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Staff urges rules for small‑lot infill and recommends survey for historic floodplain building
Summary
Town staff presented options to limit impervious surface on small lots, reported about 628 lots under one‑eighth acre, and recommended ordering a flood-elevation survey and FEMA/insurance coordination before renovating a 100‑year‑old floodplain building; staff proposed work to be routed through the planning board and the UDO process.
Town staff and a hired consultant presented two linked issues the council asked them to address: (1) how to manage infill development on very small lots so cumulative impervious surface does not increase downstream stormwater problems, and (2) the condition and options for a 100‑year‑old town building that sits in a mapped floodplain.
Michelle (town staff) told the council that Black Mountain now has hundreds of small lots — staff count approximately 628 parcels smaller than one‑eighth of an acre — and that the town’s current code does not set a percentage limit on impervious surface for those parcels. She presented options: add a percentage limit on built‑upon area in chapter 4 of the land‑use code, add or tighten landscaping requirements in chapter 8, or apply other targeted text amendments. Staff asked the council for direction to…
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