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INTRODUCTION The North Central plan area borders both the City of Concord and City of Kannapolis. Despite the growth in these two cities, however, this part of the County has not experienced the amount of growth that the western and south Harrisburg areas have. This is certainly due in large part to the greater distance from Mecklenburg County and the general non-availability of water and sewer service. This area plan will be a consideration of the existing conditions, major issues and resident goals for the North Central part of the County. All of these things will be analyzed to determine the most proper future use for the area. In addition, specific recommendations will be formulated to guide the area towards that optimum land use. The North Central area is the last one to be studied under this series and covers a large area. The western border of the plan area bounds the city limit and/or extraterritorial jurisdiction lines of the city of Concord. It is also bounded by the limits of Kannapolis, although these limits will change while this plan is being drafted as area "B" is annexed. The northern boundary of the study area is the Rowan County line. On the east, it is bound by the division between Townships 6 and 7 and the one between Townships 6 and 8. The final east and southern dividing lines are Irish Potato and Cold springs Roads, and N.C. Highway 49. This area includes all of Townships 5 and 6 and portions of 4 and 11. All told then, there are 31,909.45 acres in the study area, which is 13% of the County. The location of this area adjacent to the urbanized development of Concord and Kannapolis has had little effect on its rural development. This is due in large part to three factors: The physical barriers of Cold Water Creek, the functional barrier caused by lack of sanitary sewer service, and the availability of developable land on the west sides of Concord and Kannapolis. In addition, the area road network is rural in nature with most roads along ridge lines and narrow in width. These things make the road network less efficient and reduce access from the two municipalities.