Greenville, NC Environmental Rules: Stormwater Management (2026)

City Code § 8-3-1 establishes the stormwater management utility as its own fiscal and accounting fund, dedicated to protecting water quality by controlling pollutant levels and the quantity and flow of stormwater across the city's structural and natural drainage systems. Section 8-3-4 extends that jurisdiction to the corporate limits and any area annexed into the city.

The billing method is set in § 8-3-5(B): the area of 2,000 square feet of impervious surface or any fraction thereof is the basis of one Equivalent Rate Unit, calculated from a citywide analysis of impervious surface. Section 8-3-6(A)(1) caps detached single-family residential property at four Equivalent Rate Units regardless of how much impervious area the lot actually has, and exempts any detached single-family lot with fewer than 200 square feet of impervious surface from the charge entirely; the same 200-square-foot floor applies to commercial, industrial, institutional, and other nonresidential properties under § 8-3-6(A)(2), which are billed for the full number of rate units their impervious coverage generates with no four-unit cap.

Section 8-3-7 puts the collection mechanics in place: a billing becomes delinquent 60 days after the billing date and then accrues the same penalty rate the city applies to delinquent property taxes. A customer who disputes a bill has 60 days from the charge to appeal in writing to the Director of Engineering, with a further appeal available to the City Manager, whose decision is final. Revenues stay walled off in the Stormwater Management Enterprise Fund under § 8-3-8 and cannot be diverted to general city purposes.