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Mooresville board considers consolidated stormwater ordinance, tighter penalties and escrow change
Summary
Town staff proposed combining two stormwater code chapters into one, updating statute-driven escrow rules, tightening illicit-discharge penalties, clarifying inspection and HOA responsibilities and adding a formal variance process.
Mooresville staff presented a proposal to consolidate and update the town’s stormwater code, combining two existing chapters (24B and 25) into a single chapter and making several statute- and audit-driven changes.
The town’s stormwater planner, Allison Craft, told the Board of Commissioners the consolidation would make the rules easier to find and clarify requirements for developers, property owners and the town. She said the updates respond to changes in state law, recommendations from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) and opportunities to improve clarity for users of the code.
Craft said one statutory change prohibits the town’s prior practice of accepting a single…
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