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457 <br /> <br />maintain and promote healthy growth. Any dead plants shall be <br />replaced promptly with a plant of the same variety and size of <br />the remaining plants. <br /> <br />C. With natural screen planting, a strip of at least ten (10) feet in <br />width shall be reserved for this purpose. Planting screens shall <br />consist of plants at least three (3) feet high when planted and <br />maintained in a healthy condition, and pruned so as to provide maximum <br />opacity from the ground to a height of six (6) feet. Trees and shrubs <br />shall be of an evergreen nature (such as scotch pine, holly, or red <br />tip photinia), and shall be arranged in a minimum of one (1) planted <br />row with distance between plants being no more than ten (10) feet. <br />Trees and shrubs shall be of a nature that an average height of six <br />(6) feet could be expected as normal growth within two (2) years from <br />time of planting. Where intense shade or soil conditions would prevent <br />adequate plant growth, a wooden fence or masonry wall may be allowed <br />without plantings. Design in that case shall be subject to the approval <br />of the Zoning Board of Adjustment in order to assure compatibility <br />with adjacent land uses. <br /> <br />D. In cases of unusual circumstances where screening is provided by <br />existing natural or man-made features, and in which installation and <br />maintenance of walls, fences, or natural planting would serve no <br />screening purpose, the Zoning Board of Adjustment is hereby empowered <br />to waive requirements for screening provided that the spirit and <br />intent of this ordinance, and any provisions pertaining to screening <br />are adhered to. The provisions and screening requirements of this <br />ordinance shall be applicable to every lot with respect to a "Certificate <br />of Zoning Compliance" for any new structure or use hereafter approved. <br /> <br /> The Chairman stated that The Cabarrus County Industrial Facilities and <br />Pollution Control Financing Authority (hereinafter sometimes called the <br />"Authority") has adopted a resolution expressing its intention to issue <br />industrial revenue bonds and authorizing the execution and delivery of a <br />Memorandum of Inducement and Intent pertaining to the financing of an <br />industrial project for Craftsmen Fabrics Industries, Incorporated, a North <br />Carolina corporation (the "Company"). The Company proposes to finance the <br />acquisition of approximately 12 acres of land (the "Land"), the rehabili- <br />tation and renovation of an existing manufacturing building containing <br />approximately 110,000 square feet of space and located on the Land at 200 <br />Manor Avenue, Concord, North Carolina (the "Existing Building"), the <br />construction on the Land of a building addition to the Existing Building <br />containing approximately 60,000 square feet of space (the "Addition"), and <br />the acquisition and installation in the Existing Building and the Addition <br />of certain new machinery and equipment (the "Equipment"; the Land, the <br />Existing Building, the Addition and the Equipment hereinafter collectively <br />called the "Project"), all to be used by the Company in the dyeing and <br />finishing of circular knit fabric and related products. Pursuant to the <br />Memorandum of Inducement and Intent, the Authority has requested that all <br />or a portion of the cost of the Project be financed by issuance of <br />industrial revenue bonds of the Authority in an aggregate principal amount <br />not to exceed $4,000,000. Copies of the resolution of the Authority and <br />the Memorandum of Inducement and Intent were submitted to the Board. <br /> The Chairman stated that since the application of the Authority for <br />approval of the Project cannot, under regulations of the North Carolina <br />Department of Commerce, be officially received until, among other things, a <br />public hearing is held on the Project and until the Board approves the <br />Project in principle, the Authority has recommended and requested that the <br />Board hold a public hearing on the Project. The Chairman then stated that <br />notice of such public hearing had been published at least fourteen (14) <br />days prior to the date of this meeting in a newspaper of general circulation <br />in Cabarrus County. <br /> Thereupon, Commissioner Melvin moved that the Board proceed to hold a <br />public hearing on the Project and the issuance of industrial revenue bonds <br />of the Authority to finance the Project. The motion was seconded by <br />Commissioner Hamby and was unanimously adopted. <br /> At 7:25 o'clock, P.M., the Chairman announced that the Board would <br />hear anyone who wished to be heard on the advisability of the Project and <br />the issuance of industrial revenue bonds to finance the Project and that a <br />representative of the Authority was present and was prepared to discuss the <br />details concerning the Project and bond issue. <br /> <br /> <br />