Manuals and Guidelines

Floodplain Development

• Floodplain Regulations Technical Guidance Document
• Floodplain Permit Application Quick Guide

Storm Water Management

• Storm Water Design Manual

Water Quality Buffers (stream and lake buffers)

• The Water Quality Buffers Implementation Guidelines document is found on the Charlottenc.gov website.  

Water Quality BMPs and IDDE

• Charlotte-Mecklenburg BMP Design Manual
• BMP Maintenance Handbook
• Illicit Discharge Detection & Elimination Policies and Procedures

Post-Construction Storm Water Controls

• Post-Construction Administrative Manual (County and Towns)
• Post-Construction Policy for Public Transportation Projects - County and Towns
• Rain Garden (Bioretention) Media Sampling Guidelines (Updated 8/1/2012)
• Video - How to Sample a Rain Garden for Phosphorus
• How to use POLARIS for Post-Construction Ordinance Information (City, County and Towns)

Sediment & Erosion Control

• Erosion Control - Goose and McDowell Watersheds
• Huntersville Sediment and Erosion Control Ordinance

Lakes and Water Supply Protection

• Mecklenburg County Drinking Water Supply Watershed Protection Requirements

Ponds

• Pond Policy