Environmental Rules in Gastonia, NC (2026)
3 verified environmental rules for Gastonia, North Carolina, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Stormwater Management
Gastonia requires a stormwater permit before any site plan, subdivision, or grading application moves forward unless the project qualifies as low-density or is exempt farm or forestry activity. City Code Chapter 14, Article VI, Division 4 sets the permit process, design standards, and penalties, administered by the stormwater administrator in the public works department under authority the city adopted in 2007.
Gastonia Stormwater Management Permit Rules
Some RestrictionsGastonia, NC Code of Ordinances § 14-731(c)
Beginning with and subsequent to its effective date, this division shall be applicable to all development, including, but not limited to, site plan applications, subdivision applications, and grading applications, unless exempt pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, exemptions, below. No development for which a permit is required pursuant to this division shall occur except in compliance w...
Erosion Control
Gastonia has no separate municipal erosion ordinance; instead Sec. 16-237 adopts Gaston County's Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control ordinance in its entirety as city law. The county measure, and every later amendment to it, applies automatically inside city limits, with a copy kept on file at the Gastonia city clerk's office.
Gastonia Erosion and Sediment Control Rule
Some RestrictionsGastonia City Code § 16-237
The article entitled "Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control for Gaston County" adopted November 14, 2002 and amended March 13, 2003, to become effective April 1, 2003, is hereby adopted in its entirety as an ordinance of the city. All subsequent amendments thereto shall be likewise effective and enforceable in the city. A copy of said ordinance and all amendments thereto shall be kept in the o...
Flood Zones
Any stormwater control measure Gastonia developers place inside a floodplain needs sign-off from both the stormwater administrator and the city's Floodplain Manager before construction. Sec. 14-738(c)(1)(viii) folds federal "no-rise" floodway protection into the city's post-construction stormwater ordinance, requiring a licensed engineer's design and peak-runoff control for the 100-year and two-year storms.
Gastonia Floodplain Stormwater Control Standard
Some RestrictionsGastonia, NC Code of Ordinances § 14-738(c)(1)(viii)
The implementation of a stormwater control measure in a floodplain will have the following parameters: (1) prior approval from both the stormwater administrator and the City of Gastonia's Floodplain Manager, (2) the SCM must be designed by a North Carolina Board licensed Professional Engineer, (3) the stormwater control measure will meet the floodplain "no-rise" restrictions, (4) control of pea...
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