HomeMy WebLinkAboutPWCE18-0042 Grading Notice - with floodplain notice Department of Public Works Dennis Schmidt, Director
Shawn H. O’Brien, Assistant Director
7 County Center Drive T: 530.538.7681
Oroville, California 95965 F: 530.538.7171
buttecounty.net/publicworks
October 3, 2018
Van Overbeek-Hawley Living Trust
539 Flume St., Suite 210
Chico, CA 95928
RE: Grading on APN 007-010-063
Dear Van Overbeek-Hawley Living Trust:
It has come to the attention of the Butte County Department of Public Works that grading is being performed
on your property located near Sycamore/Mud Creek and Hicks Lane. Please be aware that the County
Grading Ordinance (Ch. 13 Butte County Code) makes it unlawful to grade more than fifty (50) cubic yards
of soil, including cut and/or fill, without either being granted an exemption or being issued a permit prior to
grading. We have no record of you or your agent seeking a determination of exemption with the Butte County
Department of Public Works. Enclosed is a copy of the county grading permit application for your review and
compliance.
You are hereby ordered to cease and desist from all grading activities. Please take the necessary measures
within the next 14 days to address the county’s concerns. If this notice is received during the winter rainy
season, you must also provide a storm water stabilization plan to protect water quality and adjacent property
owners from the continuing nuisance conditions created by the grading activity.
If you are not exempt, Butte County requires sediment and erosion controls for all grading permits. The
California Regional Water Quality Control Board (CRWQCB) also requires a construction storm water permit
for activities where clearing, grading, filling and excavation result in a land disturbance of one or more acres.
You must provide our office with a copy of the required State Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan
(SWPPP). You may contact the Redding office of the CRWQCB at (530) 224-4845 for more information
regarding state storm water permits.
A portion of the property is within a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) designated floodplain.
As a federally designated floodplain, special rules and regulations apply and permits are required to
excavate, fill, or grade within the floodplain.
If you have any questions, please contact this office at (530) 538-7266, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m.
Sincerely,
Eric Schroth, P.E., L.S.
Associate Civil Engineer
cc: Tom Fossum, Deputy Director Public Works
encl.