(A) A legal description of the area containing any engineered stormwater control(s) shall be prepared and filed as a separate deed with the Craven County Register of Deeds within 30 business days of completion of the engineered stormwater control(s), along with any easements necessary for general access to the engineered stormwater control(s). The deeded area shall include sufficient area to perform inspections, maintenance, repairs, and reconstruction of the engineered stormwater control(s). The deeded area shall include, but is not limited to, detention ponds, vegetative filters, all pipes and water control structures, berms, and dikes. For those measures where stormwater temporarily or permanently ponds, any easement shall be located outside of the anticipated 100-year flood elevation. Any engineered stormwater control must be located either on the same property on which the development activity occurs or on an adjoining property with a recorded engineered stormwater control easement of the owner of the adjoining property.
(B) Deed recordation and indications on plat. The applicable Operations and Maintenance Agreement pertaining to every engineered stormwater control shall be referenced on the final plat and shall be recorded with the county Register of Deeds upon final plat approval. If no subdivision plat is recorded for the site, then the Operations and Maintenance Agreement shall be recorded with the County Register of Deeds so as to appear in the chain of title of all subsequent purchasers under generally accepted searching principles.
(1989 Code, § 17-9) (Ord. 01-02, passed 4-23-2001; Ord. 23-O-07, passed 4-10-2023)