The purpose of this article is to establish minimum criteria to control and minimize quantitative and qualitative impacts of stormwater runoff from development within the county, a nutrient management program for new development in accordance with 15A NCAC 2B .0235 Neuse River Basin - Nutrient Sensitive Waters Management Strategy: Basinwide Stormwater Requirements and to establish regulations to provide additional protection within the environmentally sensitive area district (ES). Further, prudent site planning should include special consideration for the purposes of preserving natural drainageways, maximizing infiltration, and slowing stormwater runoff from individual sites en route to streams and rivers by use of effective runoff management, structural and nonstructural best management practices, drainage structures, and stormwater facilities.
(Ord. of 7-10-2000, § 9.1; Ord. of 1-2-2001, § 9.1)