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<br /> <br />J <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING <br /> <br />STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA <br />COUNTY OF CABARRUS <br /> <br />THIS MEMORANDUM of Understanding is entered into on this, the date shown at the <br />conclusion of this document by and between Cabarrus County, a body politic and corporate of <br />the State of North Carolina ("County") and the Town of Harrisburg, a North Carolina municipal <br />corporation (" Town "). <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the County and the Town are experiencing explosive residential growth; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, it is in the long-term interests of all the citizens of the County and the Town to <br />have a synchronized, progressive, cooperative and comprehensive approach to land use and <br />growth management. . <br /> <br />THEREFORE, both the Town Council and the County Board of Commissioners agree to the <br />following: <br /> <br />1) The Town Council and County Board shall embark on an update of the Harrisburg Area Plan, <br />which includes both land use and growth management components. The planning will begin <br />immediately and is to be completed and implemented, including adoption of any necessary <br />ordinances, within six months. <br /> <br />2) The County Commissioners will immediately institute the process required to impose a <br />moratorium on the consideration of residential subdivision applications in the unincorporated <br />areas of the County. The moratorium shall be for a period of 6 months following the <br />required notice, public hearing and adoption. During the moratorium period the County shall <br />prepare new development and zoning ordinances substantially similar to those in use in Mt. <br />Pleasant, Harrisburg, Concord and Kannapolis. These new ordinances shall be adopted at or <br />before the end of the moratorium. <br /> <br />3) All developments submitting preliminary applications to the Town or preliminary <br />subdivision plats to the County prior to the enactment of the moratorium shall be permitted to <br />proceed through the development review process under the ordinances and regulations in <br />effect at the date of execution of this Memorandum. The Preserve at Grayson Ridge shall <br />also be permitted to proceed through the development review process due to the significant <br />monetary investment already made. <br /> <br />4) The Town shall endorse the County's effort to revise its development ordinances and will <br />take all steps necessary for the implementation thereof and agrees that with regard to any <br />annexation ordinances that the Town adopts during the moratorium, the effective date will <br />not be sooner than the date on which the moratorium ends. <br /> <br />5) The Town Council and County Board do hereby direct their managers, attorneys, planners <br />and other professional staff members to prepare such studies and documents necessary to <br /> <br />I of2 - .4-.. . <br />1- - <br />