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144 All major developments shall be reviewed based on the adequacy of public services and/or facilities t~ Droperly supply the development. Where services or facilities are inadequate to serve the proposed development, it shall not be approved until the necessary services or facilities are adequate to provide those services. Planned improvements shall be considered when determining adequacy. Petition 98-05(T) as approved by the Board was as follows. PETITION 98-05(T) Ordinance No. 1999-01 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CABARRUS COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE BE IT ORDAINED that the Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance is hereby amended as follows: Amend the Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 4 to add the following: Part VI. Rimertown Community Overlay Zone (RCOZ) Section 4-37. Intention. This overlay is intended to allow additional safety, design, and aesthetic controls in the area defined as the Rimertown community. These controls are intended to protect the existing and historical development patterns of the community. Section 4-38. Extent of overlay. The overlay area includes all property proposed to be within the corporate limits of Rimertown as proposed to NC General Assembly. That area is shown as Attachment A to the text amendment used to create this overlay. Section 4-39. Permitted uses. All uses permitted within the underlying zoning districts shall be allowed. Section 4-40. Effect upon bona-fide farms and timbering operations. The RCOZ regulations shall not apply to bona-fide farm operations or timbering operations that are otherwise exempted from zoning by North Carolina General Statutes. Section 4-41. Development standards. In addition to the requirements of the underlying zoning districts and the Cabarrus County Subdivision Reoulations, the following requirements shall be applicable to all subdivisions of four {4) or more lots and/or all development for which a site development plan is required (Section 12-8). Subdivisions of less than three lots would not be subject to these regulations unless additional lots are subdivided to create more than four divisions in any three-year period. 1. Ail residential developments of 30 or more lots and/or spaces must include the construction of a left turn lane that meets N.C. Department of Transportation standards. That turn lane must be constructed on the state maintained road from which the development gains access. This requirement shall in no way substitute for or lessen any additional requirements of NCDOT made as part of a required driveway permit. 2. No lot in major developments (four (4) or more lots/spaces) may access directly to the state maintained road which is used for access. A new interior road that meets the requirements of the Cabarrus County Subdivision Reoulations must be constructed to access all lots. 8. The front yard of all lots within major developments must be oriented to the interior access road. 4. Major developments must include an exterior vegetative buffer meeting level 2 bufferyard standards for amount of vegetation on all exterior property lines including those adjacent to rights-of-way. The bufferyard width may be reduced to 50 feet and the amount of vegetation reduced by 50% if an earthen berm or solid fence is employed. The berm or fence must be at least six (6) feet above ground level.