2030 Comprehensive Land Use Plan - Pitt County Government

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Natural GasPiedmont Natural Gas and the Greenville Utilities Commission supply natural gas within PittCounty. These suppliers serve Greenville, Winterville, Ayden, Farmville, Grifton, and thePactolus/Grimesland area.Piedmont Natural Gas (PNG) supplies natural gas to Pitt County via a 4” high-pressuretransmission line, which runs east-west through the central portion of the County (Farmvillethrough Greenville to the Pactolus/Grimesland area). PNG also distributes gas in the Farmvillearea to residential and commercial customers. Greenville Utilities Commission receives gasfrom PNG and distributes gas in the Greenville area.The Greenville Utilities Commission system includes over 1,016 miles of pipeline across 88square miles of land, and serves 21,713 residential and commercial customers. In 1997, GUCbecame the first public utility in North Carolina to construct a permanent LNG facility to meetpeak demand. The satellite LNG facility increases the peak day capacity of the gas system andprovides another optional fuel source for industrial customers.Electric ServiceElectric service for portions of Pitt County is provided through several electric utilitycorporations including Progress Energy, Dominion North Carolina Power, Greenville UtilitiesCommission (GUC), Pitt-Greene Electric Membership Corporation, and Edgecombe-MartinElectric Membership Corporation. Municipal providers include Ayden, Farmville, Fountain,Winterville and Washington, which are members of ElectriCities, an organization comprised ofpublic power communities in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.GUC has a broad base of customers with demand allocation of 42.6% residential, 7.7% smallgeneral service and 49.7% medium/large general service. Such critical customers as WNCT-TV,Pitt County Memorial Hospital, and DSM Pharmaceuticals are provided with automatictransfer power should an emergency occur.In 1978, GUC was one of the first municipal utilities in the nation to implement loadmanagement (Beat-the-Peak) to control the demand component of its cost of power.Residential customers voluntarily allow GUC to install radio-controlled switches on theircentral air conditioning units, heat pumps, heat pump supplemental strips, electric furnacesand water heaters. During periods of peak demand, these devices are cycled off to lower totaldemand, significantly reducing wholesale power costs. A portion of these savings is crediteddirectly back to the participating customers; the remainder is reinvested and used to holddown overall electric rates. GUC currently has over 35,000 devices controlled.2030 Comprehensive Land Use Plan Appendix A: Inventory and AnalysisPitt County, North Carolina A-76
“There has been a tendency in the United States, and perhaps in most countries, to use up ordestroy many things that would have been of value to future generations. We have needlesslywasted, destroyed and burned up large portions of the forests that would have been of pricelessvalue even to the present generation. We have needlessly worn out and destroyed much of thenatural richness of soil and have allowed large quantities of it to be washed away. We havedestroyed most of the fur-bearing animals and the game that was once so abundant. We havedestroyed the fish in rivers and lakes. All of these facts are quite generally recognized andregretted, but we have not yet reformed.”O.C.Simonds, 1920.“To waste, to destroy, our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so asto increase it’s usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperitywhich we ought by right hand down to them amplified and developed.”Theodore RooseveltNatural Environment Conditions (Maps A-6, A-7 and A-8)The recognition and protection of unique natural environments have become importantpolitical and social issues in the United States. Over the last twenty to thirty years there hasbeen a growing realization that protecting sensitive environmental areas not only saves theenvironment but ensures that future generations will not be burdened with the cost of cleaningup or restoring damaged ecological systems.Hydrology (Map A-6)The Tar River and its tributaries – Barber Creek, Chicod Creek, Conetoe Creek, Green MillRun, Grindle Creek, Kitten/Otter Creek, Meeting/Hardee Creek, Moyes Run, Parkers Creek,Phillippi Branch, Sams Branch and Tyson/Lawrence Creek - drain the northern and centralparts of the County. The Neuse River and its tributaries – Contentnea, Little Contentnea,Swift Creek/Fork Swamp, Clayroot Swamp and Creeping Swamp – drain the southern partof the County.Floodplains (Map A-6)There are significant floodplains along major drainageways and the Tar River within PittCounty. There are almost 103,000 acres of land classified as within the 100-year floodplainand an additional 4,432 within the 500-year floodplain boundary. Within theComprehensive Land Use Plan planning area there are a total of 72,087 acres within the100-year floodplain.2030 Comprehensive Land Use Plan Appendix A: Inventory and AnalysisPitt County, North Carolina A-77
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Growth and DevelopmentGoal: Manage
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Land UseLand use development goals
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Insert Map A-1 Pitt County Planning
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General Location and DescriptionPit
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