Alamance County, NC Building Safety: Building Permits (2026)

8 of the UDO bars any building or built-upon area from being erected, moved, enlarged or structurally altered, and bars any building permit from issuing or any change of use of a building or land, until the Watershed Administrator in the Administrative Services Department has issued a Watershed Protection Permit. The section repeats the rule for the State Building Code directly, stating that no permit required under the North Carolina State Building Code shall be issued for any activity until a Watershed Protection Permit is issued.

Single-family residential development is carved out and does not need the Watershed Protection Permit. 3. Once issued, a Watershed Protection Permit expires if the applicant has not obtained a Building Permit or a Watershed Protection Occupancy Permit within twelve months. A separate Watershed Protection Occupancy Permit, applied for at the same time as the protection permit, must be issued or denied within ten days after the Inspections Department approves construction, and no altered or newly erected building may be occupied until that occupancy permit is granted. If the Administrator denies the occupancy permit, the denial must be delivered to the applicant in writing with the stated reasons.