Encinitas Municipal Code § 5.5 Grading (CA)

5.5.1 DESCRIPTION OF GRADING PLANS¶

Grading for the Encinitas Ranch Specific Plan, as shown in Figure 24, Grading Concept, reflects a conceptual grading approach. More detailed grading plans will be required at the Tentative Map and Final Map submittal.

On portions of the site that are flat or gently sloping, such as the mesa, cut and fill operations will be minimized. More significant grading operations will be required to accommodate the extensions of existing arterial and collector roadways through the Specific Plan Area, as well as the development in Green Valley. In developing the grading concept, every attempt has been made to balance the earth work on-site, although grading for individual development phases may not balance. However, it is the intent of this Specific Plan that grading operations for the entire Encinitas Ranch project balance to the extent reasonably feasible when buildout is ultimately achieved.

The grading concept establishes a basis for appropriate treatment of drainage and accommodates a street system that meets City of Encinitas standards.

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5.5.2 GRADING PLAN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS¶

All grading activities shall be in substantial conformance with the grading concept (see Figure 24) and shall implement any grading-related mitigation measures outlined in the accompanying EIR for the Encinitas Ranch project.

▪	Prior to any development within any area of the Specific Plan, an overall grading concept for the portion in process shall be submitted for approval by the Community Development and Engineering Services Departments. The grading plan for each area shall be used as a guideline for subsequent grading plans for individual stages of development.
▪	All streets shall have a gradient not exceeding 15% or as approved by the City.
▪	Precise grading plans shall be prepared prior to any on-site grading for individual projects.
▪	The project developer/applicant shall be responsible for installation and maintenance of all planting and irrigation systems on manufactured slopes until those operations are the responsibility of the Landscape Development District or other parties.
▪	The overall shape, height, and gradient of any cut and fill slope shall be developed in concert with the existing natural contours and scale of the natural terrain, where possible and feasible.
▪	Potential brow ditches, terrace drains, or other minor swales, determined necessary at future stages of project review, shall be built per City standards and shall be concealed, as feasible and possible, with landscape plantings, earth berms, and similar features.
▪	Graded but undeveloped land shall be maintained weed-free and planted with interim landscaping within 90 days of completion of grading unless building permits are obtained from the City. Appropriate desiltation basins are required for graded areas.
▪	Cut and fill slopes shall be constructed at inclinations of no steeper than two horizontal feet to one vertical foot, unless otherwise approved by the City; provided that slopes along Leucadia Boulevard may be constructed at up to a maximum incline of one horizontal foot to one vertical foot.
▪	All newly created slopes exceeding 10 feet in vertical height shall be hydromulched with a City approved seed mix prior to final acceptance and the beginning of the rainy season (October -March).
▪	Grading shall not be permitted to commence prior to approval of grading permits for any proposed development. Mass grading will only occur for those areas undergoing development or for those areas specifically identified as borrow or disposal sites.
▪	During on-site grading activities, top soil shall be removed from the portion of the site being graded at that time and stockpiled for use in revegetated areas. Topsoil may be stored for a period not to exceed 365 days.
▪	Grading operations within the confines of the Specific Plan Area shall conform to all applicable City standards.

Paragraph amended 3/18/98 (Reso. 98-17)

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