BC 1982 01 26 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

24 The Board of Commissioners ~or the County of Cabarrus met at 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday, January 26, 1982, in the Commissioners Room at the County Courthouse for the purpose of reviewing the proposed Zoning Ordinance and Atlas as certified by the Cabarrus County Planning Board and to approve any intended changes to be made at the time of adoption of the ordinance. Present - Chairman: Ralph C. Bonds Commissioners: J. Harold Nash Troy R. Cook James W. Lentz Kenneth F. Payne Members of the Planning Board present for the meeting were as follows. Mr. Billy Plummer Mr. John Cline Mr. F. A. "Jack" Rankin Mr. Raiford Troutman Ms. Rosemary McLean, Planning staff member, recorded the actions of the Board at this meeting. Mr. Bill Powlas requested that the minimum lot size in the ARR zones be decreased to 30,000 square feet. In addition, he asked that the minutes of the public hearing be considered by the Board of Commissioners before the proposed Zoning Ordinance and Atlas is adopted. A Mr. Helms, a builder in Cabarrus County, also requested that the minimum lot size in the ARR zone be changed to 30,000 square feet. Mr. Larry Williams of the Cabarrus County Home Builders Association informed the Board that the Farmers Home Administration could not provide loans for property over one acre in size. Dr. Paul Gundlach, authority on noise levels, addressed the Board regarding the noise section of the proposed ordinance. He noted that the technical aspects of noise levels are difficult to understand and demonstrated how to read decibel levels using a typical Type II sound meter. UPON MOTION of Chairman Bonds, seconded by Commissioner Nash with Chairman Bonds and Commissioners Nash and Payne voting for and Commissioners Cook and Lentz voting against, the Board moved to lower the minimum lot size in the A-2 district to that of the ARR zone which was 50,000 square feet. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Nash, seconded by Commissioner Payne and unanimously carried, the Board voted to delete the word "nonconforming" in Section 5.7 Screening Nonconforming Salvage Yards and thereby requiring all salvage yards to be screened. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Payne, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board approved the addition of the following subsection in the proposed Zoning Ordinance 6.14 Continuance of Nonconforming Mobile Home Parks: Ail non- conforming uses of land without structures or minor structures on it for mobile home parks (those not granted a conditional use in accordance with the ordinance) may continue provided that the arrangement of the spaces is not altered and the number of spaces is not increased. In the absence of a plat recorded in the Cabarrus County Register of Deeds office prior to June 30, 1981, records in the Cabarrus County Tax Supervisor's office will be utilized as verification reflecting the number of lots the individual paid taxes on. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Cook, seconded by Commissioner Lentz and unanimously carried, the Board adopted all changes which had been recommended by the Board of Commissioners to the proposed Zoning Ordinance and Atlas certified to them by the Cabarrus County Planning Department. Ail changes are to be incorporated into the text of the proposed ordinance. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Nash, seconded by Commissioner Cook and unanimously carried, the Board moved that all changes made at this meeting of the Board of Commissioners be incorporated into the Zoning Ordinance. UPON MOTION of Chairman Bonds, seconded by Commissioner Nash with Chairman Bonds and Commissioners Nash, Cook, and Payne voting for and Commissioner Lentz voting against, the Board agreed to change sections of the M. S. Lyles 500-acre tract of land from the classification of A-I to I-1 and 1-2 and to change that section of land between Buff-Peach Orchard Road and Highway 73 West from A-I to C-4. Exact boundary lines for each zone are delineated on Sheet 5601 (Township 2) and Sheet 5601 (Township 4) of the official Zoning Atlas.