Santa Clara Valley Water District

To clarify and streamline local permitting for streamside activities, representatives from the water district, 15 cities, the county, business, agriculture, streamside property owners and environmental interests established the Water Resources Protection Collaborative in 2002. In 2007, most municipalities adopted "Guidelines and Standards for Land Use Near Streams: A Manual of Tools, Standards, and Procedures to Protect Streams and Streamside Resource in Santa Clara County." and some integrated into into their zoning or development permitting or review processes.

Municipalities that integrated the above Guidelines and Standards into its municipal codes:

1. City of Cupertino's Municipal Codes for Water Resource Protection (Chapter 9.19)
2. City of Gilroy's Municipal Code for Water Resources Protection - Guidelines and Standards (Chapter 27A)
3. City of Sunnyvale's Municipal Codes for Streamside Development Review (Chapter 19.81)
4.  City of Palo Alto Ordinance 4932, Feb. 5, 2007  
• Grading and Erosion and Sediment Control (Chapter 16.28, sections 080, 321, and 322)
• General Standards and Exceptions (Chapter 18.40, sections 140 and 150)

Municipalities with official online version or copies of resolutions for adopting Guidelines and Standards along with pertinent information:

1. City of Mountain View's Resolution 17144, Nov. 14, 2006
2. City of Los Altos Resolution 07-03, Feb. 13, 2007 
• Environmental Commission Watershed Stewardship Education
3. City of San Jose's Resolution no. 73644, Feb. 13, 2007
• reference EC-5 Flooding Hazard and ER-2 Riparian Corridors Goals of the Envision San Jose 2040
• Special Flood Hazard Area, i.e., Flood Protection Ordinance (Chapter 17.08)
• Riparian Corridor Policy Study 
4. Town of Los Gatos Resolution 2007-020, Feb. 20, 2007 
5. City of Santa Clara Adopted Resolution 07-7391, March 6, 2007 
6. City of Milpitas' Resolution, April 3, 2007
7. City of Saratoga's Staff report, May 2, 2007
8. Santa Clara County's Resolution, May 22, 2007
9. Town of Los Altos Hills Resolution 26-07, May 24, 2007 
• Creeks Brochure created by its Open Space Committee 
10. City of Morgan Hill Resolution 6112, Aug.22, 2007 
11. City of Campbell Resolution 10952, Sept. 16, 2008

 Links to Other Sites and Documents:

1. Web-based Watershed Knowledge Overview 
2. Santa Clara Basin Watershed Action Plan
3. Comprehensive Water Resources Management Plan
4. Watershed Stewardship Plans
5. Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program