Sacramento Municipal Code Art. III Plans and Specifications

Five complete sets of plans, as determined by the director, including but not limited to, profiles, cross-sections, topographic maps, erosion and sediment control plans, and accompanying specifications shall be submitted to the director with each application for grading approval or when otherwise required by the director for enforcement of any provision of this chapter. At the time of application, the applicant may provide preliminary grading plans. Prior to the issuance of grading approval, the applicant must furnish final grading plans and all erosion and sediment control plans. Preliminary grading plans with appropriate changes and additions thereto may be accepted as final grading plans. When the final grading plans and other required documents have been approved, grading approval will be issued by the director. The work shall be done in strict compliance with the approved plans and specifications which shall not be changed or altered except in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (Prior code § 9.33.1701)

Preliminary grading plans provide for review and determination of grading requirements prior to approval of final plans and issuance of grading approval. Precise design at this stage is not required. The plans shall be clearly and legibly drawn and entitled "preliminary grading plan," and shall contain a statement of the purpose of the proposed grading, and shall include all of the information required in the Manual of Standards, Chapter 2, Section 2. (Prior code § 9.33.1702)

Final grading plans and specifications shall be prepared and signed by a registered civil engineer, except as otherwise provided herein. In addition to all requirements for preliminary grading plans, the final plans shall include the information required in the Manual of Standards, Chapter 2, Section 2. The director may waive the requirement that all plans and specifications be prepared and signed by a registered civil engineer if the grading would not endanger the public health, safety, or welfare as determined by the director and would not involve or require any of the following:

A. Cuts and fills with a combined total of three hundred fifty (350) cubic yards or more;

B. An access road serving five or more existing or proposed residences;

C. A cut or fill that is located so as to cause unduly increased pressure or reduce support upon adjacent structure of property;

D. The construction of any drainage or sediment control structures, culverts, or facilities or alteration of any existing drainage course;

E. The creation or aggravation of an unstable slope condition. (Prior code § 9.33.1703)

An ESC plan shall be prepared for all projects to control surface runoff and erosion and to retain sediment on a particular site and prevent pollution of site runoff during the period beginning when any preconstruction- or construction-related grading or soil storage first occurs, until all final improvements and permanent structures are complete. The ESC plan shall be prepared and submitted concurrently with the final grading plan. The ESC plan may be incorporated on the same plan sheet as the final grading plan unless it makes the sheet cluttered, or it may be submitted on a clean separate sheet. The separate sheet shall be drawn clearly and legibly and entitled "erosion and sediment control plan," shall contain a statement of the purpose of the proposed best management practices to be used, and shall include all of the information required and contained in the Manual of Standards, Chapter 2, Section 3. (Ord. 2003-058 § 3; prior code § 9.33.1704)

The PC plan shall be prepared for all projects to control surface runoff and erosion and retain sediment on a particular site after all planned final improvements and/or structures have been installed or erected. The PC plan shall be pre-pared and submitted concurrently with the final grading plan. The PC plan shall be drawn clearly and legibly, and entitled "postconstruction erosion and sediment control plan." The PC plan shall contain a statement of the purpose of the pro-posed best management practices to be used to secure the project after completion, and shall include all of the information required and contained in the Manual of Standards, Chapter 2, Section 4. (Prior code § 9.33.1705)

A winterization certification shall be submitted no later than September 15th for all projects where any construction will occur between October 1st and April 30th. Construction that will occur solely in the summer months, between May 1st and September 30th will not be required to submit a winterization certification. The winterization certification shall consist of a written statement or descriptive plan sheet from the owner certifying that the project under construction is prepared for an event which will stop construction, such as rain or snow, that all ESC plan best management practices are in place and operating correctly, that housekeeping practices are maintained and that the site can be left or abandoned safely for an extended period of time during the rainy season without causing any erosion and sediment control problems. If a winterization certification is required and has not been submitted and approved prior to September 16th, the grading approval will be suspended until a winterization certification is submitted and approval obtained. Refer to the Manual of Standards, Chapter 4, Section 5, for additional information regarding winterization certification. (Prior code § 9.33.1706)

Any modifications of an approved final plan shall be submitted in writing to the director, who shall approve or deny such modification in his or her sole discretion. All necessary soils and geological information and design details shall accompany any proposed modification. Any modification shall be compatible with all subdivision map or land use requirements. (Prior code § 9.33.1707)

Any activities performed under the authority of the grading ordinance, including, but not limited to, grading, excavation, soil storage, soil transportation, erosion and sediment control measures, shall conform to the general design standards set forth in the Manual of Standards, Chapter 3. (Prior code § 9.33.1708)