How Can Local Governments in NC Change Stormwater Management Policy to Encourage Downtown Redevelopment and Improve Environmental Outcomes?
The most common stormwater policy structure across North Carolina local governments is for deveopers to bear full responsibility for stormwater best management practices construction and the associated costs, and for the subsequent property owners to bear full responsibility for operation and maintenance of best management practices. Options for improvements to the policy framework to solve these problems are constrained. This report offers recommendations to help local governments in North Carolina better address these issues.
Author(s): Aroha Bahuguna, Matthew Jentgen, Molly Ward and Gray Wilson
Published: April 2010