PAT STANTON
After receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1968, he worked 51/2 years for Caltrans in Los Angeles. He worked in the Construction, Design and Freeway Operation Departments.
He started with the Orange County Road Department in February 1974. He worked in the Traffic and the Project Planning Departments between 1974 and 1977. He worked 3 years in Flood Control Design before rotating to the Subdivision Section in May 1980. In May1987 he rotated to the Construction Division where he remained until he was promoted to the Manager, Subdivision and Grading Services in December 1988.

The Subdivision and Grading Services Department provides services for processing and recording subdivision maps and for grading property in the unincorporated area of Orange County.

The Grading Section reviews grading plans and soils/geology reports for earthwork construction; inspects earthwork construction for conformance to Code and the approved plans; compiles geological data; performs hydrology, hydraulics, soil and geological studies related to grading plans; and recommends mitigations/conditions of approval for EIR’s, subdivisions and planning applications.

The Tentative Map Section processes projects under the State Subdivision Map Act and the Orange County Subdivision Code and prepares the standard conditions of approval manual. This group’s services and projects include Tentative Tract Maps, Tentative Parcel Maps, Lot Line Adjustments, and Certificates of Compliance.

The Tract Section provides subdivision street and landscape improvement plan checking services; verifies subdivider’s compliance with tract and parcel map Conditions of Approval; prepares tract improvement agreements and security; administers tract and parcel map recordation requests to the Board of Supervisors; and reviews street encroachment permits.

The Traffic Review Section comments and proposes conditions of approval for the traffic impacts of development proposals for subdivisions and planning applications. This group reviews grading and street improvement plans and road encroachment permits for traffic related design features, and prepares Traffic Indices used in pavement design. This group critiques traffic studies prepared for EIR’s, development proposals and highway master plan revisions.

OCFCD/NPDES Section recommends OCFCD and water quality related Conditions of Approval for tracts, parcel maps and planning permits to the Subdivision Committee and Planning Commission; administers the County Master Plan of Drainage; issues flood hazard and water surface elevation reports; administers and plan checks developer funded flood control construction for OCFCD; and reviews and approves Water Quality Management Plans for private development to ensure the implementation of the Best Management Practices required by the County’s NPDES permits.


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