Woodland, CA Environmental Rules: Erosion Control (2026)

Woodland Municipal Code Section 8.08.070(A) requires the owner of any property where a construction activity will occur, or the applicant's leasehold interest holder, to prepare and submit an erosion and sediment control plan before the City will issue a grading or building permit. The plan must contain, at minimum, site-specific construction best management practices drawn from CASQA's Construction Best Management Practice Manual or its equivalent, the rationale for selecting or rejecting those BMPs, a quantification of expected soil loss where necessary, and a list of every other permit tied to the grading activity along with proof those permits were obtained.

No construction activity may begin until the City Engineer issues written approval of the plan. A stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) prepared under the State's construction general permit can substitute for the erosion and sediment control plan on projects that already develop one, but the substitute SWPPP still must be submitted to the City for review and approval. Separately, Section 8.08.070(A)(2) requires any project disturbing one acre or more of soil, or part of a larger common plan of development disturbing one acre or more, to obtain coverage under the State Water Resources Control Board's construction general permit (NPDES No.

CAS000002) and to prove that coverage to the City Engineer before a grading or building permit issues. The City Engineer may also require additional structural BMPs under Section 8.08.070(A)(5) to keep pollutants from a construction site out of the MS4, and the applicant pays all City review and inspection costs under the master fee schedule.