HomeMy WebLinkAboutGrading Notice of Violation - PWCE17-0004 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
May 17, 2017
Dale Dunlap
883 Elliot Road
Paradise, CA 95969
RE: Grading on APN 041-030-111
Dear Mr. Dunlap:
It has come to the attention of the Butte County Department of Public Works that grading is being performed
on your property located near the west branch of the Feather River. 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. Further our inspector has determined that the grading being performed on your
property exceeds fifty (50) cubic yards. Enclosed is a copy of the county grading permit application for your
review and future compliance.
Because we have determined that the grading being performed on your property is in violation of the Butte
County Code it is therefore a statutory nuisance. You are hereby ordered to cease and desist from all grading
activities. Other county departments have been notified that a grading violation has occurred and a hold will
be placed on current and future permits until a grading permit or valid grading exemption is approved. Please
take the necessary measures within the next 14 days to address this violation. 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.
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, Butte County Deputy Director Public Works
Juan Lopez Torres, Dept. of Fish and Wildlife via email
Josh Brennan, Dept. of Fish and Wildlife via email
Scott Zaitz, Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board via email
encl.