TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Adam Lindsay, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Sheila Thomas-Ambat, Public Services Director
Byron Reeves, Assistant Public Services Director
DATE: October 3, 2022
RE:
Title
Water Supply Watershed Management and Protection Proposed Text Amendments
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
All
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 3: High Quality Built Environment
Goal 4: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
Executive Summary:
Staff seeks concurrence from City Council and request City Council to set a Public Hearing for comments on proposed text amendments for Chapter 29 of the City's Code of Ordinances, Water Supply Watershed Management and Protection.
Proposed amendments are presented in conjunction with the Fayetteville Public Works Commission's request to update the Ordinance to improve clarity, mirror the State's model Water Supply Watershed Management Ordinance, and increase runoff control requirements in the identified WS-IV Critical Area (WS-IV-AC).
Background:
The N.C. Environmental Management Commission and the Department of Environmental Quality have administered a Water Supply Protection Program since 1986. Initially, the program was administered voluntarily by counties and municipalities pursuing measures to protect their water supplies. The measures included limitations on the number and type of wastewater discharges allowed in the water supply watersheds. These limits were administered by the then Division of Water Quality, and in turn, local governments would adopt and enforce land use control ordinances to protect surface waters from stormwater runoff.
Division staff worked with local governments in determining the location of all surface water intakes and existing land use within the water supply watersheds. This information, in conjunction with information on the types and location of wastewater discharges, was used to determine the appropriate classificat...
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