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Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance Chapter 1- General Provisions everywhere within the corporate limits ,r extraterritorial planning areas of any municipality that has adopted a resolution authorizing the Ordinance to be applicable within such mbmirsipality Section 1 -4 Bona fide farms exempt The provisions of this Ordinance shall not affect bona fide farms, owner - operated or leased, but any - +se-Af farm property used for non -farm purposes shall be subject to the provisions of this Ordinance. For purposes of this Ordinance, ; "^^; fi^'^ faFM is aRy O . `...... -1 _ _Y r ........ -`., ....... �.. � . _ ... ............ ..... .................. see Chapter 2, Rules of Construction and Definitions, for the definition of a Bona Fidr Farm. Section 1 -5 Re- enactment and repeal of existing zoning Ordinance This Ordinance carries forward by enactment some of the provisions of the prior Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance, originally adopted February 2, 1982, and as subsequently amended ( "^ " ^i^ " ^fe -Fred ' W as the pFieF e F fe Fme -" ^" ^'i^;^^^ The "1982 Ordinance as Amended" or the "Prior Ordinance "). It is not the intention to fully repeal The 1982 Ordinance as Amended, but rather to re -enact and continue in force several provisions of the such Ordinance so that all rights and liabilities that have accrued thereunder are preserved and may be enforced under this Ordinance. Other provisions of the prieF that Ordinance as °b ilaseg ieRtl y ameRde that are not re- enacted hpreap or vested according to the following provisions are hereby repealed. Section 1 -6 Vesting Recognizing that it is necessary and desirable as a matter of public policy to: 1. provide for the establishment of certain vested rights in order to ensure reasonable certainty, stability, and fairness in the land use planning process, 2. secure the reasonable expectations of landowners, and foster cooperation between the public and private sectors in the area of land - use planning, a vesting process is described through which the pF i Q zoning districts and schedule of uses < the 1982 Ordinance as Amended, may be claimed to secure either a zoning permit, a building permit or to seek an established vested right as described in Sections 1 -7, 1 -8, and 1 -9. T his YestiR heFela y Fepealed Except as specifically granted by this Ordinance, the vesting provisions of the Prior Ordinance are repealed. Section 1 -7 Vesting process during transition period Chapter 1 Page 2 of 6 Attachment number 2 G -4 Page 226