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BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of Cabarrus County, North Carolina: That Chapter 66, Section 66-1 et seq. of the Code of Ordinances, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, is hereby amended as follows: ARTICLE I TITLE, PURPOSE, AIYl~ORrl~, AND COMPLIANCE SECTION 1.1 TITI.E This ordinance shall be known and may be ciimi as the Cabarrus County Subdivision Regulations, and may be referred as the Subdivision Regulations or Ordinance. SECTION 1.2 P~E The procedures and standards for the development and subdivision of real property for residential, industrial, institutional, or commercial purposes and the surveying and platting thereof, as adopted and prescribed in this Ordinance, are hereby found by the Board of Commissioners of Cabarrus County to be necessary and appropriate in order to partially implement the County's Land Development Guide and the Small Area Plans. In doing so, these regulations shall: 1) aid in promoting the orderly development of the County and safeguard conditions essential to public health, safety, and the general welfare; 2) provide space for safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations within Cabarrus County; 3) promote safe and sanitary environmental conditions, proper planning, adequate ligh~ air and space, safe and sanitary design and arrangements, supply sanitary facilities, and existence of conditions which enhance life or property, and hinder damage by fire or other causes of desh'uction; 4) provide for suitable neighborhoods with adequate streets, utilities and appropriate b-ilding sites; 5) save unnecessary expendittu~ of public funds by reserving space for public lands and buildings including the dedication or reservation of recreation areas and school sites, or fees in lieu of, to serve residents of the immediate neighborhood within the subdivision and to provide sufficient streets with adequate width and with proper aHgrtment and grade for the coordination of utilities, planned streets and highways and other public facilities, and to facilitate adequate and orderly communication and travel within and between communities; 6) provide proper land records for the convenience of the public and for better identification and permanent location of real property boundaries; and, 7) ensure legal access to all newly divided parcels.