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Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant is located eight miles east of the City of Concord by Highway 73, approximately twenty miles west of Albemarle along Highway 73, and approximately thirty-five miles northeast of Uptown Charlotte via Highway 49. Highway 49 is thc primary corridor for most traffic throughout eastern Cabarms County as it is a primary north-south route between Charlotte and Asheboro. The two major arteries in the Town are Highway 73, which becomes Franklin Street in the Town limits and serves as the east-west corridor and Main Street which is the north-south corridor. These two roads carry the bulk of the commercial and residential traffic within Mount Pleasant and are venues to the fine historic properties found in the Town. Mount Pleasant has subdivision and zoning authority inside the Town limits as well as in its extraterritorial jurisdiction. The town has an established Planning and Zoning Board that has the authority to make final decisions on applications for rezonings and subdivisions. The Town Council adopts the land development regulations for the Town of Mount Pleasant. The Caharrus County Planning Services Division administers these regulations by an annual contract with the Town. POPULATION AND HOUSING GROWTH Eastern Cabarrus County The eastern planning area, while not the fastest growing in the County, did have a significant rate of growth between 1990 and 2000. Overall the population in the eastern portion of the county increased by 20.4% or added just better than 2000 new residents. This rate of growth was higher than much of the core areas of Concord and Kannapolis. During the same time period, 886 new housing units were added to the planning area. This is an increase of 24.8%. The planning areas 1990 and 2000 population and housing figures are presented in Table 1 below. Table 1 - Population and Housing Figures for Eastern Cabarrus County Year Population Housing Units 1990 9,926 3,731 2000 11,954 4,617