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452 UPON MOTION of Commissioner Hamby, seconded by Chairman Carpenter and unanimously carried, the Board adopted the Cabarrus County Road Name and Address Display Ordinance with the deletion of the following sentence from Section 6(A): The record plat of any subdivision must show the address for each lot created and/or recorded. The Ordinance as adopted by the Board was as follows: THE CABARRUS COUNTY ROAD NAME AND ADDRESS DISPLAY ORDINANCE WHEREAS, Cabarrus County's, the City of Concord's, the City of Kannapolis', the Town of Harrisburg's, and the Town of Mt. Pleasant's emergency response agencies and Concord Telephone Company are working to provide a 911 emergency system with Automatic Location Indication (A.L.I.) capacity for the benefit and protection of the citizens of Gabarrus County, and WHEREAS, a comprehensive system of street and road addresses is a fundamental component of an E-911 System with A.L.I. capacity, and WHEREAS, the City of Kannapolis, Town of Harrisburg, and Town of Mt. Pleasant have adopted resolutions authorizing Cabarrus County to provide addressing services, WHEREAS, the targeted start-up date for the A.L.I. System is October 1,1992, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDAINED BY THE Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners: Section 1. Purpose and Intent The purpose and intent of this Ordinance is to provide a uniform system of road addresses for all properties and buildings throughout the County, and its municipalities, in order to facilitate provision of adequate public safety and emergency response services and to minimize difficulty in locating properties and buildings for public service agencies and the general public. Section 2. Definitions A) The following words and phrases when used in this Ordinance shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this Section. 1) BUILDING: A structure having a roof supported by columns or walls for the shelter, support or enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, or equipment. When separated by division walls from the ground up without openings, each portion of such building may be deemed a separate building. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the term "building" may also include other man-made structures. 2) DRIVEWAYS: A private way, beginning at the property line of a lot abutting a public road, private road, easement, or private right-of-way, giving access from that public road, recorded easement, recorded private road or right-of-way, and leading to a building, use or structure on that lot. A driveway may not serve more than a single lot unless it runs along a lot line shared by two lots. 3) ADDRESS COORDINATOR: The official of the Cabarrus County Planning, Zoning and Building inspection Department charged with the administration of this Ordinance, except in the City of Concord, including his authorized agent or delegate.