Local Programs

1. Since 1993 the Town of Kernersville has adopted and implemented a Water Supply Watershed Protection Ordinance, which has been re-approved on several occasions by the North Carolina Environmental Management Commission; approximately 88% of the area within the Town's corporate limits and ETJ falls under the authority of the Water Supply Watershed Protection Ordinance.

2. The Town of Kernersville is a full service municipal government, which includes a Planning Department. The Town follows a Land Use Plan that was revised in February 2004 by the Planning Board and Board of Aldermen. The Forsyth County/Town of Kernersville Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) regulates land development within the Town and its ETJ. The UDO includes an Environmental Ordinance and a Subdivision Ordinance. Each development within the Town's jurisdiction is reviewed by a Development Review Committee made up from representatives from the Town's operating departments; the development review process is intended to ensure compliance with provisions of the UDO and other development regulations.

3. The Planning Department administers the delegated National Flood Insurance Program-floodplain management program within the Town's planning jurisdiction.

State Programs

The State Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Land Resources administers the State's Erosion and Sediment Control Program within the Town's corporate limits.