Inyo County Municipal Code Ch. 15.44 Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program

The county shall establish monitoring or reporting procedures for mitigation measures adopted as a condition of project approval to mitigate or avoid significant effects on the environment. Monitoring of such mitigation measures may extend through project permitting, construction and operations, as necessary.

(Ord. 957 § 1, 1995)

A mitigation monitoring program shall be prepared for any private or public, nonexempt, discretionary project approved by the county that is subject to either a negative declaration or an EIR and that includes mitigation measures.

(Ord. 957 § 1, 1995)

Draft mitigation monitoring plans shall be included in proposed mitigated negative declarations and draft EIRs. The draft monitoring plan shall be subject to public review and comment. The mitigation monitoring program shall be adopted at the time the negative declaration is adopted or the CEQA findings are made on the EIR.

(Ord. 957 § 1, 1995)

The monitoring plan shall contain, at a minimum, the following:

A. A listing of every mitigation measure contained in the mitigated negative declaration or final EIR;

B. Identification of the phase (or date) when each mitigation measure shall be initially implemented (e.g., prior to tentative map application, final map application, issuance of grading permit, issuance of building permit, certificate of occupancy);

C. For mitigation measures that require detailed monitoring, such as wetlands replacement or landscaping, the frequency and duration of required monitoring and the performance criteria for determining the success of the mitigation measure, if appropriate, shall be identified;

D. Identification of the person or entity responsible for monitoring and verification;

E. The method of reporting monitoring results to the county.

(Ord. 957 § 1, 1995)

Mitigation measure implementation shall be made a condition of project approval and shall be enforced under the county's police powers. Violation of a mitigation requirement, where a mitigation measure is to be implemented during construction, may result in the issuance of a stop-work order by the appropriate county permit-issuing authority until the matter is resolved by the planning commission.

(Ord. 957 § 1, 1995)