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Zoning Ordinance Updates Section 1-1. Title and intent. This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance. It is the intent of this Ordinance to provide a system of intelligent land usage through the creation of zoning districts and accompanying standards, the creation of an administrative mechanism, and such other allied rules and regulations that enable Cabarrus County government to fulfill its obligation to provide for and promote the public safety, health, and general welfare of its residents. To that end, these regulations may address, among other things, the following public purposes: to provide adequate light and air; to prevent the overcrowding of land; to avoid undue concentration of population; to lessen congestion in the streets; to secure safety from fire, panic, and dangers; and to facilitate the efficient and adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements. Section 1-17. Hi-annual review. Beginning the second year following the year of adoption of this Ordinance, the Zoning Administrator will render to the Board of Commissioners a bi-annual, end of the calendar year, report on the state of the Zoning Ordinance and set forth a sununary of those changes necessary to both update and/ or refine the Ordinance. Changes summarized in December are to be implemented the following quarter with all due speed. _Section 3-3. Zoning districts designated and purposes listed. .... .... .t~~_rm~_~=-~!~_~".~_~~,~_~_~~~~J All land and water areas in Cabarrus County, except within the corporate limits of any municipality and their respective extraterritorial zones, if any, are divided into the following districts. Such districts are designed to both assure the compatibility of land uses within each district and to partiaily implement the. officially adopted Cabarrus County Area Plans, and other planning documents which serve as part of the overall county comprehensive plan. Section 8-3. Petitioning for a conditional use. Because of their potentiai for effecting neighboring landowners, conditional uses warrant review in a public forum. The Planning & Zoning Commission hears the request for issue of a conditional use permit. Five of the nine member Conunission must vote in favor of the use and the issuance of a conditional usepermit. When the board's membership votes against issue of a permit, the applicant f-/-':l.lb)