Grading & Erosion Control Permit

A Clean Water Services (CWS) service provider letter is required for any physical disturbance of the land surface. 

A Grading and Erosion Control Permit needs to be obtained for any or the following: 

• Site work that disturbs over 500 square feet of area or 20+ cubic yards of cut or fill
• Has land use approval 
• Development activity or disturbance of land surface within one hundred (100) feet of the boundary of a sensitive area, wetland, habitat, or natural area
• Slope of the site greater than twenty (20) percent

A permit is not required for interior improvements to an existing structure, and other activities for which there is no physical disturbance to the surface of the land