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PREFACE The Cabarrus Coun .ty Land Development Guide, amended and adopted in 1988, is a general comprehensive land use guide for the County. The proposals, goals and object/ves that the document stresses are used to help guide and control the development of Cabarrus County, but the document does not offer spec/ftc land use recommendations for each area of the County. For this reason, the Planning, Zoning and Building Inspection Department is studying smaller areas of the County to develop specific recommendations to complement the Land Development Guide. This plan will be the fifth in a series of six plans. The boundaries of the small areas have been determined by individual factors affecting each area. Where these factors are similar, a small area study has been or will be conducted. This plan is un/que in that the City of Concord Planning Staff is also participating. Approximately one third of the area under study is currently in the city and almost 80% is w/thin its sphere of influence and under consideration for annexation. The process of the small area study generally follows a set outline. The study begins by the staff putting together all the available pertinent information. The next step involves meeting with the residents of the area to discuss the process and to find out what they consider the most important issues and goals for that part of the County. This information is then distilled and presented back to the public at a second meeting where they are asked to participate by proposing actions and recommendations that address concerns. From that point a draft plan, based on citizen and staff input, is forwarded to the Planning and Zoning Commission and Board of Corrma/ssioners for review, comment and adoption. The Concord Planning & Zoning Commission and Board of Alderrrmn will also be asked to review this plan and adopt it as a policy gu/de for decisions made under their jurisdiction. The adopted document and maps are then used in the implementation of the land use plan for the area. This plan has varied slightly from the set process. Representatives of major ]and owners, developers and business interests, that had not participated in the first two meetings, were asked to meet with staff members working on the plan to discuss their specific needs and goals for their property and/or businesses. Information derived from those meetings vail also be used to help formulate actions and recommendations. A third meeting was held to present the proposed future land use and land use recomamendations. This meeting was held in advance of the presentation of the draft plan to the city and county planrfing boards to allow for comment before the final draft was completed. Plans based on a combination of solid plann/ng practice and dtizen involvement are much more likely to actually make a difference than plans written one without the other. To all those residents and businesses who contributed to the plan, the City and County planning staff extend their most sincere thanks. WESTERN AREA PLAN DRAFT 4 PAGE 1