Jacksonville, NC Environmental Rules: Stormwater Management (2026)

Chapter 28, Article II, the Phase II Stormwater Ordinance, requires a permit for all development and redevelopment in the City of Jacksonville, North Carolina, unless exempt under Sec. 28-105, which excuses projects that cumulatively disturb less than one acre and are not part of a larger common plan of development or sale. The Stormwater Administrator, designated by the city manager under Sec. 28-201, reviews complete applications within sixty days under Sec. 28-202 and can approve, approve with conditions, or disapprove them. High-density projects must meet the numeric design standards of Sec.

28-303: control and treat runoff from the first inch of rain, or one and one-half inches for projects subject to the Coastal Area Management Act, with drawdown times of no less than forty-eight and no more than one hundred twenty hours, and structural treatment systems must remove at least eighty-five percent of Total Suspended Solids annually. Low-density projects must keep built-upon area at least thirty feet from perennial and intermittent surface waters under Sec. 28-302. The program is funded through a separate stormwater management utility: Sec.

28-7 bills most parcels one equivalent residential unit for every 2,850 square feet of impervious surface, with no charge for parcels under 400 square feet of impervious area. A permit holder may appeal an administrator's decision to the city manager within thirty days under Sec. 28-205, with further review by the Superior Court through a certiorari petition. Sec. 28-308 layers extra pollutant-control duties, including pet waste cleanup, on projects draining to shellfish (SA) waters.