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Council adopts Phase 2 stormwater amendments, raising permit trigger to 0.5 acre outside downtown
Summary
The Black Mountain Town Council adopted Phase 2 amendments to the town’s post‑construction stormwater ordinance, changing how projects trigger town stormwater permits and clarifying inspection and maintenance responsibilities.
The Black Mountain Town Council adopted Phase 2 amendments to the town’s post‑construction stormwater ordinance, changing how projects trigger town stormwater permits and clarifying inspection and maintenance responsibilities.
Planning and stormwater staff said the town’s existing ordinance created an administrative burden by applying strict requirements to many small, single‑family projects. The revised ordinance replaces an impervious‑surface threshold with a disturbance threshold: projects that disturb one half acre or more will now trigger a town stormwater permit in…
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