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PROCESS GUIDANCE & REGULATIONS / STATUTES

Processing Subject Areas (Index)

 

 

General Guidance

  1. Administrative List--Zoning Ordinance
  2. Board of SupervisorsPoliciesComplete Policy Listing by Section
  3. County of San Diego CEQA Consultants List for Privately Initiated Projects
  4. DPLU ElectronicDocuments Guidelines
  5. San Diego County Code of Regulatory Ordinances
  6. Pre-Application Meeting Request Form
  7. Procedures forDPLU/DPW Project Issue Resolution
  8. Project IssueResolution Form
  9. General Plan Update FAQs
  10. Procedures for DPLU/DPW Project
    Dispute/Issue Resolution
  11. Project Dispute/Issue Resolution Form

General CEQA Guidance

  1. CEQA Flow Chart 
  2. CERES: CaliforniaEnvironmental ResourcesEvaluation System Link
  3. County CEQA Guidelines
  4. EIR Content and Format Guidelines-Revised 2004
  5. September 26, 2006 - County of San Diego EIR Content & Format Requirements
  6. EIR Flowchart
  7. Examples of Adequate EIRs and Technical Studies
  8. Acronyms for EIRs
  9. Application Forms
  10. Fish & Game Fees
  11. California Dept. Fish & Game "No Effect" Form
  12. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

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Guidelines of Significance & Report Format and Content Requirements 
  1. EIR Content & Format Requirements

Agricultural ResourcesGuidelines for Determining Significance and Report Format & Content Requirements
(Approved March 19, 2007)

  1. Guidelines for Determining Significance
  2. Report Format & Content Requirements

Air QualityGuidelines for Determining Significance and Report Format & Content Requirements
(Approved March 19, 2007)

  1. Guidelines for Determining Significance
  2. Report Format & Content Requirements

Biological ResourcesGuidelines for Determining Significance and Survey Report & Format Requirements(Approved September 26, 2006 - 
2nd revision July 30, 2008)

  1. Guidelines for Determining Significance
  2. Report Format & Content Requirements

Cultural ResourcesGuidelines for Determining Significance and Report Format & Content Requirements
(Approved September 26, 2006 - Revised December 5, 2007 -Includes Archaeology & Historical Resources)

  1. Guidelines for Determining Significance
  2. Report Format & Content Requirements

GroundwaterGuidelines for Determining Significance and Report Format & Content Requirements
(Approved March 19, 2007)

  1. Guidelines for Determining Significance
  2. Report Format & Content Requirements

NoiseGuidelines for Determining Significance and Report Format & Content Requirements
(Approved March 19, 2007 - Revised January 27, 2009)

  1. Guidelines for Determining Significance
  2. Report Format & Content Requirements

Paleontological ResourcesGuidelines for Determining Significance
(Approved March 19, 2007 - First Minor Modification January 15, 2009)

  1. Guidelines for Determining Significance

Transportation & TrafficGuidelines for Determining Significance and Report Format Requirements
(Approved September 26, 2006 - Revised December 5, 2007)

  1. Guidelines for Determining Significance
  2. Report Format & Content Requirements

Wildland Fire and Fire ProtectionGuidelines for Determining Significance and Survey Report & Format Requirements
(Approved December 19, 2008)

  1. Guidelines for Determining Significance
  2. Report Format & Content Requirements
Guidelines of Significance & Report Format and Content Requirements

Airport HazardsGuidelines for Determining Significance
(Approved July 30, 2007)

  1. Guidelines for Determining Significance

Dark Skies and GlareGuidelines for Determining Significance and Report Format & Content Requirements
(Approved July 30, 2007 - First Minor Modification January 15, 2009)

  1. Guidelines for Determining Significance
  2. Photometric Study Requirements

Emergency Response PlansGuidelines for Determining Significance 
(Approved July 30, 2007)

  1. Guidelines for Determining Significance
Existing Contamination and Hazardous MaterialsGuidelines for Determining Significance 
(Approved July 30, 2007)
  1. Guidelines for Determining Significance

Geologic HazardsGuidelines for Determining Significance 
(Approved July 30, 2007)

  1. Guidelines for Determining Significance

HydrologyGuidelines for Determining Significance 
(Approved July 30, 2007)

  1. Guidelines for Determining Significance

Mineral ResourcesGuidelines for Determining Significance and Report Format & Content Requirements
(Approved July 30, 2007 - Revised July 30, 2008)

  1. Guidelines for Determining Significance
  2. Report Format & Content Requirements

Revegetation PlanningReport Format & Content Requirements
(Approved July 30, 2007)

  1. Report Format & Content Requirements

Unique GeologyGuidelines for Determining Significance
(Approved July 30, 2007)

  1. Guidelines for Determining Significance

VectorsGuidelines for Determining Significance and Report Format & Content Requirements
(Approved July 30, 2007 - First Minor Modification January 15, 2009)

  1. Guidelines for Determining Significance
  2. Report Format & Content Requirements

Visual ResourcesGuidelines for Determining Significance and Report Format & Content Requirements
(Approved July 30, 2007)

  1. Guidelines for Determining Significance
  2. Report Format & Content Requirements

Water QualityGuidelines for Determining Significance
(Approved July 30, 2007)

  1. Guidelines for Determining Significance

Aesthetics

  1. Resource Protection Ordinance (RPO)
  2. Light Pollution Code
  3. Warning Lights
  4. Street Lights
  5. Approved Cell Site Photo Simulations

Land Use/Planning

  1. General Plan Elements
  2. Community Plans
  3. Zoning Ordinance
  4. Section I - Planning & Land Use Controls
  5. Ordinance Amendments
  6. County Subdivision Ordinance
  7. California Subdivision Map Act

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Agricultural Resources

  1. Agricultural Resources Screening Flowchart
  2. Soil Candidates Map
  3. Aquifer Types Map
  4. Areaclimates and Sunset Zones
  5. Williamson Act lands and Agricultural Preserves Map
  6. Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program Maps
  7. California Land Conservation Act (Williamson Act)
  8. The Right to Farm Act
  9. County of San Diego Agricultural Enterprises and Consumer Information Ordinance
  10. Permitting Process Guidance- Barns & Agricultural Storage Buildings
  11. Permitting Process Guidance- Farm Employee Housing
  12. Permitting Process Guidance- Grading and Clearing (for agriculture)
  13. Permitting Process Guidance- Well Building

Mineral Resources

  1. Mineral Land Classification Maps (available for ordering)
  2. Guidelines Classification of Mineral Lands
  3. Surface Mining and Reclamation Act

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Air Quality

  1. Air Quality Screening Flowchart
  2. California Ambient Air Quality Standards
  3. San Diego Air Pollution Control District (SDAPCD)
  4. SDAPCD Permit Applications
  5. California Air Resources Board
  6. Air Quality and Land Use Handbook - CARB

Noise

  1. Noise Ordinance (Ord. No 6212)
  2. Part VIII Noise Element

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Biological Resources

  1. Resource Protection Ordinance (RPO)
  2. Biological Mitigation Ordinance (BMO)
  3. MSCP Findings
  4. MSCP Website
  5. Fish & Game Fee FAQs
  6. Mitigation Banks
  7. California Department ofFish & Game Lake or Streambed AlterationPermit
  8. Process For Issuance of Coastal Sage Scrub Habitat Loss Permits (Ord. No. 8365)
  9. Protocols for ProjectsRequiring HLPs
  10. Board of SupervisorsPolicy I-100: Minor Open Space Encroachments
  11. Board of Supervisors Policy I-103:  Open Space Encroachment Vacations
  12. Sec. 87.501 Clearing Permits - County of San Diego 2003 Revised Grading Ordinance

CulturalResources

  1. Archaeological Resource Management Reports (ARMR): Recommended Contents and Format
  2. An Ordinance Amending the San Diego County Administrative Code, Relating to Enactment of Mills Act Contracts for Property Tax Relief and for the Preservation of Historic Properties
  3. An Ordinance Adding Section 396.7 To The San Diego County Administrative Code Relating To The San Diego County Local Register Of Historical Resources
  4. Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring, and Reconstructing Historic Buildings or the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings
  5. Resource ProtectionOrdinance (RPO)

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Geology/Soils

  1. State of California Seismic Hazards Mapping Program (Available for ordering: State Hazard Maps and Fault Rupture Zones Maps)
  2. California DMG Regional Geology and Hazards Mapping Link
  3. State of California Alquist Priolo Act

Groundwater

  1. Groundwater Ordinance(Ord. No.9826)
  2. Groundwater Limitations Map
  3. DPLU Policy Regarding CEQA Cumulative Impact Analyses For Borrego Valley Groundwater Use

Hydrology/Water Quality

  1. LID Handbook
  2. LID Appendices
  3. LID Literature Index
  4. LID Response to Comments
  5. Clean Water Act 303(d) - List of Impaired Water Bodies
  6. Stormwater Information 
  7. Stormwater Standards Manual
  8. Stormwater Intake Form for Development Projects
  9. Stormwater Management Plan for Priority Projects
  10. County of San Diego Standard Urban Storm Water Mitigation Plan for Land Development and Public Improvement Projects (SUSMP)
  11. Watershed Protection Ordinance
  12. Drainage Design Manual
  13. Hydro Modification Management Documents

Paleontology

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Fire Hazards

  1. Memorandum of Understanding Between USFWS, CDF&G, CDF, San Diego County Fire Chief's Association and the Fire District's Association of San Diego County
  2. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services Opinion on the MOU
  3. County of San Diego: Fire, Defensible Space and You!
  4. Consolidated Fire Code
  5. Fire Code Compliance for Cellular Facilities
  6. Fire Protection Plan (Short Form)

Landscaping & Revegetation

  1. DPLU #257 - Landscape Plans: Applicant's Guide
  2. DPLU #346 - Discretionary Application Form
  3. DPLU #346S - Supplemental Application Form
  4. Format Content and Guidelines
  5. DPLU #717 - Revegetation Plans Applicant's Guide
  6. Final Landscape Inspection Form
  7. County of San Diego Landscape Water Conservation Design Manual
  8. County of San Diego Off-street Parking Design Manual
  9. Community Design Guidelines
  10. Stormwater Information
  11. County of San Diego Grading Ordinance -§87.417 (Planting) and § 87.418 (Irrigation)
  12. An Ordinance Amending the Zoning Ordinance Relating To Landscape Plan Review Procedures - Ord. No. 8924
  13. Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance - Assembly Bill 325

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Hazards Materials & Existing Contamination

  1. SWRCB GeoTracker
  2. Department of Toxic Substance & Control- EnviroStor
  3. Government Code Section 65962.5 (Cortese List) Information
  4. Department of Environmental Health, Voluntary Assistance Program
  5. Department of Environmental Health, Local Enforcement Agency (burnsites & solid waste facilties)
  6. Asbestos Information
  7. San Diego Air Pollution Control District - Asbestos notification

Airport Hazards

  1. Airport Land Use Plans Compatibility Plans (ALUCPs)
  2. CalTrans, Division of Aeronautics, Airport Land Use Planning Handbook
  3. FAA Advisory Circular AC 70/7460-2K, Proposed Construction or Alteration of Objects that May Affect the Navigable Airspace
  4. FAA Form 7460-1 - Notice of Proposed Construction or Alteration

Vectors

  1. DEH Vector Control Program
  2. Managing Mosquitos in Stormwater Treatment Devices
  3. Managing Mosquitos in Surface-Flow Constructed Treatment Wetlands
  4. Mosquitos: Integrated Pest Managment Around the Home

Transportation/Traffic

  1. Traffic Guidelines

Grading

  1. County of San Diego 2004 Revised Grading Ordinance
  2. SWMP Grading Plan Guidelines
  3. PreliminaryGrading Plan Guidelines

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