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Sec, 5. Nature of District; Governing Body. if created, the Poplar Tent Beautification District shall be a body politic and corpo,'ate and may provide for the beautification of thc district and protection of the citizens of the district b.y developing and implementing the beautification plan and projects described ~n Section I of this act. and may do all acts re~,sonably ,~cccssary to fulfill ti'tis purpose. The governing body of the district may develop the beautification plan jointly with the City of Concord or Cabarrus County planning and zoning departments, or may consult with staff and use available resources within those departments, The Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners shall serve, ex officio, as the governing body of the district, and the officers of the board of county commissioners shall likewise serve as the officers of the governing body of the district. A simple majority of the governing body constitules a quorum, and approval by a majority of those .present Is sufficient to determine any matter before the governing body, if a quorum is present. Sec. 6. Comprehensive Land Use Plan; Advisory Commission. (a) If the Poplar Tent Beautification District is created as provided in Sections I through 5 of this act. the governing body of the district, at its first meeting, shall appoint an advisory commission as provided in this section, for the purpose of developing a comprehcnsivc land usc plan to bc al'~plicd ~,ithin thc tlistrict boundaries dcscribcd in Section 2 of this act. The pus'pose of the comprehensive land use plan is to identify appropriate land uses ;.~d to provide st~,bility within the district with respect to future changes in land use. The advisory commission shall consist of seven members: three members selected by the City of Concord Board of Aldermen, three members selected by the Cabarrus Cou,3ty Board of' Commissioners. and one member selected by the o~her six members of the i~dvis~r~, commission. Of the three members selected respectively by the city and the county, one shall be an elected official and may be a member of the respective governing board, and the other two .,,hall not be elected officials but shall either reside or own property in the Poplar Tent Beautification District. The advisory commission shall appoint a chairman from amo~ its members, and the chairman shall vote only in case of a tie, (h) The advisory cornmi..,.'~ion shall hold public he,~rings, solicit comments and recommendations for appropriate present and future land use within the ?oplar Tent Beautification District. and shall develop a comprehensive land use plan designating appropriate land uses for the District. After adoption of a plan by a maiorJty of the members of the advisory commission, the plan shall be submitted to the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners, ~nd to the governing board of any municipalit.v that is located entirely or partially within the District. or that exercises zonin~ jurisdiction within the District. Upon submission of the plan to the governing bodie~ as set forth in this subsection, those bodies may (i) adopt the plan, (ii) refer the plan back: to the advisory commission with requested revisions, or (iii) take no action on the plan; provid'ed that in order for the plan to become effective within the entire District. an identical plan must be adopted by each of the local governments exercising zoning jurisdiction within the District. If an identic~I plan is ~dopted by each of those jurisdictions, the plan shall have the effect of a comprehensive plan in the District and all land use within each jurisdiction within the District shall be consistent with the comprehensive plan. After adoption under this section, the comprehensive land use plan developed under this section shall not be changed or repealed except upon a vote in favor of the specific change or repeal by ~, majority o1' each of the govcrning~bodies of the jurisdictions that adopted the plan.