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Grading and erosion control in Shasta Lake

Shasta Lake's own rules on grading and erosion control, with the code text for every value.

Each rule below links to the section of the Shasta Lake Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Shasta Lake's code says

Shasta Lake code What Shasta Lake's code adds
Erosion control plan
  • A Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) is required.
    Applies: Land disturbance of 1 acre or more, or under 1 acre within a larger common development plan.
    § 15.08.090 · code text
    For projects resulting in a land disturbance of one acre or more, or less than one acre but part of a larger common plan of development, the Regional Water Quality Control Board's notice of intent and authorization shall be provided, including a stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPP).
  • A Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) is required.
    Applies: Disturbance under 1 acre when the director or the Regional Water Quality Control Board finds a significant water quality threat.
    § 15.08.090 · code text
    A SWPPP shall be required for land disturbances less than one acre when the development services director or his or her designee, or the Regional Water Quality Control Board, determines that the project poses a significant threat to water quality.
Grading without a permit
  • Excavation of 200 cubic yards or less (not over 10,000 square feet, not more than two feet deep, that does not create a cut slope that is both greater than two feet in height and steeper than two horizontal to one vertical, and does not change the drainage pattern); fill of 50 cubic yards or less (not over 10,000 square feet, less than one foot deep on terrain flatter than five to one or less than three feet deep, not supporting structures, no drainage change); excavation for basements, footings, pools or retaining walls under a valid building permit that also meets these limits
    Applies: Only if the work does not affect sensitive habitats, protected trees or cultural resources; erosion control is still required; the building-permit item does not exempt fill on land over ten percent slope or an excavation over four feet of unsupported height; landscape grading on a developed single-family parcel under one acre is also exempt
    § 15.08.050 · code text
    An excavation below finish grade for basements and footings of a building, or for a swimming pool, retaining wall, or other structure, authorized by a valid building permit, and complies with Subsections 5 and 6 of this section.

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What are the grading rules in Shasta Lake?

Shasta Lake's code: Excavation of 200 cubic yards or less (not over 10,000 square feet, not more than two feet deep, that does not create a cut slope that is both greater than two feet in height and steeper than two horizontal to one vertical, and does not change the drainage pattern); fill of 50 cubic yards or less (not over 10,000 square feet, less than one foot deep on terrain flatter than five to one or less than three feet deep, not supporting structures, no drainage change); excavation for basements, footings, pools or retaining walls under a valid building permit that also meets these limits (Only if the work does not affect sensitive habitats, protected trees or cultural resources; erosion control is still required; the building-permit item does not exempt fill on land over ten percent slope or an excavation over four feet of unsupported height; landscape grading on a developed single-family parcel under one acre is also exempt) (§ 15.08.050); A Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) is required. (Land disturbance of 1 acre or more, or under 1 acre within a larger common development plan.) (§ 15.08.090).

General information, not legal advice.

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