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574 The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in called session at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 30, 1981, at the County Courthouse in Concord, North Carolina, for the purpose of reviewing the proposed Zoning Ordinance. Present - Chairman: Ralph C. Bonds Commissioners: J. Harold Nash Troy R. Cook James W. Lentz' Kenneth F. Payne Members of the Cabarrus County Planning Board present for the meeting were as follows: Ms. Cynthia Bostick Mr. Frank Rankin Mr. John Cline Chairman Bonds called the meeting to order and stated that this meeting was a work session and only members of the Board of Commissioners and the Planning Board would be allowed to speak. The Board reviewed the comments contained in the report to the Kannapolis Chamber of Commerce from Mr. Robert M. Leary, Planning Consultant. Changes to the ordinance agreed upon by the Board during the meeting included the following: (1) Add the last two sentences of the North Carolina General Statutes 153A-3.4i to the Preamble and Enactment Clause of the Zoning Ordinance. (2) Substitute the word "structure" for the word "building" in Section 1.1. (3) Insert the word "required" in Section 1.2 for statement to read: "No required open space shall be encroached upon or reduced in any manner to satisfy the requirements of any other lot or specific land use classification except in certain circumstances allowed by 'Planned Development' zoning districts." (4) Change Section 1.3 to read: "The following exceptions may apply upon determination by the Zoning Official." Also, in Section 1.3 delete the term "major arterial road or thoroughfare" and substitute "a street designated as an arterial street by the North Carolina Department of Transportation or the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners." (5) (6) Eliminate paragraphs 1.9 and 1.10 relating to non-conformity and insert content in Section 6. Also, relocate Subsection 4.1 to Section 6 in order to combine all provisions relating to non- conformity in one location in the ordinance. Substit~ethe term "required front setback" for term "front yard setback" in Section 4.3. (7) (8) (9) (lO) (11) (12) Add passive solar collectors to the list of items which are not subject to height limitation in Section 4.4. Insert provision in Section 4.5 that obstructions to vision at intersections should be measured from the central point of the intersection of the two streets involved. Change Section 4.8 to allow minor division of property among family with a minimum parcel, size of one acre. The Board will define the word "family" at a later date. Delete paragraphs B and C under Section 5.1 and revise 5.1-A to read: "Ail accessory buildings, structures or uses shall be con- fined to the buildable area of the lot excluding that buildable area in front of the principal structure." Delete Subparagraph 5.4-E relating to covenants and deed restrictions. Relocate Section 5.5-G relating to common open space in a Planned Unit Residential Development to Sub-Section 3.11 which contains other regulations for a planned residential development.