Fees and Fines
Make checks payable to City of Henderson. Please mail checks to the City of Henderson Engineering Department at P.O. Box 1434 Henderson, NC 27536 or hand deliver to the Engineering Department at 900 South Beckford Drive, Henderson, NC.
General Fees:
Printed Maps and Records: $1.00 to $20.00
Petition to Close a Street: $900.00
Stormwater Fees and Fines:
Stormwater Permit Review Fee: $400.00
Check 401/404 permits:
Grading in a floodplain: $5,000
Call Army Corp of Engineers/DWQ
Filling in a Wetland, Creek or water course: $5,000
Erosion Control Fees
Plan Review Fee
0.50 acre to 0.999 acre = $75.00Â
1 to 3 acres = $100.00Â
More than 3 acres = $125.00 + 20.00 per acre
Permit Inspection FeeÂ
0.50 acre to 0.999 acre = $125.00
1 to 3 acres = $225.00
More than 3 acres = $325.00 + 20.00 per acre
Erosion Control Fines
No approved plan/grading without a permit (includes single-family lots): $5,000
Failure to renew permit: $500
Failure to follow approved plan, or obtain signed plan prior to work: $3,000
Failure to submit revised plan: $2,500
Graded slopes and fill too steep:$1,500
Unprotected slopes (see failure to provide ground cover in 7 days): $1,000
Lack of Maintenance: $2,000
Inadequate buffer zone (30 feet Roanoke, 50 feet for Tar-Pam):$3,000
Penalty for Violation of Stop Work Order - $4,000
Erosion Problems (failure to take all reasonable measures)
Slight potential for erosion problem - $500/day
Moderate potential for erosion problem - $1,000/day
Interior of basin not seeded
baffles not installed or maintained
skimmer not dewatering
silt fence blown over (slightly)
construction entrance failing
Severe potential for erosion problem - $2,000/day
Silt fence blown out (top or bottom)
Sediment basin over half full
tree protection fence down
Sediment Offsite
Slight (each can be separate violations, examples only) - $500/day
Construction entrance violation, mud tracking
Average 10' x 10' area
Seeded area that did not take and eroded offsite
Up to one 5-gallon bucket full
Moderate (each can be separate violations, examples only) - $1,000/day
Silt fence overtopped, concentrated water, not into inlet
Less than two 5-gallon buckets
Average area is 20' x 30'
Skimmer dewatering too fast, over 50 NTU
Severe (each can be separate violations, examples only) - $4,000/day
Sediment in water course buffered stream (intermittent & ephemeral), wetland, pond, floodplain
Sediment onto private property (including ponds)
Sediment area larger than 20' x 30'
More than three 5-gallon buckets full
Sediment overtopping silt fence into unprotected inlet
Failure to Provide Adequate Ground Cover
Slight - $500
50'x50' area
Less than 3:1 slope
Little possibility for erosion
Moderate - $1,000
100'x100' area
3:1-2:1 slope
Slight rilling
Severe - $3,500
200'x200' area
2:1 slope or more
Large rills to gullies and washing
Insufficient Measures to Retain Sediment Onsite
Failure to take all reasonable measures (see also insufficient measures) - $500
Large storm (non-hurricane) - $500
At start of project prior to full installation - $500
In between phased grading - $750 Â