HomeMy WebLinkAboutAd Hoc GP-LCP Agenda 2011-06-14MEETING AGENDA
City of Seal Beach
Ad Hoc Local Coastal Program & General Plan
Citizens Advisory Committee
June 14, 2011 @ 6:00 PM / City Council Chambers
1. Call Meeting to Order / Roll Call
2. Public Comment
Members of the public may address the Committee on any matters related to the
Housing Element or Local Coastal Program.
3. Review and approval of summary meeting notes of May 10, 2011
4. Suggested Working Groups
A. Housing Element Group
B. Local Coastal Program Group
5. Housing Element Issues
A. Review of May 10 brainstorming session
B. Review Housing Programs Matrix
6. Local Coastal Program — California Coastal Act Chapter 3
A. Public Access /Recreation — Articles 1 -3
B. Marine Environment /Global Warming /Sea Level Rise — Article 4
C. Land Resources /Development/Industrial Development — Article 5 -7
7. Implementation Plan
A. Exemptions
B. Local Permitting Requirements
C. Coastal Development Permits
D. Appeals process
8. Adjournment — Next Meeting July 12, 2011 at 6:00 PM
City of Seal Beach
Ad Hoc General Plan /Local Coastal Plan Citizens Advisory Committee
May 10, 2011, Meeting Notes
City Of Seal Beach
Ad Hoc General Plan /Local Coastal Program
Citizens Advisory Committee
Meeting Notes of May 10, 2011
Mark Persico, AICP, Director of Development Services, called the meeting of the
Ad Hoc General Plan /Local Coastal Program Citizens Advisory Committee to
order at 6:05 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Present: Joan Alderson
Barbara Barton
Eugene Blackmun
Ellery Deaton
Bonnie Gasior
Robert Girardi
Jerry Galbreath
Robert Goldberg
John Larson
Bruce Monroe
Rallie Rallis
Jon Regnier
Mario Voce
Also
Present: Department of Development Services
Mark Persico, AICP, Director of Development Services
Jerry Olivera, AICP, Senior Planner
Absent: Gayle Colden
Kenneth Coultrup
Richard D Sa
Dave Evans
Tom Pontac
Election of Officers
Persico conducted the call for nominations for Committee Chair. Council member
Deaton was the only member nominated for Chair. By voice vote Council member
Deaton was unanimously confirmed as Chair.
Chair Deaton conducted the call for nominations for Vice Chair. Mario Voce was
the only nomination for Vice Chair. By voice vote Mario Voce was unanimously
confirmed as Vice Chair.
Agenda Item #3
City of Seal Beach
Ad Hoc General Plan/Local Coastal Plan Citizens Advisory Committee
May 10, 2011, Meeting Notes
Housing Element Background & Key Issues
John Douglas, the City's housing consultant, stated that the City Regional Housing
Needs Assessment (RHNA) target was 57 units: 21 at lower income, 12 at
moderate income and 24 at above moderate income. He listed the three key
issues for the Committee as: sites analysis and the need for densities above 20
dwelling units per acre (du's /ac), housing for persons with special needs, and a
review of the housing programs matrix.
Brainstorming of Potential Sites
Leisure World RV storage lot
Zoeter Center
Naval Weapons Station — RV storage site along Seal Beach Blvd.
Rossmoor Shopping Center
Southeast corner of Seal Beach Blvd. & PCH
Gum Grove Park
City parcel at end of Adolfo Lopez Road
Accurate Metal property
Boeing parking lot on Westminster Blvd.
Staff indicated they would prepare a brief analysis of the sites for further
discussion at the next meeting.
Local Coastal Program Background & Key Issues
Mark Persico discussed the Draft 2003 and 2008 LCP prepared by the City. He
also listed the key issue areas for the LCP as: public access /recreation, marine
environment/global warming /sea level rise, and land resources /development.
The Committee decided that they would prepare a Local Coastal Program and
Implementation Plan jointly as a single document. The Committee also decided
that it would be better to start the plan from scratch instead of trying to edit the
2003 and 2008 Plans.
NEXT STEPS / NEXT MEETING
The Committee discussed possibly breaking into a Housing Element and LCP
working group. Details of the working groups were deferred to the June meeting.
The Committee members set the next meeting for June 14, 2011, and established
the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. as the regular meeting time.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Charles Antos — asked about the LCP process.
Agenda Item #3
City of Seal Beach
Ad Hoc General Plankocal Coastal Plan Citizens Advisory Committee
May 10, 2011, Meeting Notes
COMMITTEE CONCERNS
The Committee members asked for copies of the previous 2003 and 2008 LCP
and documents related to those plans.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 8:05 p.m.
Notes Prepared by:
Mark Persico, AICP, Director of Development Services
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CHAPTER 3
COASTAL RESOURCES PLANNING AND
MANAGEMENT POLICIES
ARTICLE 1
GENERAL
Section
30200 Policies as standards; resolution of policy conflicts
ARTICLE 2
PUBLIC ACCESS
Section
30210 Access; recreational opportunities; posting
30211 Development not to interfere with access
30212 New development projects
30212.5 Public facilities; distribution
30213 Lower cost visitor and recreational facilities; encouragement and provision,
overnight room rentals
30214 Implementation of public access policies; legislative intent
ARTICLE 3
RECREATION
Section
30220 Protection of certain water- oriented activities
30221 Oceanfront land; protection for recreational use and development
30222 Private lands; priority of development purposes
30222.5 Oceanfront land; aquaculture facilities; priority
30223 Upland areas
30224 Recreational boating use; encouragement; facilities
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ARTICLE 4
MARINE ENVIRONMENT
Section
30230 Marine resources; maintenance
30231 Biological productivity; waste water
30232 Oil and hazardous substance spills
30233 Diking, filling or dredging continued movement of sediment and nutrients
30234 Commercial fishing and recreational boating facilities
30234.5 Economic, commercial, and recreational importance of fishing
30235 Construction altering natural shoreline
30236 Water supply and flood control
30237 Repealed
ARTICLE 5
LAND RESOURCES
Section
30240 Environmentally sensitive habitat areas; adjacent developments
30241 - Prime agricultural land; maintenance in agricultural production
30241.5 Agricultural lands; determination of viability of uses; economic feasibility evaluation
30242 Lands suitable for agricultural use; conversion
30243 Productivity of soils and timberlands; conversions
30244 Archaeological or paleontological resources
ARTICLE 6
DEVELOPMENT
Section
30250 Location, existing developed areas
30251 Scenic and visual qualities
30252 Maintenance and enhancement of public areas
30253 Minimization of adverse impacts (amended Ch. 179, Stars. 2008)
30254 Public works facilities
30254.5 Terms or conditions on sewage treatment plant development; prohibition
30255 Priority of coastal- dependent developments
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ARTICLE 7
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
Section
30260 Location or expansion
30261 Tanker facilities; use and design
30262 Oil and gas development
30263 Refineries or petrochemical facilities
30264 Thermal electric generating plants
30265 Legislative findings and declarations; offshore oil transportation
30265.5 Governor or designee; coordination of activities concerning offshore oil transport
and refining; duties
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ARTICLE 1
GENERAL
Section 30200 Policies as standards; resolution of policy conflicts
(a) Consistent with the coastal zone values cited in Section 30001 and the basic goals set forth in
Section 30001.5, and except as may be otherwise specifically provided in this division, the policies of this
chapter shall constitute the standards by which the adequacy of local coastal programs, as provided in
Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 305001 and, the permissibility of proposed developments subject to
the provisions of this division are determined. All public agencies carrying out or supporting activities
outside the coastal zone that could have a direct impact on resources within the coastal zone shall consider
the effect of such actions on coastal zone resources in order to assure that these policies are achieved.
(b) Where the commission or any local government in implementing the provisions of this division
identifies a conflict between the policies of this chapter, Section 30007.5 shall be utilized to resolve the
conflict and the resolution of such conflicts shall be supported by appropriate findings setting forth the basis
for the resolution of identified policy conflicts.
(Amended by Ch. 43, Stats. 1982.)
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ARTICLE 2
PUBLIC ACCESS
Section 30210 Access; recreational opportunities; posting
In carrying out the requirement of Section 4 of Article X of the California Constitution maximum
access, which shall be conspicuously posted, and recreational opportunities shall be provided for all the
people consistent with public safety needs and the need to protect public rights, rights of private property
owners, and natural resource areas from overuse.
(Amended by Ch. 1075, Stats. 1978.)
Section 30211 Development not to interfere with access
Development shall not interfere with the public's right of access to the sea where acquired through use
or legislative authorization, including, but not limited to, the use of dry sand and rocky coastal beaches to
the first line of terrestrial vegetation.
Section 30212 New development projects
(a) Public access from the nearest public roadway to the shoreline and along the coast shall be
provided in new development projects except where: (1) it is inconsistent with public safety, military
security needs, or the protection of fragile coastal resources, (2) adequate access exists nearby, or, (3)
agriculture would be adversely affected. Dedicated accessway shall not be required to be opened to public
use until a public agency or private association agrees to accept responsibility for maintenance and liability
of the accessway.
(b) For purposes of this section, "new development" does not include:
(1) Replacement of any structure pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (g) of Section 30610
(2) The demolition and reconstruction of a single - family residence; provided, that the reconstructed
residence shall not exceed either the floor area, height or bulk of the former structure by more than 10
percent, and that the reconstructed residence shall be sited in the same location on the affected property as
the former structure.
(3) Improvements to any structure which do not change the intensity of its use, which do not increase
either the floor area, height, or bulk of the structure by more than 10 percent, which do not block or impede
public access, and which do not result in a seaward encroachment by the structure.
(4) The reconstruction or repair of any seawall; provided, however, that the reconstructed or repaired
seawall is not a seaward of the location of the former structure.
(5) Any repair or maintenance activity for which the commission has determined, pursuant to Section
30610 that a coastal development permit will be required unless the commission determines that the
activity will have an adverse impact on lateral public access along the beach.
As used in this subdivision "bulk" means total interior cubic volume as measured from the exterior
surface of the structure.
(c) Nothing in this division shall restrict public access nor shall it excuse the performance of duties
and responsibilities of public agencies which are required by Sections 66478.1 to 66478.14 inclusive, of
the Government Code and by Section 4 of Article X of the California Constitution
(Amended by: Ch. 1075, Stats. 1978; Ch. 919, Stats. 1979; Ch. 744, Stats. 1983.)
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Section 30212.5 Public facilities; distribution
Wherever appropriate and feasible, public facilities, including parking areas or facilities, shall be
distributed throughout an area so as to mitigate against the impacts, social and otherwise, of overcrowding
or overuse by the public of any single area.
Section 30213 Lower cost visitor and recreational facilities; encouragement and provision; overnight
room rentals
Lower cost visitor and recreational facilities shall be protected, encouraged, and, where feasible,
provided. Developments providing public recreational opportunities are preferred.
The commission shall not: (1) require that overnight room rentals be fixed at an amount certain for
any privately owned and operated hotel, motel, or other similar visitor - serving facility located on either
public or private lands; or (2) establish or approve any method for the identification of low or moderate
income persons for the purpose of determining eligibility for overnight room rentals in any such facilities.
(Amended by: Ch. 1191, Stats. 1979; Ch. 1087, Stats. 1980; Ch. 1007, Stats. 1981; Ch. 285, Stats. 1991.)
Section 30214 Implementation of public access policies; legislative intent
(a) The public access policies of this article shall be implemented in a manner that takes into account
the need to regulate the time, place, and manner of public access depending on the facts and circumstances
in each case including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Topographic and geologic site characteristics.
(2) The capacity of the site to sustain use and at what level of intensity.
(3) The appropriateness of limiting public access to the right to pass and repass depending on such
factors as the fragility of the natural resources in the area and the proximity of the access area to adjacent
residential uses.
(4) The need to provide for the management of access areas so as to protect the privacy of adjacent
property owners and to protect the aesthetic values of the area providing for the collection of litter.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the public access policies of this article be carried out in a
reasonable manner that considers the equities and that balances the rights of the individual property owner
with the public's constitutional right of access pursuant to Section 4 of Article X of the California
Constitution Nothing in this section or any amendment thereto shall be construed as a limitation on the
rights guaranteed to the public under Section 4 of Article X of the California Constitution
(c) In carrying out the public access policies of this article, the commission and any other responsible
public agency shall consider and encourage the utilization of innovative access management techniques,
including, but not limited to, agreements with private organizations which would minimize management
costs and encourage the use of volunteer programs.
(Amended by: Ch. 919, Stats. 1979; Ch. 285, Stats. 1991.)
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ARTICLE 3
RECREATION
Section 30220 Protection of certain water - oriented activities
Coastal areas suited for water- oriented recreational activities that cannot readily be provided at inland
water areas shall be protected for such uses.
Section 30221 Oceanfront land; protection for recreational use and development
Oceanfront land suitable for recreational use shall be protected for recreational use and development
unless present and foreseeable future demand for public or commercial recreational activities that could be
accommodated on the property is already adequately provided for in the area.
(Amended by Ch. 380, Stats. 1978.)
Section 30222 Private lands; priority of development purposes
The use of private lands suitable for visitor - serving commercial recreational facilities designed to
enhance public opportunities for coastal recreation shall have priority over private residential, general
industrial, or general commercial development, but not over agriculture or coastal- dependent industry.
Section 30222.5 Oceanfront lands; aquaculture facilities; priority
Oceanfront land that is suitable for coastal dependent aquaculture shall be protected for that use, and
proposals for aquaculture facilities located on those sites shall be given priority, except over other coastal
dependent developments or uses.
(Added by Ch. 1486, Stats. 1982.)
Section 30223 Upland areas
Upland areas necessary to support coastal recreational uses shall be reserved for such uses, where
feasible.
Section 30224 Recreational boating use; encouragement; facilities
Increased recreational boating use of coastal waters shall be encouraged, in accordance with this
division, by developing dry storage areas, increasing public launching facilities, providing additional
berthing space in existing harbors, limiting non- water - dependent land uses that congest access corridors and
preclude boating support facilities, providing harbors of refuge, and by providing for new boating facilities
in natural harbors, new protected water areas, and in areas dredged from dry land.
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ARTICLE 4
MARINE ENVIRONMENT
Section 30230 Marine resources; maintenance
Marine resources shall be maintained, enhanced, and where feasible, restored. Special protection
shall be given to areas and species of special biological or economic significance. Uses of the marine
environment shall be carried out in a manner that will sustain the biological productivity of coastal waters
and that will maintain healthy populations of all species of marine organisms adequate for long -term
commercial, recreational, scientific, and educational purposes.
Section 30231 Biological productivity; water quality
The biological productivity and the quality of coastal waters, streams, wetlands, estuaries, and lakes
appropriate to maintain optimum populations of marine organisms and for the protection of human health
shall be maintained and, where feasible, restored through, among other means, minimizing adverse effects
of waste water discharges and entrainment, controlling runoff, preventing depletion of ground water
supplies and substantial interference with surface waterflow, encouraging waste water reclamation,
maintaining natural vegetation buffer areas that protect riparian habitats, and minimizing alteration of
natural streams.
Section 30232 Oil and hazardous substance spills
Protection against the spillage of crude oil, gas, petroleum products, or hazardous substances shall be
provided in relation to any development or transportation of such materials. Effective containment and
cleanup facilities and procedures shall be provided for accidental spills that do occur.
Section 30233 Diking, filling or dredging; continued movement of sediment and nutrients
(a) The diking, filling, or dredging of open coastal waters, wetlands, estuaries, and lakes shall be
permitted in accordance with other applicable provisions of this division, where there is no feasible less
environmentally damaging alternative, and where feasible mitigation measures have been provided to
minimize adverse environmental effects, and shall be limited to the following:
(1) New or expanded port, energy, and coastal- dependent industrial facilities, including commercial
fishing facilities.
(2) Maintaining existing, or restoring previously dredged, depths in existing navigational channels,
turning basins, vessel berthing and mooring areas, and boat launching ramps.
(3) In open coastal waters, other than wetlands, including streams, estuaries, and lakes, new or
expanded boating facilities and the placement of structural pilings for public recreational piers that provide
public access and recreational opportunities.
(4) Incidental public service purposes, including but not limited to, burying cables and pipes or
inspection of piers and maintenance of existing intake and outfall lines.
(5) Mineral extraction, including sand for restoring beaches, except in environmentally sensitive
areas.
(6) Restoration purposes.
(7) Nature study, aquaculture, or similar resource dependent activities.
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(b) Dredging and spoils disposal shall be planned and carried out to avoid significant disruption to
marine and wildlife habitats and water circulation. Dredge spoils suitable for beach replenishment should
be transported for these purposes to appropriate beaches or into suitable longshore current systems.
(c) In addition to the other provisions of this section, diking, filling, or dredging in existing estuaries
and wetlands shall maintain or enhance the functional capacity of the wetland or estuary. Any alteration of
coastal wetlands identified by the Department of Fish and Game, including, but not limited to, the 19
coastal wetlands identified in its report entitled, "Acquisition Priorities for the Coastal Wetlands of
California ", shall be limited to very minor incidental public facilities, restorative measures, nature study,
commercial fishing facilities in Bodega Bay, and development in already developed parts of south San
Diego Bay, if otherwise in accordance with this division.
For the purposes of this section, 'commercial fishing facilities in Bodega Bay" means that not less
than 80 percent of all boating facilities proposed to be developed or improved, where the improvement
would create additional berths in Bodega Bay, shall be designed and used for commercial fishing activities.
(d) Erosion control and flood control facilities constructed on watercourses can impede the movement
of sediment and nutrients that would otherwise be carried by storm runoff into coastal waters. To facilitate
the continued delivery of these sediments to the littoral zone, whenever feasible, the material removed from
these facilities may be placed at appropriate points on the shoreline in accordance with other applicable
provisions of this division, where feasible mitigation measures have been provided to minimize adverse
environmental effects. Aspects that shall be considered before issuing a coastal development permit for
these purposes are the method of placement, time of year of placement, and sensitivity of the placement
area.
(Amended by: Ch. 673, Stats. 1978; Ch. 43, Stats. 1982; Ch. 1167, Stats. 1982; Ch. 454, Stats. 1983; Ch. 294, Stats.
2006.)
Section 30234 Commercial fishing and recreational boating facilities
Facilities serving the commercial fishing and recreational boating industries shall be protected and,
where feasible, upgraded. Existing commercial fishing and recreational boating harbor space shall not be
reduced unless the demand for those facilities no longer exists or adequate substitute space has been
provided. Proposed recreational boating facilities shall, where feasible, be designed and located in such a
fashion as not to interfere with the needs of the commercial fishing industry.
Section 30234.5 Economic, commercial, and recreational importance of fishing
The economic, commercial, and recreational importance of fishing activities shall be recognized and
protected.
(Added by Ch. 802, Stats. 1991.)
Section 30235 Construction altering natural shoreline
Revetments, breakwaters, groins, harbor channels, seawalls, cliff retaining walls, and other such
construction that alters natural shoreline processes shall be permitted when required to serve coastal -
dependent uses or to protect existing structures or public beaches in danger from erosion, and when
designed to eliminate or mitigate adverse impacts on local shoreline sand supply. Existing marine
structures causing water stagnation contributing to pollution problems and fishkills should be phased out or
upgraded where feasible.
Section 30236 Water supply and flood control
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Channel izations, dams, or other substantial alterations of rivers and streams shall incorporate the best
mitigation measures feasible, and be limited to (l) necessary water supply projects, (2) flood control projects
where no other method for protecting existing structures in the flood plain is feasible and where such
protection is necessary for public safety or to protect existing development, or (3) developments where the
primary function is the improvement of fish and wildlife habitat.
Section 30237 (Repealed by Ch. 286, Stats. 2004.)
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ARTICLE 5
LAND RESOURCES
Section 30240 Environmentally sensitive habitat areas; adjacent developments
(a) Environmentally sensitive habitat areas shall be protected against any significant disruption of
habitat values, and only uses dependent on those resources shall be allowed within those areas.
(b) Development in areas adjacent to environmentally sensitive habitat areas and parks and recreation
areas shall be sited and designed to prevent impacts which would significantly degrade those areas, and
shall be compatible with the continuance of those habitat and recreation areas.
(Amended by Ch. 285, Stats. 1991.)
Section 30241 Prime agricultural land; maintenance in agricultural production
The maximum amount of prime agricultural land shall be maintained in agricultural production to
assure the protection of the areas' agricultural economy, and conflicts shall be minimized between
agricultural and urban land uses through all of the following:
(a) By establishing stable boundaries separating urban and rural areas, including, where necessary,
clearly defined buffer areas to minimize conflicts between agricultural and urban land uses.
(b) By limiting conversions of agricultural lands around the periphery of urban areas to the lands
where the viability of existing agricultural use is already severely limited by conflicts with urban uses or
where the conversion of the lands would complete a logical and viable neighborhood and contribute to the
establishment of a stable limit to urban development.
(c) By permitting the conversion of agricultural land surrounded by urban uses where the conversion
of the land would be consistent with Section 30250
(d) By developing available lands not suited for agriculture prior to the conversion of agricultural
lands.
(e) By assuring that public service and facility expansions and nonagricultural development do not
impair agricultural viability, either through increased assessment costs or degraded air and water quality.
(f) By assuring that all divisions of prime agricultural lands, except those conversions approved
pursuant to subdivision (b), and all development adjacent to prime agricultural lands shall not diminish the
productivity of such prime agricultural lands.
(Amended by: Ch. 1066, Stats. 1981; Ch. 43, Stats. 1982.)
Section 30241.5 Agricultural land; determination of viability of uses; economic feasibility evaluation
(a) if the viability of existing agricultural uses is an issue pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 30241
as to any local coastal program or amendment to any certified local coastal program submitted for review
and approval under this division, the determination of "viability" shall include, but not be limited to,
consideration of an economic feasibility evaluation containing at least both of the following elements:
(1) An analysis of the gross revenue from the agricultural products grown in the area for the five
years immediately preceding the date of the filing of a proposed local coastal program or an amendment to
any local coastal program.
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(2) An analysis of the operational expenses, excluding the cost of land, associated with the production
of the agricultural products grown in the area for the five years immediately preceding the date of the filing
of a proposed local coastal program or an amendment to any local coastal program.
For purposes of this subdivision, "area" means a geographic area of sufficient size to provide an
accurate evaluation of the economic feasibility of agricultural uses for those lands included in the local
coastal program or in the proposed amendment to a certified local coastal program.
(b) The economic feasibility evaluation required by subdivision (a) shall be submitted to the
commission, by the local government, as part of its submittal of a local coastal program or an amendment to
any local coastal program. if the local government determines that it does not have the staff with the
necessary expertise to conduct the economic feasibility evaluation, the evaluation may be conducted under
agreement with the local government by a consultant selected jointly by local government and the executive
director of the commission.
(Added by Ch. 259, Stats. 1984.)
Section 30242 Lands suitable for agricultural use; conversion
All other lands suitable for agricultural use shall not be converted to nonagricultural uses unless (1)
continued or renewed agricultural use is not feasible, or (2) such conversion would preserve prime
agricultural land or concentrate development consistent with Section 30250 Any such permitted
conversion shall be compatible with continued agricultural use on surrounding lands.
Section 30243 Productivity of soils and timberlands; conversions
The long -term productivity of soils and timberlands shall be protected, and conversions of coastal
commercial timberlands in units of commercial size to other uses or their division into units of
noncommercial size shall be limited to providing for necessary timber processing and related facilities.
Section 30244 Archaeological or paleontological resources
Where development would adversely impact archaeological or paleontological resources as identified
by the State Historic Preservation Officer, reasonable mitigation measures shall be required.
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ARTICLE 6
DEVELOPMENT
Section 30250 Location; existing developed area
(a) New residential, commercial, or industrial development, except as otherwise provided in this
division, shall be located within, contiguous with, or in close proximity to, existing developed areas able to
accommodate it or, where such areas are not able to accommodate it, in other areas with adequate public
services and where it will not have significant adverse effects, either individually or cumulatively, on
coastal resources. In addition, land divisions, other than leases for agricultural uses, outside existing
developed areas shall be permitted only where 50 percent of the usable parcels in the area have been
developed and the created parcels would be no smaller than the average size of surrounding parcels.
(b) Where feasible, new hazardous industrial development shall be located away from existing
developed areas.
(c) Visitor - serving facilities that cannot feasibly be located in existing developed areas shall be
located in existing isolated developments or at selected points of attraction for visitors.
(Amended by Ch. 1090, Stats. 1979.)
Section 30251 Scenic and visual qualities
The scenic and visual qualities of coastal areas shall be considered and protected as a resource of
public importance. Permitted development shall be sited and designed to protect views to and along the
ocean and scenic coastal areas, to minimize the alteration of natural land forms, to be visually compatible
with the character of surrounding areas, and, where feasible, to restore and enhance visual quality in
visually degraded areas. New development in highly scenic areas such as those designated in the California
Coastline Preservation and Recreation Plan prepared by the Department of Parks and Recreation and by
local government shall be subordinate to the character of its setting.
Section 30252 Maintenance and enhancement of public access
The location and amount of new development should maintain and enhance public access to the coast
by (1) facilitating the provision or extension of transit service, (2) providing commercial facilities within or
adjoining residential development or in other areas that will minimize the use of coastal access roads, (3)
providing nonautomobile circulation within the development, (4) providing adequate parking facilities or
providing substitute means of serving the development with public transportation, (5) assuring the potential
for public transit for high intensity uses such as high -rise office buildings, and by (6) assuring that the
recreational needs of new residents will not overload nearby coastal recreation areas by correlating the
amount of development with local park acquisition and development plans with the provision of onsite
recreational facilities to serve the new development.
Section 30253 Minimization of adverse impacts
New development shall do all of the following
(a� Minimize risks to life and property in areas of high geologic, flood, and fire hazard.
(l) Assure stability and structural integrity, and neither create nor contribute significantly to erosion,
geologic instability, or destruction of the site or surrounding area or in any way require the construction of
protective devices that would substantially alter natural landforms along bluffs and cliffs.
(J Be consistent with requirements imposed by an air pollution control district or the State Air
Resources Board as to each particular development.
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(d) Minimize energy consumption and vehicle miles traveled.
(e Where appropriate, protect special communities and neighborhoods that, because of their unique
characteristics, are popular visitor destination points for recreational uses.
(Amended by Ch. 179, Stats. 2008)
Section 30254 Public works facilities
New or expanded public works facilities shall be designed and limited to accommodate needs
generated by development or uses permitted consistent with the provisions of this division; provided,
however, that it is the intent of the Legislature that State Highway Route 1 in rural areas of the coastal zone
remain a scenic two -lane road. Special districts shall not be formed or expanded except where assessment
for, and provision of, the service would not induce new development inconsistent with this division. Where
existing or planned public works facilities can accommodate only a limited amount of new development,
services to coastal dependent land use, essential public services and basic industries vital to the economic
health of the region, state, or nation, public recreation, commercial recreation, and visitor - serving land uses
shall not be precluded by other development.
Section 30254.5 Terms or conditions on sewage treatment plant development; prohibition
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission may not impose any term or condition
on the development of any sewage treatment plant which is applicable to any future development that the
commission finds can be accommodated by that plant consistent with this division. Nothing in this section
modifies the provisions and requirements of Sections 30254 and 30412
(Added by Ch. 978, Stats. 1984.)
Section 30255 Priority of coastal - dependent developments
Coastal - dependent developments shall have priority over other developments on or near the shoreline.
Except as provided elsewhere in this division, coastal- dependent developments shall not be sited in a
wetland. When appropriate, coastal- related developments should be accommodated within reasonable
proximity to the coastal - dependent uses they support.
(Amended by Ch. 1090, Stats. 1979.)
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ARTICLE 7
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
Section 30260 Location or expansion
Coastal - dependent industrial facilities shall be encouraged to locate or expand within existing sites
and shall be permitted reasonable long -term growth where consistent with this division. However, where
new or expanded coastal - dependent industrial facilities cannot feasibly be accommodated consistent with
other policies of this division, they may nonetheless be permitted in accordance with this section and
Sections 30261 and 30262 if (1) alternative locations are infeasible or more environmentally damaging; (2)
to do otherwise would adversely affect the public welfare; and (3) adverse environmental effects are
mitigated to the maximum extent feasible.
Section 30261 Tanker facilities; use and design
Multicompany use of existing and new tanker facilities shall be encouraged to the maximum extent
feasible and legally permissible, except where to do so would result in increased tanker operations and
associated onshore development incompatible with the land use and environmental goals for the area. New
tanker terminals outside of existing terminal areas shall be situated as to avoid risk to environmentally
sensitive areas and shall use a monobuoy system, unless an alternative type of system can be shown to be
environmentally preferable for a specific site. Tanker facilities shall be designed to (1) minimize the total
volume of oil spilled, (2) minimize the risk of collision from movement of other vessels, (3) have ready
access to the most effective feasible containment and recovery equipment for oil spills, and (4) have
onshore deballasting facilities to receive any fouled ballast water from tankers where operationally or
legally required.
(Amended by: Ch. 855, Stats. 1977; Ch. 182, Stats. 1987.)
Section 30262 Oil and gas development
a) Oil and gas development shall be permitted in accordance with Section 30260, if the following
conditions are met:
(1) The development is performed safely and consistent with the geologic conditions of the well site.
(2) New or expanded facilities related to that development are consolidated, to the maximum extent
feasible and legally permissible, unless consolidation will have adverse environmental consequences and
will not significantly reduce the number of producing wells, support facilities, or sites required to produce
the reservoir economically and with minimal environmental impacts.
(3) Environmentally safe and feasible subsea completions are used when drilling platforms or islands
would substantially degrade coastal visual qualities unless use of those structures will result in substantially
less environmental risks.
(4) Platforms or islands will not be sited where a substantial hazard to vessel traffic might result from
the facility or related operations, as determined in consultation with the United States Coast Guard and the
Army Corps of Engineers.
(5) The development will not cause or contribute to subsidence hazards unless it is determined that
adequate measures will be undertaken to prevent damage from such subsidence.
(6) With respect to new facilities, all oilfield brines are reinjected into oil- producing zones unless the
Division of Oil and Gas, Geothermal Resources of the Department of Conservation determines to do so
would adversely affect production of the reservoirs and unless injection into other subsurface zones will
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reduce environmental risks. Exceptions to reinjections will be granted consistent with the Ocean Waters
Discharge Plan of the State Water Resources Control Board and where adequate provision is made for the
elimination of petroleum odors and water quality problems.
(7)(A) All oil produced offshore California shall be transported onshore by pipeline only. The
pipelines used to transport this oil shall utilize the best achievable technology to ensure maximum
protection of public health and safety and of the integrity and productivity of terrestrial and marine
ecosystems.
(B) Once oil produced offshore California is onshore, it shall be transported to processing and
refining facilities by pipeline.
(C) The following guidelines shall be used when applying subparagraphs (A) and (B):
(i) "Best achievable technology," means the technology that provides the greatest degree of
protection taking into consideration both of the following:
(I) Processes that are being developed, or could feasibly be developed, anywhere in the world,
given overall reasonable expenditures on research and development.
(II) Processes that are currently in use anywhere in the world. This clause is not intended to
create any conflicting or duplicative regulation of pipelines, including those governing the transportation of
oil produced from onshore reserves.
(ii) "Oil" refers to crude oil before it is refined into products, including gasoline, bunker fuel,
lubricants, and asphalt. Crude oil that is upgraded in quality through residue reduction or other means shall
be transported as provided in subparagraphs (A) and (B).
(iii) Subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall apply only to new or expanded oil extraction operations.
"New extraction operations" means production of offshore oil from leases that did not exist or had never
produced oil, as of January 1, 2003, or from platforms, drilling island, subsea completions, or onshore
drilling sites, that did not exist as of January 1, 2003. "Expanded oil extraction" means an increase in the
geographic extent of existing leases or units, including lease boundary adjustments, or an increase in the
number of well heads, on or after January 1, 2003.
(iv) For new or expanded oil extraction operations subject to clause (iii), if the crude oil is so
highly viscous that pipelining is determined to be an infeasible mode of transportation, or where there is no
feasible access to a pipeline, shipment of crude oil may be permitted over land by other modes of
transportation, including trains or trucks, which meet all applicable rules and regulations, excluding any
waterborne mode of transport.
(8) if a state of emergency is declared by the Governor for an emergency that disrupts the
transportation of oil by pipeline, oil may be transported by a waterborne vessel, if authorized by permit, in
the same manner as required by emergency permits that are issued pursuant to Section 30624
(9) In addition to all other measures that will maximize the protection of marine habitat and
environmental quality, when an offshore well is abandoned, the best achievable technology shall be used.
b) Where appropriate, monitoring programs to record land surface and near -shore ocean floor
movements shall be initiated in locations of new large -scale fluid extraction on land or near shore before
operations begin and shall continue until surface conditions have stabilized. Costs of monitoring and
mitigation programs shall be borne by liquid and gas extraction operators.
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c) Nothing in this section shall affect the activities of any state agency that is responsible for
regulating the extraction, production, or transport of oil and gas.
(Amended by Ch. 420, Stats. 2003)
Section 30263 Refineries or petrgchemical facilities
(a) New or expanded refineries or petrochemical facilities not otherwise consistent with the
provisions of this division shall be permitted if (1) alternative locations are not feasible or are more
environmentally damaging; (2) adverse environmental effects are mitigated to the maximum extent feasible;
(3) it is found that not permitting such developmdnt would adversely affect the public welfare; (4) the
facility is not located in a highly scenic or seismically hazardous area, on any of the Channel Islands, or
within or contiguous to environmentally sensitive areas; and (5) the facility is sited so as to provide a
sufficient buffer area to minimize adverse impacts on surrounding property.
(b) New or expanded refineries or petrochemical facilities shall minimize the need for once - through
cooling by using air cooling to the maximum extent feasible and by using treated waste waters from inplant
processes where feasible.
(Amended by Ch. 535, Stats. 1991)
Section 30264 Thermal electric generating plants
Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, except subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section
30413 new or expanded thermal electric generating plants may be constructed in the coastal zone if the
proposed coastal site has been determined by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development
Commission to have greater relative merit pursuant to the provisions of Section 25516.1 than available
alternative sites and related facilities for an applicant's service area which have been determined to be
acceptable pursuant to the provisions of Section 25516
Section 30265 Legislative findings and declarations; offshore oil transportation
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Transportation studies have concluded that pipeline transport of oil is generally both economically
feasible and environmentally preferable to other forms of crude oil transport.
(b) Oil companies have proposed to build a pipeline to transport offshore crude oil from central
California to southern California refineries, and to transport offshore oil to out -of -state refiners.
(c) California refineries would need to be retrofitted if California offshore crude oil were to be used
directly as a major feedstock. Refinery modifications may delay achievement of air quality goals in the
southern California air basin and other regions of the state.
(d) The County of Santa Barbara has issued an Oil Transportation Plan which assesses the
environmental and economic differences among various methods for transporting crude oil from offshore
California to refineries.
(e) The Governor should help coordinate decisions concerning the transport and refining of offshore
oil in a manner that considers state and local studies undertaken to date, that fully addresses the concerns of
all affected regions, and that promotes the greatest benefits to the people of the state.
(Added by Ch. 1398, Stats. 1984; amended by Ch. 294, Stats. 2006.)
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Section 30265.5 Governor or designee; coordination of activities concerning offshore oil transport
and refining; duties
(a) The Governor, or the Governor's designee, shall coordinate activities concerning the transport and
refining of offshore oil. Coordination efforts shall consider public health risks, the ability to achieve short -
and long -term air emission reduction goals, the potential for reducing California's vulnerability and
dependence on oil imports, economic development and jobs, and other factors deemed important by the
Governor, or the Governor's designees.
(b) The Governor, or the Governor's designee, shall work with state and local agencies, and the
public, to facilitate the transport and refining of offshore oil in a manner which will promote the greatest
public health and environmental and economic benefits to the people of the State.
(c) The Governor, or the Governor's designee, shall consult with any individual or organization
having knowledge in this area, including, but not limited to, representatives from the following:
(1) State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission
(2) State Air Resources Board
(3) California Coastal Commission
(4) Department of Fish and Game
(5) State Lands Commission
(6) Public Utilities Commission
(7) Santa Barbara County
(8) Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District
(9) Southern California Association of Governments
(10) South Coast Air Quality Management Districts
(11) Oil industry
(12) Public interest groups
(13) United States Department of the Interior
(14) United States Department of Energy
(15) United States Environmental Protection Agency
(16) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(17) United States Coast Guard
(d) This act is not intended, and shall not be construed, to decrease, duplicate, or supersede the
jurisdiction, authority, or responsibilities of any local government, or any state agency or commission, to
discharge its responsibilities concerning the transportation and refining of oil.
(Added by Ch. 1398, Stats. 1984.)
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