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Forms & Applications
ID   Title  
PC/GRAD/App21-2018 Application for Review of Technical Reports & Import-Export Routes View
PC/GRAD/GGI16-2009 Grading Plan Check and Permit Fees View

Covenant & Agreements (Affidavits)

Information Bulletins
ID   Title  
PC/STR/Corr.Lst.39 Supplemental Plan Check Correction Sheet for Hillside Construction on Slopes Greater than 33 Percent (2023 LABC) View
PC\GRADCorr.Lst.011-2021 Grading/Retaining Wall/Shoring Plan check Correction Sheets View
LADBS Grading Division Memo (Rev. 7-1-2022) View
IB/P/BC 2020-119 Alternate Building Materials Products Approval Requirements View
IB/P/BC 2020-005 Attached Carport View
PC/GRAD/App21-2018 Application for Review of Technical Reports & Import-Export Routes View
PC/GRAD/ Haul Route Clearance Procedure View
PC/GRAD/GGI8-2018 Import Export Instructions View
PC/GRAD/App21-2017 Application for GPI Waiver View
PC/GRAD/Corr.Lst.11-2020 Grading/Retaining Wall/Shoring Plan Check Correction Sheets View
IB/P/BC 2017-005 Attached Carport View
IB/P/BC 2017-009 Detached Carport View
IB/P/BC 2020-139 Guidelines for Determining Remedial Grading Exempted from the Baseline Hillside Ordinance View
IB/P/BC 2017-134 Guidelines for submitting Haul Route Applications with Import or Export Amounts Greater than 1,000 Cubic Yards View
IB/P/BC 2017-141 Guidelines for Determining Live Loads Surcharge from Sidewalk Pedestrian Traffic and Street Traffic View
GGI20-2015 Sump Pump Instructions - New ADA View
PC/GRAD/Mod20-2017 Sump Pump for Site Drainage View
PC/GRAD/Mod19-2017 Stockpiling of Dirt View
GGI1-2015 Grading Bond Instructions and Execution Guides View
IB/P/BC 2014-130 Storm Water Containment Systems View
IB/P/BC 2020-132 Soils/Geology Report Reqs when Filing Parcel Map with City Planning View
IB/P/BC 2014-133 Minimum Info to be Shown on Grading Plans View
PC/GRAD/Aff09-2015 Maintenance Affidavit for Sump Pump with Natural Gas Back-up Generator View
Haul Route Instructions for NavigateLA View
IB/P/BC 2020-083 Retaining Wall Design View
IB/P/BC 2020-004 Wood Frame Prescriptive Provisions One Story Residential Construction Only View
PC/GRAD/Aff7-2016 Areas Subject to Surface Fault Rupture - Severe Ground Shaking View
Import-Export Route (Haul Route) Requests Status Table View
Haul Routes and Large Scale Projects With Cumulative Impact In CD4 MATRIX View
Haul Routes and Large Scale Projects With Cumulative Impact In CD5 MATRIX View
Ord. No. Methane Code View
PC/GRAD/Aff4-2016 Uncertified Fill Underground Structures View
PC/GRAD/Aff09-2016 Maintenance of Sump Pump View
PC/GRAD/Aff8-2016 Maintenance of ___________ View
PC/GRAD/Aff6-2016 Drainage Easement View
PC/GRAD/Aff5-2016 Alternate Method of Grading View
PC/STR/Aff21-2014 Erection and Maintenance of Building in Areas Subject to Inundation or Physical Hazards Geological Nature View
PC/STR/Aff17-2016 Covenant and Agreement Regarding Drainage Easement View
PC/GRAD/Aff03-2016 Maintenance of Drainage Devices Structures View
PC/GRAD/Aff04-2008 Maintenance of Uncertified Fill Underground Structures (for 2011 Codes) View
PC/GRAD/Aff09-2009 Maintenance of Sump Pump (for 2011 Codes) View
PC/GRAD/Aff07-2009 Maintenance of Buildings in Areas Subject to Surface Fault Rupture and or Severe Ground Shaking (for 2011 Codes) View
PC/GRAD/Aff05-2009 Notification of Alternate Method of Grading or Construction (for 2011 Codes) View
PC/GRAD/Aff08-2009 Maintenance of ________________ (for 2011 Codes) View
PC/STR/Aff17-2009 Covenant and Agreement Regarding Drainage Easement (for 2011 Codes) View
IB/P/BC 2020-030 Interconnection Ties for Individual Pile Caps and Caissons View
IB/P/BC 2017-116 Foundation Design for Expansive Soils View
IB/P/BC 2017-118 Guidelines for Stormwater Infiltration View
IB/P/BC 2017-001 Footing/Building Setbacks from Slopes View
IB/P/BC 2017-113 Contents of Reports for Submittal to the LADBS Grading Division View
IB/P/BC 2017-044 Exemptions from Liquefaction, Earthquake Induced Landslide, and Fault-rupture Hazard Zone Investigations View
IB/P/BC 2017-057 Drainage Across Lot Property Line View
IB/P/BC 2020-006 Attached Patio Cover View
IB/P/BC 2020-014 Design and Construction of Swimming Pools View
IB/P/BC 2020-121 Controlled Low Strength Material (CLSM) View
IB/P/BC 2017-050 Construction Upon Slopes Steeper Than Two Horizontal to One Vertical View
IB/P/BC 2017-060 30-Day Notification of Intent to Excavate View
IB/P/BC 2017-103 Use of Sump Pumps for Surface and Subsurface Drainage View
IB/P/BC 2020-101 Site Testing Standards for Methane View
IB/P/BC 2017-049 Slope Stability Evaluation and Acceptance Standards View
IB/P/BC 2014-068 Rules and Regulations for Hillside Exploratory Work View
IB/P/BC 2020-002 Retaining or Slough Wall (4 foot High or Less) View
IB/P/BC 2017-027 Onsite Wastewater Treatment System (OWTS) (Residential) View
PC/GRAD/GGI16-2017 Fee Schedule for Grading Report Reviews View
PC/GRAD/GGI16-2009 Grading Plan Check and Permit Fees View
GGI6-2016 Grading Permit Surety Bond View
GGI/05-2019 Grading Permit Cash Bond View
PC/GRAD/Corr.Lst.11-2020 Plan Check Correction List (for 2011 Codes) View
PC/STR/Corr.Lst.101-2010 Supplemental Correction Sheet for Stormwater SUSMP & SSMP (for 2011 Codes) View

Requests for Modifications
ID   Title  
GGI20-2015 Sump Pump Instructions - New ADA View
PC/GRAD/Mod20-2017 Sump Pump for Site Drainage View
PC/GRAD/Mod19-2017 Stockpiling of Dirt View

Standard Correction List