Planning board approves amendment to drainage-easement rules, shortens required widths

Nov 19, 2025

The Currituck County Planning Board approved a staff-initiated text amendment clarifying that required maintenance-access drainage easements must be dedicated to the county and reducing the required easement width along major conveyance systems from 50 to 25 feet.

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The Currituck County Planning Board on Aug. 10 approved a staff-initiated amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance that narrows required maintenance-access drainage easements and requires those easements to be dedicated to the county.

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