Sec. 13.9. Phased Development

13.9.1. Preliminary plats and site plans shall indicate proposed phasing, with no individual phase exceeding 50 acres.

A. Phasing plans shall be included in the first submittal and shall be reviewed and evaluated as part of the overall development Pursuant to NCGS 160D-102, any of the following: a. The construction, erection, alteration, enlargement, renovation, substantial repair, movement to another site, or demolition of any structure. b. The excavation, grading, filling, clearing, or alteration of land. c. The subdivision of land as defined in G.S. 160D-802. d. The initiation or substantial change in the use of land or the intensity of use of land..

1. Off-site improvements are excluded from phasing; however, they may be required within a certain phase to satisfy overall development Pursuant to NCGS 160D-102, any of the following: a. The construction, erection, alteration, enlargement, renovation, substantial repair, movement to another site, or demolition of any structure. b. The excavation, grading, filling, clearing, or alteration of land. c. The subdivision of land as defined in G.S. 160D-802. d. The initiation or substantial change in the use of land or the intensity of use of land. requirements.

2. Phases shall be designed to ensure the efficient construction of future phases. Each phase of a development Pursuant to NCGS 160D-102, any of the following: a. The construction, erection, alteration, enlargement, renovation, substantial repair, movement to another site, or demolition of any structure. b. The excavation, grading, filling, clearing, or alteration of land. c. The subdivision of land as defined in G.S. 160D-802. d. The initiation or substantial change in the use of land or the intensity of use of land. shall be designed and function with the utilities, fire protection, right-of-way A strip of land acquired by reservation, dedication, prescription or condemnation and intended to be occupied by a street, trail, rail corridor, or public utility. infrastructure, and stormwater The flow of water which results from precipitation and which occurs immediately following rainfall or snowmelt. management necessary to serve that phase.

3. Each phase shall contain the minimum tree coverage percentage as required per Sec. 8.3, Tree Protection and Tree Coverage.

4. Lot numbers shall not be duplicated within different phases of the same subdivision All divisions of a tract or parcel of land into two or more lots, building sites, or other divisions for the purpose of sale or building development (whether immediate or future) or any division of land involving the dedication of a new street or a change in existing streets..

B. All right-of-way A strip of land acquired by reservation, dedication, prescription or condemnation and intended to be occupied by a street, trail, rail corridor, or public utility. and/or easements A grant by a property owner for use by the public, a corporation or persons of an area of land for specific purposes. for public infrastructure servicing the respective phase must be recorded with the first plat A map, chart or plan of a tract or parcel of land which is to be or which has been, subdivided..

C. Water and sewer extension permit applications for each individual phase of the project are required after plan approval.

D. No land disturbing activity Any use of land by any person in residential, industrial, educational, institutional or commercial development, and in highway and road construction and maintenance, that results in a change in the natural cover or topography and that may cause or contribute to sedimentation. This includes borrow and waste disposal activity not regulated by the provisions of the Mining Act of 1971 or the Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Health Services. Land disturbing activities over which the State has exclusive regulatory jurisdiction as provided in NCGS § 74-46 through 74-68, or NCGS § 113A-56 (a) shall not be included in this definition. in a subsequent phase shall commence until:

1. The first asphalt layer of the street or other vehicular system of the previous phase has been laid and inspected; and

2. The lot(s) in the previous phase have been stabilized, inspected, and approved per the County and State Sedimentation Solid particulate matter, both mineral and organic, that has been, or is being, transported by water, air, gravity or ice from its site of origin. and Erosion The wearing away of land surface by the action of wind, water, gravity or any combination thereof. Control standards.