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1. Vacant lots Platted but non - developed lots of record may be used even if undersized, and to the extent possible, combined or reconfigured to create one or more lots that meet the standards of the Ordinance. 2. Occupied lots Platted and developed lots of record are grandfathered lots. Any additions or new development on these lots shall comply with the density /build -upon standards. The existing non - developed land area of the lot shall constitute the base from which the new development standard is determined. Section 4 -7 Appeal As with all enforcement and administration, decisions of the Zoning Administrator may be appealed to the Cabarrus County Planning and Zoning Commission serving as a Board of Adjustment. Any appeal shall be reviewed by the Board under the standards used in granting a variance (see Chapter 12). Any request for relief of the literal provisions of this overlay zone shall also be reviewed under the standards used in granting a variance. Prior to scheduling a hearing, a written request detailing the proposed exception and a detailed site plan, as set forth in Chapter Twelve, shall be sent to the Environmental Management Commission (EMC) for their review and recommendation. If the EMC concludes that the variance, if granted, will result in a serious threat to the water supply, then the item will not be heard or considered by the Board. If the EMC recommends conditions or finds that the variance, if granted, would not result in a serious threat to the water supply, then the item shall be scheduled and heard as a variance request by the Cabarrus County Planning and Zoning Commission serving as a Board of Adjustment. Any decision that overturns the Zoning Administrator shall be recorded and submitted to the Supervisor of the Classification and Standards Group, Water Quality Section, Division of Environmental Management on an annual basis. The record shall include the appropriate section of the Board's adopted minutes of the meeting. PART II WATERBODY BUFFER ZONE Section 4 -8 Intention of Waterbody Buffer Zone The purpose of the Waterbody Buffer Zone is to provide protected, vegetated strips of land adjacent to streams, rivers, lakes, ponds, impoundments, or wetlands. These buffers are retained in a natural, undisturbed, state, in an effort to avoid erosion problems and to reduce the velocity of overland flow, thus trapping sediment and soil eroded from cropland or land being developed to limit pollutants from entering the waterway. Section 4 -9 Effect upon bona fide farms Attachment number 2 \n G -4 Page 341