A chapter, in pursuance of the authority granted by the legislature of the State of North Carolina, in Chapter 153A, Art. 6 § 121, General Ordinance Authority; and in Chapter 143, Art. 21, Watershed Protection Rules, for the purposes of promoting the public health, safety, and general welfare of its citizenry; to provide for the establishment of watershed regulations within a portion of Pasquotank County where waters flow directly to the Pasquotank River (WS-IV, Pasquotank River Basin) above the potable water intake for the City of Elizabeth City defined by the state to be critical or protected areas; such regulations which stipulate the density and intensity of residential, commercial and industrial development use of stormwater controls, stream buffers, sludge/contaminated soil applications, septic/on-site disposal systems, landfills, agricultural vegetative buffers, roads/transportation systems and recreational activities; to prescribe procedures for applying for approval of development, vested rights, and appeals; to provide for administration and enforcement including establishment of a Watershed Board with duties prescribed in this chapter; and to supersede any ordinances in conflict with this chapter.
(Ord. passed 5-16-1994; Ord. passed 7-15-2002)