Santee, CA Environmental Rules: Erosion Control (2026)

Section 11.40.140, Erosion Control Plans, ties erosion control directly to the grading permit process: whenever Chapter 9.06 (the City's stormwater rules) requires it, or the City Engineer independently determines that a site needs an erosion control system, the applicant must submit plans for that system in accordance with the City's design and development standards, for the City Engineer's review and approval. Once approved, the erosion control plan does not stand alone; it becomes part of the grading plans and a formal condition of the grading permit's issuance.

Section 11.40.110(C)(5) folds this requirement into the checklist for a complete grading permit application, listing erosion control plans among the items an applicant must submit alongside a drainage study, haul route information, and soil engineering report. Paving projects disturbing more than 5,000 square feet face a parallel drainage safeguard under Section 11.40.110(D)(1), requiring a paving plan that shows the work will not redirect drainage onto a neighboring property or otherwise violate the City's BMP design manual. The grading exemption list in Section 11.40.105(B) reinforces the erosion tie-in for small jobs, conditioning the under-200-cubic-yard exemption on finished slopes being protected from erosion and downstream properties being protected from resulting siltation.