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Whiteville council approves consistency finding for stormwater text amendment after public concern over runoff
Summary
Council approved a consistency statement for a proposed text amendment to the city stormwater ordinance requested by Whiteville City Schools; public commenters raised concerns about flooding, existing infrastructure and whether the change would apply to existing businesses.
A public hearing and subsequent council action at the Whiteville City Council meeting addressed a text amendment request from Whiteville City Schools to change the city stormwater ordinance’s threshold for nonresidential expansions.
City planning staff said the amendment would alter the city’s stormwater rules so that nonresidential properties that expand impervious surface to 20,000 square feet would be required to obtain a stormwater permit and install retention or detention facilities. Under current local rules, staff said, the threshold in some contexts had been 10,000 square feet; state rules requiring a plan when a project disturbs one acre also apply. The planner said, “This will pertain to all to existing commercial development. . . if anything is nonresidential, and they wish to expand that impervious surface to 20,000 square feet, that would be required to…
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