Environmental Rules in High Point, NC (2026)
4 verified environmental rules for High Point, North Carolina, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Stormwater Management
High Point regulates stormwater and drainage jurisdiction-wide under NPDES Phase II, and layers stricter watershed-protection standards, density limits, surface water buffers, and stormwater control measures, onto development within the City's water supply watersheds, including Oak Hollow Lake, City Lake, Oakdale Reservoir, and Randleman Lake.
High Point Stormwater & Watershed Protection Rules
Some RestrictionsHigh Point Development Ordinance § 6.2.2.B
The standards in this section apply to all land within the City of High Point's zoning jurisdiction, including both water supply watersheds and non-water supply watersheds. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Phase II stormwater regulations also apply jurisdiction-wide and are overlaid by districts that regulate development in water supply watersheds...
Erosion Control
No one may start land-disturbing work in High Point exceeding 1 acre, or meeting other triggers like highly erodible soils, without a City-approved soil erosion and sedimentation control plan and a land disturbance permit issued under Development Ordinance § 2.5.10.
High Point Soil Erosion & Sediment Control
Some RestrictionsHigh Point Development Ordinance § 6.3.1.A.1
Unless exempted by this section, no person shall initiate any land-disturbing activity without a soil erosion and sedimentation control plan and a land disturbance permit in accordance with Section 2.5.10, Land Disturbance Permit, if the land-disturbing activity: (a) Exceeds 1 acre (lands under one ownership or diverse lands being developed as a unit shall be aggregated)...
Flood Zones
Any development within High Point's mapped special flood hazard areas, inside the city limits and its extraterritorial jurisdiction across all four counties, needs a floodplain development permit before work starts, per FEMA flood maps adopted for Guilford, Davidson, Forsyth, and Randolph counties.
High Point Floodplain Development Permit
Some RestrictionsHigh Point Development Ordinance § 6.4.1.A, C
This section shall apply to development in all special flood hazard areas within the corporate limits and ETJ of the City of High Point.B.Basis for Establishing Special Flood Hazard Areas The special flood hazard areas are those identified under the Cooperating Technical State (CTS) agreement between the State of North Carolina and FEMA in its Flood Insurance Study (FIS) and its accompanying Fl...
Flood Elevation Requirements
In High Point's Zone AO shallow-flooding areas, new construction must elevate its reference level to the FIRM depth number plus 2 feet of freeboard above the highest adjacent grade, or at least 2 feet above grade if no depth number is mapped.
High Point Flood Elevation Freeboard Rule
Some RestrictionsHigh Point Development Ordinance § 6.4.3.F.1
The reference level shall be elevated at least as high as the depth number specified on the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), in feet, plus a freeboard of 2 feet, above the highest adjacent grade; or at least 2 feet above the highest adjacent grade if no depth number is specified;2.Nonresidential structures may, in-lieu of elevation, be floodproofed to the same level as required by subsection F....
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