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A. Stream buffer and floodplain limitations
1. Land within a stream buffer shall not be used to meet the minimum area
requirements for lots that are one acre or less.
2. If a lot is greater than one acre in area, the buffer area may be used to meet the
minimum lot size requirements, however, at least 50 percent of the lot shall remain
outside the stream buffer area. For additional stream buffer requirements see
Chapter 4, Waterbody Buffer Zone.
3. When a lot is proposed that is subject to flooding and has regulated floodplain as
part of the lot, usable area located outside of the regulated floodplain must be a
minimum of 2500 square feet.
4. No new lots located entirely within the floodplain shall be approved.
5. All development on parcels with regulated floodplain are subject to the Cabarrus
County Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance. See Chapter 15.
B. Utilities and Stormwater
1. To the maximum extent determined feasible, utilities in open space subdivisions
and non-residential development shall be placed underground.
2. Proposed developments in unincorporated Cabarrus County are subject to Phase 2
Post -Construction and Soil and Erosion Control permitting with the North Carolina
Department of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources.
3. When existing vegetation is proposed to be used to meet the landscape buffering
requirements, stormwater and erosion control meausures may not extend into, or
be located in, the landscape buffer area. The buffer area is to remain undisturbed
but for the installation of supplemental planting (if needed).