2030 Comprehensive Land Use Plan - Pitt County Government

Objective 1:Minimize soil erosion, stormwater runoff, and sedimentation to reduce negative effects onsurface and subsurface water quality, natural drainage systems, and private property.Implementation Strategies:• Consider and provide for the inclusion of Tar-Pamlico River Basins stormwater andriparian buffer rules regarding protection of water quality when updating thecountywide zoning ordinance.• Continue to utilize the soil erosion and sedimentation control ordinance as a meansto ensure that runoff generated by land-disturbing activities does not adverselyeffect lakes, watercourses, and other public and private property.• Maintain waterways and adjacent land areas in a natural state.• Reduce the amount of unpaved streets and roads.• Consider regulations for the retention or detention of stormwater runoff in newdevelopments, especially in environmentally sensitive areas.• Seek funding for stormwater-related studies.Objective 2:Provide an effective surface and subsurface drainage system to protect public health andsafety.Implementation Strategies:• Coordinate with Southeast Drainage District and monitor watershed managementprojects which provide for improved drainage and flood protection for agriculturalpurposes.• Require adequate and functional drainage improvements, maintenance guaranteesand other related measures in new developments.• Pursue the establishment of a long-term maintenance program for drainagesystems in new and existing subdivisions.• Continue the Beaver Management Assistance Program and continue to assist theUnited States Department of Agriculture with beaver management and removalservices.Objective 3:Protect floodplains from inappropriate development.Implementation Strategies:• Utilize land use regulations to undertake the mitigation actions of the Pitt CountyMulti-jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan in order to reduce property damagefrom flood hazards.• Protect private investments and minimize public expense by promoting lessintensive and responsible development in floodplains so as not to create hazards orreduce natural flood storage capacities.• Strengthen existing development regulations to discourage land uses and activitieswhich create hazards or reduce natural flood storage capabilities.2030 Comprehensive Land Use Plan Goals and ObjectivesPitt County, North Carolina 2-13