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"REVISED" SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS FOR CABARRUS COUNTY Approved by Cabarrus County Planning Board September 17, 1986 Approved on Second Reading by Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners January 5, 1987 ARTICLE I TITLE, PURPOSE, AUTHORITY, AND COMPLIANCE SECTION 1.1 TITLE This ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the Cabarrus County Sub- division Regulations, and may be referred as the Subdivision Regulations or Ordinance. SECTION 1.2 PURPOSE The procedures and standards for the development and subdivision of real property for residential, industrial, institutional, or commercial purposes and the surveying and platting thereof, as adopted and prescribed in this Ordinance, are hereby found by the Board of Commissioners of Cabarrus County to be necessary and appropriate in order to aid in promoting the orderly develop- ment of the county and safeguard conditions essential to public health, safety, and the general welfare; to provide space for safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations within Cabarrus County; to promote the eventual elimination of unsafe and unsanitary conditions arising from the overcrowding and concen- tration of population, improper planning, lack of proper light, air and space, unsafe or unsanitary design and arrangements, lack of sanitary facilities, and existence of conditions which endanger life or property by fire or other causes; to provide for suitable neighborhoods with adequate streets, utilities and appropriate building sites; to save unnecessary expenditures of public funds by reserving space for public lands and buildings and by initial proper construction of streets and utilities; to provide for economical and sufficient streets with adequate width and with proper alignment and grade for the coordi- nation of utilities, streets and highways within proposed subdivisions with existing or planned streets and highways and other public facilities; and to provide proper land records for the convenience of the public and for better identification and permanent location of real property boundaries. SECTION 1.3 AUTHORITY AND JURISDICTION This ordinance is adopted under the authority of Chapter 153A, Article 18, Part 2 of the General Statutes of North Carolina. On and after the date of adoption, these regulations shall govern each and every subdivision of land within Cabarrus County and outside the jurisdiction of any incorporated munici- pality. However, this ordinance may also regulate territory within the sub- division regulation jurisdiction of any municipality whose governing body by resolution agrees to such regulation provided, however, that any such governing body may, upon six months written notice, withdraw its approval of these County Regulations, and those regulations shall not have further effect within the municipality's jurisdiction. SECTION 1.4 COMPLIANCE WITH ORDINANCE REQUIRED Pursuant to G.S. 153A-332 unless otherwise noted, no real property within the jurisdiction of this ordinance shall be subdivided or a plat thereof recorded until a preliminary and final plat have been reviewed and approved by the Cabarrus Planning Board as provided hereinafter. Plans of group developments for housing, commercial, industrial, or other uses, or for any combination of uses shall be submitted in the same manner as other plats for review by the Planning Board. ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS SECTION 2.1 "SUBDIVISION" DEFINED A "subdivision" shall include all divisions of a tract or parcel of land into two or more lots, building sites, or other divisions for the purpose of sale,