Parma, OH Environmental Rules: Erosion Control (2026)

Chapter 2303 sets Parma's erosion and sediment control regime for construction. Section 2303.01(c) applies the rule to highways, underground cables or pipelines, subdivisions and larger common plans of development, industrial, commercial, institutional or residential projects, farm building activity, redevelopment and general clearing, except activities already covered by the Ohio Agricultural Sediment Pollution Abatement Rules. Applicants must submit a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWP3), or an Abbreviated SWP3 for smaller sites, describing controls for each construction activity, the sequence they will be implemented in, and the subcontractor responsible for each measure (Section 2303.09).

Review and inspection fees are billed under the Chapter 185 general fee schedule (Section 2303.11). No soil-disturbing work may start until the applicant deposits a cash bond with the City Treasury Department: a $3,000 minimum plus $3,000 for each additional acre or fraction of an acre, returned less administrative fees once the City Engineer certifies final stabilization (Section 2303.12). The City or its agent conducts external inspections and issues a status report to the permittee after each one (Section 2303.13). If work violates the approved plan, the City Engineer can order an immediate stop, verbally in an emergency, and suspend the activity in writing for up to 90 days; if violations are not corrected within that window the Engineer may revoke the Storm Water Management Permit outright, and it cannot be reinstated until every violation is corrected (Section 2303.14).

Appeals from any Engineer order go to the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas under R.C. Chapter 2505 or 2506 after municipal remedies are exhausted (Section 2303.15).