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Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance Chapter 4-Overlay Districts and Zones 1. A site plan, drawn to a scale of at least one (1) inch to forty (40) feet, indicating the property lines of the parcel upon which the use is proposed; any existing or proposed structures; parking areas and other built -upon areas; surface water drainage. The site plan shall be neatly drawn and indicate north point, name and address of person who prepared the plan, date of the original drawing, and an accurate record of any later revisions. 2. A complete and detailed description of the proposed variance, together with any other pertinent information which the applicant feels would be helpful to the Planning and Zoning Commission, acting as Board of Adjustment, in considering application. 3. The Zoning Administrator shall notify in writing each local gover nt having jurisdiction in the watershed and the entity using the water supp or consumption. Such notice shall include a description of the variance be' s Local governments receiving notice of the variance request m ubmit 5 e Zoning Administrator prior to a decision by the Plea oning mis n, acting as Board of Adjustment. Such comments shall b e proceedings of the Planning and Zoning Commission, Before the Planning and Zoning Commissio actin Board variance, it shall make the following t fi ings, wh shi permanent record of the case, an Cl u a fact ri based: a. There are oracticallIFflliulties or u art he Jed of ;: 4c djustment. ment, may grant a ill rded in the Masons on which they are ry hardships in the way of carrying out nce. In order — to determine that there are practical hips, the Board must find that the five following the provisions of the Ordinance, the applicant can le return from, nor make reasonable use of, his rope Me proving that the variance would permit a greater profit to Tdco m the property will not be considered adequate to justify the and ranting a variance. Moreover, the Board shall consider whether th riance is the minimum possible deviation from the terms of the Vrdinance that will make possible the reasonable use of his property. The hardship results from the application of the Ordinance to the property rather than from other factors such as deed restrictions or other hardship. iii. The hardship is due to the physical nature of the applicant's property, such as its size, shape, or topography, which is different from that of neighboring property. iv. The hardship is not the result of the actions of an applicant who knowingly or unknowingly violates the Ordinance, or who purchases the property after the effective date of the Ordinance, and then comes to the Board for relief. Chapter 4 Page 5 of 29 G - 4 Amended 8/1_ �Mnent number 1 \n Page 407