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Annex D: Evaluation of County Policies and Ordinances <br />I. Purpose. <br />To evaluate the ability of Cabarrus County policies and ordinances to aid in the mitigation of the <br />effects of natural hazards. <br />II. Situations and Assumptions. <br />A. Cabarrus County has used its regulatory power to adopt and implement policies, <br />programs, and ordinances that help mitigate the potential harmful effects of natural hazards. <br />The County has developed and adopted the following local policies and ordinances: <br />- Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance <br />- Small Area Plans <br />- Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance <br />- Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Ordinance <br />- Subdivision Ordinance <br />- Manufactured Home Park Ordinance <br />- North Carolina State Building Code Enforcement <br />- Watershed Protection Overlay <br />- Waterbody Buffer Overlay <br />The County did not adopt the Unified Development Ordinance. The following municipalities <br />in the county have adopted the UDO: Concord, Kannapolis, Mount Pleasant, and Harrisburg. <br />Midland has adopted a zoning ordinance similar to that used by Cabarrus County. <br />B. These ordinances establish development regulations for different types of land <br />development including both subdivided and non - subdivided land uses. Each policy, <br />ordinance or regulation has a unique and varying impact on hazard mitigation. Although <br />these policies are not specifically oriented for mitigation purposes, they can be utilized to <br />implement hazard mitigation initiatives. A summary of current ordinances and policies that <br />may pertain to hazard mitigation is included below. <br />III. County Policies and Ordinances <br />A. Zoning. <br />Zoning, the traditional and nearly universal tool available to local governments to control <br />the use of land. Cabarrus County has a countywide zoning ordinance and the <br />municipalities have their own zoning ordinances. <br />B. Planning. <br />1. Cabarrus County has the statutory authority to plan for growth and development <br />including the power to make studies of the county, to determine growth objectives, to <br />prepare and adopt plans for achieving those objectives and to develop policies, <br />Annex D Evaluation of County Policy D -1 December 2009 <br />and Ordinances <br />Attachment number 13 <br />F -6 Page 149 <br />