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454 industrial and related uses and is designed to accommodate all but the most obnoxious industries; however, industries permitted by right are required to minimize their emission of smoke, dust, fumes, glare, noise, and vibrations. Whenever possible, this zoning district should be separated from residential areas by natural or structural features such as sharp breaks in topography, strips of vegetation, or traffic arteries. This district shall be located adjacent to and/or with direct access to thoroughfare streets. In no case would industry be located in such a manner as to penetrate a residential neighborhood unit with industrial-commercial traffic. I-2/SU Heavy Industrial Special Use District Identical to the I-2 District except that a Special Use Permit is required as a prerequisite to any use or development. U. .I-X Existing Industrial District This district is designed to provide a district to be used to recognize some existing industrial-commercial structures with an assessed valuation of four thousand dollars ($4,000) or more which, because of their nature, extend and/or location, do not meet the criteria of other districts and the objectives of the Comprehensive Plan or portion thereof, but which would be inappropriate for designation as nonconformities. It shall be applied only to uses which do not have adverse impacts beyond the lot occupied by the industrial-commercial use and also to only those uses located in the agricultural zones. This district shall not be used to control new development and thus, shall not be entertained by the Board of County Commissioners for application to the zoning atlas after initial adoption of this ordinance. 10,1 Intent. Just as a community is an evolving, changing entity, so must be the land use classification system ordering it. Beginning July 23, 1990, the Cabarrus County Planning and Zoning Department will implement a county-wide reassessment of land use and its existing zoning categories. Such periodic reassessments, occurring at 5-year intervals, will be an effort to both direct county-wide growth and correct existing land use problems. Whether or not land is reclassified into a different land use category will be the end result of a public dialogue meshing citizen preference with solid community planning principles. In addition to the methodical county-wide assessment described above, the county's land use classification system, both text and map, may continue to be amended on a case by case basis. Accordingly, it is the intent of this section to carefully set forth both the process and its requirements. 10,2 Definitions, The following definitions are set forth to promote clarity. (i) Text, Refers to those written rules, requirements, etc., known commonly as The Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance, (ii) Atlas, Refers to the official zoning maps bearing the zoning district categories parcel by parcel throughout the County. Maintained in the office of the Zoning Administrator, Planning and Zoning Department, Cabarrus County Governmental Center. (iii) General Zoning District, Any of the basic zoning districts created by Section 2 of this Ordinance. (iv) Special Use Zoning District ("SU" District). A floating zoning district created only at the request of a property owner, built upon one of the general districts described above, and developed as set forth in an approved development plan. (v) Development Plan. A conceptual design, layout and/or configuration (including conditions) depicting proposed land usage of property. This plan is used when affixing ~SU~ zoning districts status to a property. 10,3 Amending the Zoning Ordinance, Text and Atlas. Amendments may be made to: 1. correct an error in text or atlas, 2. change the regulations of the text, 3. extend the boundary of an existing zoning district because of changed or changing conditions in a particular area, or 4. rezone property from one zoning category to another (general or special). 10,4 Initiation of Amendments. Amendments may be initiated as follows: 1. To the text: -by the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners. -by the Cabarrus County Planning Board and Staff.