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Brunswick commissioners weigh stronger flood rules and a costly stormwater utility
Summary
Staff briefed commissioners on possible Flood Damage Prevention and stormwater ordinance changes, including wider riparian buffers and raising freeboard; legal limits from North Carolina—s Senate Bill 382 complicated options. Commissioners asked staff to return with specific amendments, UDO updates and feasibility costs for a stormwater utility.
County staff presented options for tightening Brunswick County—s floodplain and stormwater rules and outlined the legal limits that could constrain changes.
Neil (county staff) told the Board that the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance — originally adopted in 1986 — enables residents— participation in the National Flood Insurance Program and underpins eligibility for federal disaster grants. He described possible amendments including raising riparian buffers from 30 to 50 feet, keeping wetlands buffers intact, relocating stormwater ponds outside flood-buffer areas, and increasing design storms from the current 1-, 10- and 25-year standards to a 100-year, 24-hour sizing standard.
Bridget Flora…
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