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Manuals and Implementation Guidelines


Floodplain Development

Floodplain Regulations Technical Guidance Document
 

Floodplain Permit Application Quick Guide


Storm Water Management
Storm Water Design Manual 

Photo Book of Storm Water Features


Water Quality Buffers (stream and lake buffers)
Water Quality Buffers Implementation Guidelines 


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 – City of Charlotte
 
Post-Construction Permit Flow Chart – City          
 
Post-Construction Administrative Manual – County and Towns

Post-Construction Permit Quick Guide – County and Towns
 
Post-Construction Permit Flow Chart – County and Towns 

Post-Construction Policy for Public Transportation Projects - County and Towns

Water Quality Buffer Implementation Guidelines - City, County and Towns

Rain Garden (Bioretention) Media Sampling Guidelines (Updated 8/1/12)
 
How to Sample a Rain Garden for Phosphorus - video

How to use POLARIS for Post-Construction Ordinance information (City, County and Towns)


Huntersville Water Quality/Low Impact Development 
Huntersville Water Quality Design Manual (Revised July 2012) 
 

County Site Evaluation Tools
Mecklenburg County Site Evaluation Tool
 
Site Evaluation Tool Model Documentation 2005
 
Site Evaluation Tool User Manual and Guidance
 

Surface Water Improvement & Management (SWIM)
Water Quality Buffer Implementation Guidelines 


Sediment and Erosion Control
Sediment and Erosion Policies and Procedures

Mecklenburg County Land Development Standards Manual (six Towns, refer to Series 3000)
 
Erosion Control – Goose and McDowell Watersheds
 

Lakes and water supply protection
Water Quality Buffer Implementation Guidelines
 
Mecklenburg County Drinking Water Supply Watershed Protection Requirements
 
Protecting Water Quality in our Lakes
 

Ponds
Pond Policy
 

Creek maintenance
Storm Water Services’ Maintenance of Major System Streams
 

Storm Water Fee Credit policies, manual and application form

County Line Fee Credit Policy

Catawba River Fee Credit Policy

Pond Fee Credit Policy

Multi-family and commercial BMP Fee Credit Manual and Application Form