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Brunswick County schedules public hearing on stormwater ordinance updates after staff proposes NOAA-based rainfall data and larger buffers
Summary
County staff proposed updating the stormwater manual to use NOAA Atlas 14 rainfall data, add a 100‑year design requirement for some projects, increase riparian buffers from 30 to 50 feet, and create a 20‑foot wetland buffer. The board agreed to set a public hearing for Nov. 17, 2025.
Brunswick County commissioners voted to schedule a public hearing on proposed updates to the county’s stormwater manual and ordinance, after staff outlined changes intended to bring design standards up to current precipitation data and to strengthen protections for streams and wetlands.
Bridget Flora, the county’s stormwater presenter, told the board the county’s design rainfall numbers date to 2002 and staff recommends replacing them with NOAA Atlas 14 values, which provide location-specific, historically based precipitation frequency data. "NOAA Atlas…
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