§ 113A-8. Major development projects. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 113A‑8.  Majordevelopment projects.

(a)        The governing bodies of all cities, counties, and townsacting individually, or collectively, may by ordinance require any special‑purposeunit of government or private developer of a major development project to submitdetailed statements, as defined in G.S. 113A‑4(2), of the impact of suchprojects for consideration by those governing bodies in matters within theirjurisdiction.  Any such ordinance may not be designed to apply to only aparticular major development project, and shall be applied consistently.

(b)        Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall exemptthose major development projects for which a detailed statement of theenvironmental impact of the project or a functionally equivalent permittingprocess is required by federal or State law, regulation, or rule.

(c)        Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shallestablish minimum criteria to be used in determining whether a statement ofenvironmental impact is required.  A detailed statement of environmental impactmay not be required for a project that does not exceed the minimum criteria andany exceptions to the minimum criteria established by the ordinance. (1971, c. 1203, s. 8; 1991, c. 431, s. 3.)