Does the City of Winston-Salem review plans for Post Construction Stormwater permitting in the County and in other municipal areas such as Clemmons, Kernersville etc.?

No. The City of Winston-Salem post construction Stormwater management reviews and hence permitting is only applicable to the city limits of Winston-Salem. Developers should contact other municipal or State authorities for areas outside of the City limits for permitting reviews and questions. 

NOTE: The City of Winston-Salem DOES review plans within areas of the Salem Lake Watershed located in the County area for compliance with the Chapter C of the UDO Environmental ordinance and developers should submit appropriate Stormwater management plans to the City for review in those cases.

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1. What ordinance regulates Post Construction Stormwater Management in the City of Winston-Salem?
2. Are all developments subject to requiring a permit or providing post construction Stormwater management controls?
3. Does the City of Winston-Salem review plans for Post Construction Stormwater permitting in the County and in other municipal areas such as Clemmons, Kernersville etc.?
4. What developments or redevelopments are excluded from the City of Winston-Salem’s Post Construction Stormwater Management ordinance provisions and therefore would not be required to apply for a permit
5. What constitutes “substantial progress”?
6. What developments or redevelopments may be exempt from some, or all, of the provisions of the City of Winston-Salem’s Post Construction Stormwater Management ordinance?
7. Are there any development projects or activities that are not subject to this ordinance?
8. What developments or redevelopments are subject to adhering to some or all of the provisions of the post construction Stormwater management ordinance provisions?
9. When are the quality provisions of the ordinance applicable to developments that are not exempt or excluded?
10. When is a development considered low density and thus must only comply with the ordinance low density water quality provisions?
11. When is a development considered high density and thus must comply with the ordinance high density water quality provisions?
12. How is project density percentage determined?
13. When is a development subject to the water quantity provisions of the ordinance?
14. What constitutes impervious area or built upon area?
15. What are examples of surfaces that would not be considered impervious or built upon area?
16. Is existing impervious area required to be managed or treated?
17. What is the design manual that the City of Winston-Salem references and adheres to for Stormwater Management Plan designs?
18. What does SCM or BMP mean?
19. If a development is considered low density in regards to water quality is management required?
20. When and where do stream buffers apply and what are the requirements for such buffers?
21. What is considered a perennial or intermittent stream or conveyance?
22. If a development is considered high density in regards to water quality is management required?
23. What are some examples of primary SCM’s?
24. If a development exceeds 20,000 sq.ft. in net new impervious area and the water quantity provisions apply, is management required?
25. What constitutes a no adverse impact study?
26. The no adverse impact study must assess impacts to a suitable point downstream. Where or how far downstream is this point located?
27. If management is to be provided for quantity what are the design storm events that must be managed or attenuated?
28. What type of SCM’s can be used to attenuate for these quantity requirements?
29. Is there a variance procedure allowed for in cases where it’s impossible to treat or capture all proposed impervious area or in cases where for example its impossible not to avoid an impact to a buffe
30. Is there a financial surety required for permitted Stormwater management systems?
31. When and how is the developer’s surety amount determined?
32. When and how is the HOA or POA’s, whichever is applicable, cost for their future surety funds determined?
33. Is there an Operation and Maintenance Agreement required as part of permitting?
34. What constitutes an Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Agreement?
35. When is a Post Construction Stormwater Management permit issued?
36. Once a development that has a Stormwater management system construction is complete what does the owner/engineer have to do to continue to satisfy their permit?
37. How often must an owner inspect the system?
38. Who should carry out the inspections?
39. Are there any other Agreements other than an Operation and Maintenance Agreement required as part of permitting?