Roseville, CA Environmental Rules: Erosion Control (2026)
Key Facts
- SWPPP trigger
- Construction disturbing 1 acre or more
- Governing section
- RMC Sec. 14.20.290(C)
- Enforcement tool
- Stop work order, Sec. 14.20.480
- City guidance doc
- Construction Activities BMP Guidance Manual
- Penalty type
- Infraction or misdemeanor, city attorney's choice
Summary
Roseville requires any construction project subject to a State Water Resources Control Board stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) to follow that plan at all times, and the city can order the crew to correct any failure or stop work outright. City Code Section 14.20.290(C) folds the state SWPPP obligation into the city's own stormwater enforcement chapter.
Any landowner or person responsible for construction activities that is required by the State Water Resources Control Board to prepare a stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) must, at a minimum, adhere to the reviewed SWPPP. If the reviewed SWPPP, or any element thereof, is not fully implemented or is not functioning as needed to protect the waters of the United States, the responsible party will be required to immediately correct insufficiencies or will be subject to the enforcement procedures set forth in this chapter.
Full Breakdown
290(C) requires anyone responsible for that construction to adhere, at a minimum, to the SWPPP the state reviewed. If the SWPPP is not fully implemented or is not functioning to protect waters of the United States, the responsible party must immediately correct the shortfall or face the chapter's enforcement procedures. Roseville backs this with its own Stormwater Quality Best Management Practices Guidance Manual for Construction Activities, published on the city's website and built to be consistent with the California Storm Water Quality Association's BMP Handbook.
170, reviewed and accepted by the city engineer before a permit to construct issues, detailing how erosion, sediment and other pollutants generated on site will be controlled, managed and treated, including low-impact development and hydromodification measures. 160.
Violations & Fines
Section 14.20.480 lets the city engineer or an enforcement officer stop work by written notice to anyone doing work contrary to the chapter, and that work must halt until the city engineer authorizes it to resume. Failing to adhere to a reviewed SWPPP or to correct a deficiency exposes the responsible party to Section 14.20.410's general violation provisions, chargeable as an infraction or misdemeanor at the city attorney's discretion, and to a cease-and-desist order under Section 14.20.430 requiring cleanup within 72 hours of notification.
Frequently Asked Questions
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