ENHANCE URBAN STORMWATER MANAGEMENT.

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View NCGA Bill Details2023-2024 Session
House Bill 511 (Public) Filed Tuesday, March 28, 2023
AN ACT TO ENHANCE THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT TOOLKIT AVAILABLE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS BY CLARIFYING CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS.
Intro. by Loftis, Blackwell, T. Brown.

Status: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House action) (Apr 27 2023)
H 511

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Apr 27 2023 - View Summary

    House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes. Amends GS 143-214.7(b3) (pertaining to stormwater runoff rules) to specify that stormwater runoff rules and programs may require owners of private property that does not include small scale residential development to install new or increased stormwater controls when a preexisting development is redeveloped if the redevelopment will result in (1) land disturbance, as that term is defined under GS 113A-52(6), of more than 50% of the tract on which the redevelopment is to occur or (2) an increase of more than 50% of the impervious surface on the tract to be redeveloped.


  • Summary date: Mar 28 2023 - View Summary

    Amends GS 143-214.7(b3) (pertaining to stormwater runoff rules) to specify that stormwater runoff rules and programs cannot require owners of private property that includes small scale residential development to install new or increased stormwater controls for preexisting development or for redevelopment activities that do not remove or decrease existing stormwater controls. (Currently, statute does not include small scale residential development.) Defines small scale residential development to mean single-family homes, townhomes, and multiunit residential with four or fewer units.