Stedman, NC Environmental Rules: Stormwater Management (2026)

1(f)(1), part of the street design article, requires the subdivider to install an adequate drainage system meeting good engineering practices and either North Carolina Department of Transportation or Town of Stedman standards, whichever applies. That system must remove all surface water without damaging street right-of-way or adjacent properties, avoid creating conditions that breed insects, and get approval from the Town Engineer before construction; subsection (2) extends the same approval requirement to every culvert and pipe drain, per the September 7, 2006 amendment. 3(c) then addresses watercourses specifically: while a developer is constructing, preparing, arranging or installing subdivision improvements along a watercourse, they must keep the watercourse unobstructed and clear its channel and banks of debris, logs, timber, junk and other natural accumulations that could, in a flood, clog or dam the downstream flow of water.

That subsection carves out an exception for appropriately sized storm water drains, culverts, bridges, levee systems or levee closure structures, which are not treated as stream obstructions. Curb inlets on streets built under the ordinance are capped at 500 feet apart unless the Town Engineer approves otherwise, tying the street-level drainage design directly back to the Engineer's sign-off.