What Legacy Environmental tasks have been accomplished?

• Stormwater Management Plan
• City Tree Ordinance
• Update of Erosion Control Ordinance
• Stream Buffer Requirements
• Watershed Management Regulations – amendments/revisions, enforcement
• New Floodplain regulations
• Planned Residential Development regulations
• Greenway Plan
• Parks and Open Space Plan
• Special Use Rezoning – preservation of trees and open space
• The Triad Air Quality Compact
• Community Sustainability Program Committee/Sustainability Director
• Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Local Action Plan – 2008
• 10 Year Solid Waste Plan Update – 2003-2013 & 2009-2019
• Environmental Considerations for Development – 2004
• Voluntary Ag District
• Added provisions for Agricultural Tourism
• GMA 2 infill standards (commercial and residential)

The State has also incorporated new Environmental strategies/policies since Legacy’s Adoption in 2001:

• Ban on plastic bottles and aluminum cans in landfills
• State Sustainability Committee
• Solar Access Law
• 2009 North Carolina Energy Conservation Code
• Sustainability and Green Building Practices Policy - 2004