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32 the UDO Steering Committee and the municipalities finalize all changes to the UDO prior to the Board voting on the proposed ordinance. The Board took no action concerning Commissioner Privette's proposal. Mr. Marshall and Ms. Kelly Sifford, Senior Planner, reviewed the items listed on the ~UDO Master List of Recommended Changes (After Sept. 15, 2000)" and responded to questions by the Board about specific issues on the list. This list included recommended changes for all versions of' the UDO along with recommended changes for the Kannapolis, Concord and Cabarrus County versions. Also, the list highlighted the key items and recommended .changes to be discussed by the Steering Committee. Issues discussed by the Board included the role of the Zoning Administrator, sidewalks, neighborhood meetings, density of the Agriculture (AG) District, home occupations, conditional use rezoning, sign regulations, location of churches, connectivity ratio, etc. UPON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Chairman Fennel and unanimously carried, the Board deferred action on the proposed Unified Development Ordinance until the next meeting on March 19, 2001, with recommendations from the Steering Committee and the Town of Harrisburg at that time. NEW BUSINESS Amendment to Noise Ordinance Re~ulatin~ Fireworks Displays - Public Hearing - 6,~0 p.m. At 8:25 P.M., Chairman Fennel opened the public hearing on the proposed revision to the Cabarrus County Noise Ordinane (Article II, Chapter 30 of the Code of Ordinances) to regulate the time of day that fireworks displays are held. The Notice of the Public Hearing was published in THE INDEPENDENT TRIBUNE and THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER (Cabarrus Neighbors) on February 8, 2001. There was no present to address the Board, and Chairman Fennel closed the public hearing. Chairman Fennel made a motion, seconded by .Vice Chairman Carruth, to adopt the revised Noise Ordinance to include a provision to prohibit the display of fireworks after 9:00 p.m. on Sunday through Thursday and after 11:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday,. with an exception for New Year's Eve, when fireworks may be displayed until 12:45 a.m. on New Year's Day. Mr. Joe Schlatter, reporter with THE INDEPENDENT TRIBUNE, questioned the display of fireworks on the Fourth of July. UPON AMENDED MOTION of Chairman Fennel, seconded by Commissioner Privette and unanimously carried, the Board agreed to amend the Noise Ordinance to prohibit the display of fireworks after 9:00 p.m. on Sunday through Thursday and after 11:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, with an exception for New Year's Eve, when fireworks may be displayed until 12:45 a.m. on New Year's Day and for an exception to permit fireworks to be displayed until 11:00 p.m. on the Fourth of July. The revised Noise Ordinance (Article II, Chapter 30 of the Code of Ordinances) as adopted by the Board is as follows: Ordinance No. 2001-01 BE IT ORDAINED that Article II,. Chapter 30 of the Cabarrus County North Carolina Code of Ordinances is amended to read as follows: ARTICLE II. NOISE Sec. 30-26. Penalty for violation of article. Any person violating the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished in accordance with section 1-7. (Ord. of 6-7-82, § 2) Sec. 30-27. Enumeration of prohibited acts. (a) Subject to the provisions of this article, the creation of any unreasonable loud, disturbing and unnecessary noise of such character as would be a detriment to public health, comfort, safety, welfare and prosperity of the residents of the county is prohibited.