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r <br />Recommendations of the review officers or agencies may be <br />incorporated as conditions of approval of the subdivision. <br />Add to Section IV -B -2 at the end of the last ara ra h: <br />including those listed in Section III- D -2 -b. <br />IV -B -2 -c after the first ara ra h: <br />Each lot shall contain a suitable building area safe from <br />inundation and erosion. Sanitary sewer systems, septic tank <br />drainfields, water systems, wells, and adjacent properties <br />shall also be protected from inundation by surface water. <br />Roads, driveways and utilities shall be protected from damage <br />caused by improper stormwater management. <br />Mechanical devices, drainage easements, natural buffers, <br />large lots, and /or other technical means may be used to <br />achieve these objectives. Natural drainageways are a <br />preferred means of stormwater runoff removal. The <br />characteristics (including capacity). of natural drainageways <br />shall be protected. <br />Runoff levels from the 25 -year storm after the site is <br />developed shall not be greater than the rate of runoff on the <br />same site in its natural state. <br />V -D -5 -c third ara ra h: <br />The location and purpose of storm drainage easements shall <br />also be shown, including those along an existing and /or <br />proposed drainage swell or channel. <br />Motion was made by Commissioner Willhoit, seconded by Commis- <br />sioner Halkiotis to approve the proposed amendments as stated above. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />H. SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TEXT AMENDMENTS - PLAT MAPPING <br />REQUIREMENTS <br />This amendment to the Subdivision Regulations would <br />incorporate changes in Final Plat mapping and recordation provisions as <br />required by a recently ratified amendment to G.S. 47 -30. More <br />specifically, the amendments are listed below: <br />Section V -D Final Plat: (first paragraph) <br />The Final Plat shall be drawn in accordance with the <br />requirements of G.S. 47 -30 as amended and to the <br />specifications of this Section. The plat shall be prepared <br />by a registered land surveyor at a scale of not less than one <br />hundred (10 0 ) feet to the inch nor more than twenty ( 2 0 ) feet <br />to the inch. <br />(Second paragraph is deleted in its entirety). <br />