Process Guide

• Aesthetics
• Agricultural Resources
• Air Quality
• Airport Hazards
• Biological Resources
• Climate Change - Interim Approach to Addressing Climate Change
• Climate Change - Interim Guidance for EOM/Industrial Projects
• Cultural Resources
• Dark Skies and Glare
• EIR
• Emergency Response Plans
• General CEQA Guidelines
• General Guidance
• General Plan Elements
• Geology/Geologic Hazards/Soils

• Grading 
• Groundwater
• Guidelines for Determining Significance and Report Format Requirements
• Hazardous Materials & Existing Contamination
• Hydrology/Water Quality
• Land Use/Planning
• Landscaping & Revegetation
• Mineral Resources
• Noise
• Paleontological Resources
• Scoping Letter Guidance
• Transportation & Traffic
• Unique Geology
• Vectors
• Visual Resources
• Water Quality
• Wildland Fire and Fire Protection/Fire Hazards

Aesthetics

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

 Agricultural Resources

• Guidelines for Determining Significance
• Report Format & Content Requirements
• (Approved March 19, 2007)

1. Agricultural Resources Screening Flowchart
2. Soil Candidates Map
3. Aquifer Types Map
4. Area climates 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)

Air Quality

• Guidelines for Determining Significance
• Report Format & Content Requirements
• (Approved March 19, 2007)

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

Airport Hazards               

• Guidelines for Determining Significance
•   (Approved July 30, 2007)

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

Biological Resources

• Guidelines for Determining Significance
• Report Format & Content Requirements
• (Approved September 26, 2006 - 1st revision December 5, 2007, 2nd revision July 30, 2008, 3rd revision June 30, 2009, 4th revision September 15, 2010)
• Technical Report Examples

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 of Fish & Game Lake or Streambed Alteration Permit
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 
13. GIS Biological Mapping Training – January 20, 2011

Cultural  Resources

• Guidelines for Determining Significance
• Report Format & Content Requirements
• (Approved September 26, 2006 - Revised December 5, 2007 -Includes Archaeology & Historical Resources)
• Technical Report Examples

1. 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
2. An Ordinance Adding Section 396.7 To The San Diego County Administrative Code Relating To The San Diego County Local Register Of Historical Resources
3. 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
4. Resource Protection Ordinance (RPO)

Dark Skies and Glare          

• Guidelines for Determining Significance
• Photometric Study Requirements
• (Approved July 30, 2007 - First Minor Modification January 15, 2009)

EIR

• EIR Content & Format Requirements
• EIR Content and Format Guidelines-Revised 2004
• September 26, 2006 - County of San Diego EIR Content & Format Requirements
• EIR Flowchart
• Examples of Adequate EIRs and Technical Studies
• Acronyms for EIRs

Emergency Response Plans 

• Guidelines for Determining Significance
• (Approved July 30, 2007)

Geology/Geologic Hazards/Soils
 

• Guidelines for Determining Significance
• (Approved July 30, 2007)
• Technical Report Examples

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

Grading

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

Groundwater

• Guidelines for Determining Significance
• Report Format & Content Requirements
• (Approved March 19, 2007)
• Technical Report Examples

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

Hazardous Materials & Existing Contamination

• Guidelines for Determining Significance
• (Approved July 30, 2007)
• Technical Report Examples

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

Hydrology/Water Quality

• Guidelines for Determining Significance
• (Approved July 30, 2007)

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 

LandUse/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  

Landscaping & Revegetation

1. Landscape Plan Application (Documentation Package)
2. PDS #346 - Discretionary Application Form
3. PDS #346S - Supplemental Application Form
4. Format Content and Guidelines
5. PDS #717 - Revegetation Plans Applicant's Guide
6. County of San Diego Water Efficient Landscape Design Manual
7. County of San Diego Off-street Parking Design Manual
8. Community Design Guidelines
9. Stormwater Information
10. County of San Diego Grading Ordinance -§87.417 (Planting) and § 87.418 (Irrigation)
11. San Diego County's Water Conservation in Landscaping Ordinance, Ord No. 10032

Mineral Resources

• Guidelines for Determining Significance
• Report Format & Content Requirements
• (Approved July 30, 2007 - Revised July 30, 2008)

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

Noise

• Guidelines for Determining Significance
• Report Format & Content Requirements
• (Approved March 19, 2007 - Revised January 27, 2009)
• Technical Report Examples

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

Paleontological Resources 

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

Revegetation Planning        

• Report Format & Content Requirements
• (Approved July 30, 2007)

Transportation & Traffic 

• Guidelines for Determining Significance
• Report Format & Content Requirements
• (Approved Sept. 26, 2006 - Revised June 30, 2009, Modified Feb. 19, 2010 and Second Modification Aug. 24, 2011)
• Technical Report Examples

• Guidelines for Determining Significance
• (Approved July 30, 2007)

Vectors 

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

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 Management Around the Home

Visual Resources

• Guidelines for Determining Significance
• Report Format & Content Requirements
• (Approved July 30, 2007)

Water Quality 

• Guidelines for Determining Significance
• (Approved July 30, 2007)

• Guidelines for Determining Significance
• Report Format & Content Requirements
• (Approved August 31, 2010)

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)