Camarillo, CA Environmental Rules: Erosion Control (2026)

240 of the Camarillo Municipal Code, adopted by Ord. No. 2034, Sec. 1) to require that cut and fill slope faces be prepared and maintained to control erosion, with effective planting accepted as compliance. The Building Official may excuse erosion control on a cut slope only when the cut material is itself erosion-resistant. Work must be finished before the contractor calls for final inspection, not left for later. The same grading chapter layers on related drainage duties that the erosion-control clause depends on: Sec. 3) requires paved interceptor drains, at least 3 inches of reinforced concrete, 12 inches deep and 30 inches wide, along the top of any cut slope where the drainage path above exceeds 40 feet; Sec.

4) sets building-pad drainage at a 2 percent gradient toward approved facilities, reduced to 1 percent only if fills stay under 10 feet, cut/fill slope faces stay under 10 feet, and no existing slope steeper than 10 percent exceeds a 1-foot rise. At project close-out, Sec. 245 (J113) requires an as-built grading plan and signed statements from the civil engineer, soils engineer and engineering geologer, and Sec. 250 (J114) bars final approval until the permittee has notified the Building Official and every drainage and erosion-control measure is installed per the approved plan.