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properly installed to protect properties from flooding and to lessen development in areas <br />of high risk. Although these regulations currently provide measures that support <br />mitigation initiatives, the ordinance can be amended to include more restrictive standards <br />to further mitigate the effects of flooding. Cabarrus County subdivision regulations are <br />currently enforced within the unincorporated areas of the County and within the <br />municipal planning jurisdiction of the Towns of Mount Pleasant, Harrisburg and <br />Midland. <br />Table D -2: Sections of Subdivision Ordinance Pertaining to Hazard Mitigation <br />Section <br />Purpose <br />Objectives <br />66.2 <br />The procedures and <br />1) Aid in promoting the orderly development of the <br />standards for the <br />county and safeguard conditions essential to public <br />development and <br />health, safety, and the general welfare; <br />subdivision of real <br />2) Provide space for safe and sanitary dwelling <br />property for residential, <br />accommodations within the county; <br />industrial, institutional, or <br />(3) Promote safe and sanitary environmental <br />commercial purposes ... <br />conditions, proper planning, adequate light, air and <br />to partially implement the <br />space, safe and sanitary design and arrangements, <br />county's land development <br />supply sanitary facilities, and existence of conditions <br />guide and the small area <br />which enhance life or property and hinder damage by <br />plans. <br />fire or other cause of destruction; <br />4) Provide for suitable neighborhoods with adequate <br />streets, utilities and appropriate building sites; <br />5) Save unnecessary expenditures of public funds by <br />reserving space for public lands and buildings, <br />including the dedication or reservation of recreation <br />areas and school sites, or fees in lieu of, to serve <br />residents of the immediate neighborhood within the <br />subdivision and to provide sufficient streets with <br />adequate width and with proper alignment and grade <br />for the coordination of utilities, planned streets and <br />highways and other public facilities, and to facilitate <br />adequate and orderly communication and travel <br />within and between communities; and <br />6) Provide proper land records for the convenience of <br />the public and for better identification and permanent <br />location of real property boundaries; and <br />7 Ensure legal access to all newly divided parcels. <br />66 -67 <br />Minimum Design <br />Sec. 66 -67. Suitability of the land for use. <br />66 -68 <br />Standards <br />a. Lands which are subject to flooding, excessive <br />erosion, or slides because of soil types or groups, <br />watercourses and other drainageways, steep slopes, <br />or other hazards shall not be platted for residential or <br />other uses in such a way as to present a danger to life, <br />p roperty, or to the public health, safety or general <br />Annex D Evaluation of County Policy D -7 December 2009 <br />and Ordinances <br />Attachment number 13 <br />F -6 Page 155 <br />