrus - Rowan MPO member jurisdictions or in the case of the County Thoroughfare Overlay Zone contained in Chapter 4, Part III of the Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance approved by the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners. The adopted Thoroughfare Plans are incorporated in this document by reference. FF. Urban Growth Area that part of the County characterized by medium to high-density growth. Tyl3ically these are areas that will become incorporated at some time and are included within an adopted area of consideration. This area may also be defined by the County MDR zoning district or HDR. GG. Water System (Public) shall mean a county, municipal, sanitary district, water and sewer authority or district owned system for the provision to the public of piped potable water for human consumption. Water System (Community) - shall mean a privately owned system for the provision to the public of piped potable water which serves 15 or more service connections or which regularly serves 25 or more individuals. For the purposes of regulation of water quality, the state considers these systems to be Public Water Systems. Section 3. WORD INTERPRETATION For the purpose of this ordinance, certain words shall be interpreted as follows: The present tense includes the future tense and future tense includes the present tense. The singular number includes the plural number and the plural number includes the singular number. The words "should" and "may" are permissive. The words "shall" and "will" are mandatory. Section 1. Approval necessary CHAPTER 3 PLATS ao B0 General - after the effective date of this Ordinance no subdivision plat of land within the County's subdivision regulation jurisdiction shall be filed or recorded until it shall have been submitted to and approved by the Cabarrus County Subdivision Administrator, as provided hereinafter in this Ordinance, and no land shall be sold or transferred by reference to a plat that has not been approved and recorded in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. The description by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or other document used in the process of selling or transferring land shall not be exempt. No plat shall be recorded by the Cabarrus County Register of Deeds until this approval is entered in writing on the face of the plat as herein provided. Exemptions - if the Planning and Zoning Staff shall determine that the subdivision is exempt from the provisions of this ordinance, based on the criteria set forth in Chapter 2, Section 1, the plat shall be endorsed to that effect and may be recorded with the Register of Deeds. Appeal of Denied Exemption the subdivider may appeal the denial of a requested exemption to the Cabarrus County Planning and Zoning Commission. This appeal must be made within thirty (30) days of notification of the Planning and Zoning Staff's decision and must be made to the Planning and Zoning Commission in writing. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall calendar all such appeals for hearing by giving written notice to the subdivider at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing. The Planning and Zoning Commission in all such appeals shall make findings of fact in support of its decision. The proposed subdivider shall be notified in writing of the Planning and Zoning Commission's decision within ten.=(10) days after the said decision is made. Section 2. Sketch plan requirements