Slope development ordinance: Key changes
Haywood County Commissioners made several changes to the slope development ordinance before passing it. The ordinance kicks in when a cut-and-fill slope exceeds a certain threshold. That threshold is what commissioners altered. Here’s the net effect of the changes:
• Proposed: A slope stabilization plan is required for any cut-and-fill slope taller than 10 feet.
• Change: This measure was eliminated.
• Proposed: A slope stabilization plan is required for any earth moving activity on natural slope cuts that exceeds 40 percent.
• Change: This measure was eliminated.
• Proposed: A slope stabilization plan is required for a cut slope that exceeds a 1 to 1 ratio of run to rise.
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• Change: Applies only to slope cuts that exceed 15 feet in height.
• Proposed: A slope stabilization plan is required for a fill slope that exceeds a 1.5 to 1 ratio of run to rise.
• Change: Applies only to slopes that exceed 15 feet in height.
