Development Resources
The County of San Diego’s Development Resource Page provides County specific resources for land development and public improvement projects to comply with the 2013 Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit (Order No. R9-2013-0001 as amended by R9-2015-0001 and R9-2015-0100).
- MANUALS
- 2013 MS4 Permit (Projects approved after February 26, 2016)
- 2007 MS4 Permit (Projects approved before February 26, 2016)
- GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE RESOURCES
- Green Streets Performance Standard
- Green Streets Guidelines
- Green Streets Design Criteria
- Green Streets Standard Drawings (PDF)(CAD)(2016)
- Green Streets Maintenance Schedule
- Green Streets Specifications (2016)
- Green Streets PDP Exemption SWQMP
- Green Parking Lots Guidelines
- Green Parking Lot Design Criteria
- DESIGN TEMPLATES AND DETAILS
- Plan Sheet Templates
- Detail Sheets
- Green Street Standard Drawings (CAD)(PDF)
- BMP Design Manual Fact Sheets
- LID Handbook Details
- Construction BMP Details (Caltrans) (CASQA)
- Specifications
- Plant Lists
- GIS RESOURCES
- San Diego County ArcGIS Online Mapping Application
- Watershed Management Area Analysis (WMAA) Data
- SanGIS Regional Data Warehouse
- San Diego County Rainfall Station Map
- San Diego County Zoning and Property Information Tool
- County of San Diego Citizen Access Portal
- San Diego County Survey Records System
- Soils Hydrology Group in PDS Initial Study Research Packet
- COST TOOLS
- PRIOR LAWFUL APPROVAL
- County of San Diego Guidelines for Establishing Prior Lawful Approval
- PDS Letter to Applicants (Feb. 10, 2016)
- DPW Letter to Applicants (June 20, 2016)
- SUBMITTAL TEMPLATES
- Stormwater Permit Application (Intake Form) - 2019 (PDF) (Word)
- 2019 SWQMP Forms
- Standard (PDF) (Word)
- Priority Development Project (PDP)
- for Attachments see Attachment Table on the BMP DM page
- Green Streets PDP Exemption
- Final BMP Approval
- Maintenance Agreement Templates
- Developer Notification Letter Templates
- HYDROMODIFICATION RESOURCES
- San Diego Hydromodification Plan
- Hydromodification Management Exemption Mapping
- Critical Coarse Sediment Yield Assessment
- GIS Data for Hydromod Exemptions and CCSYA (WMAA Data)
- Geomorphic Assessment
- CALCULATORS AND MODELING SOFTWARE
- Pollutant Control
- HMP Control
- Water Quality Equivalency (WQE)
- MAINTENANCE
- TRAINING
- County Training Slides:
- Regional Training Slides: SDHM, SWMM, WQE, BMP Design Manual
- HELP