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Ordinance No. 2005-_ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CABARRUS COUNTY SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE BE IT ORDAINED that the following sections ofthe Cabarrus County Subdivision Ordinance are hereby amended as follows: Subdivision Amendments Chapter 1, Section 5. Sale of land in unapproved subdivision The sale of land in subdivisions, which have not been approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission, is prohibited. Any person(s) who, being the owner(s) or agent(s) of the owner of any land located within the jurisdiction granted to Commissioners by General Statute 153-266.1, hereafter subdivides his/her land in violation of this ordinance and any other use of a plat properly approved under said ordinance and recorded in the Office of Register of Deeds, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The description by metes and bounds in the instruments of transfer or other documents(s) used in the process of selling or transferring land shall not exempt the transaction from the penalty. The County, through its County Attorney or other official designated by the Board of County Commissioners, may enjoin such illegal transfer or sale by action for injunction. Further, violators of this ordinance shall be subject, upon conviction, to fine and/or imprisonment as provided by General Statute 14-4 as amended. In addition to the remedies above, the County may deny issuance of building permits for lots that have been illegally subdivided. The County may also institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent the unlawful subdivision of land, to restrain, correct, or abate the violation, or to prevent any illegal act or conduct. Per General Statute 153A-334, contracts and/or leases may be entered into by reference to an approved preliminary plat. All contracts shall be in conformance with North Carolina General Statutes. Chapter 2, Section 1. "SUBDIVISION" DEFINED A "subdivision", as specified in General Statute 153A-335, shall include all divisions of a tract or parcel of land into two or more lots, building sites, or other divisions when anyone or more of those divisions is created for the purpose of sale, or building development (whether immediate or future), and shall include all division f/- ';)..( C4..)