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Supervisors direct planning staff to draft clearer rules on construction soil stockpiles after concerns about permanent piles
Summary
Following complaints and examples of long-standing soil stockpiles, supervisors asked planning staff to draft ordinance amendments that would clarify definitions, prohibit permanent off‑site spreading of construction spoils, and consider height, slope and time limits.
Board members asked county planning staff to draft ordinance changes to clarify how construction soils and stockpiles are regulated after supervisors raised concerns about large, long‑standing piles that residents and supervisors said have become eyesores.
Planning staff told the board that chapter 45 (environmental regulations, erosion and sediment control) currently states that “permanent stockpiles are prohibited,” but the wording lacks clarity on definitions, allowable…
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