How Can Local Governments in NC Change Stormwater Management Policy to Encourage Downtown Redevelopment and Improve Environmental Outcomes?

Author(s): Aroha Bahuguna, Matthew Jentgen, Molly Ward and Gray Wilson

Published: April 2010

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We recommend that local governments in North Carolina adopt Alternative 3, off-site mitigation for stormwater, and Alternative 4, capital construction cost-sharing between the local government and developers in downtown areas.  If adopting Alternatives 3 and 4 is not feasible for a local government, then at a minimum it should adopt Alternative 1, which maintains the status quo policy structure but mandates that developers and property owners maintain an escrow account to fund operation and maintenance for stormwater best-management-practices (BMPs).