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CA Pub Res Code § 30230 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 4 - Marine Environment|Section 30230.

30230.  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.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
CA Pub Res Code § 30231 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 4 - Marine Environment|Section 30231.

30231.  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.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
CA Pub Res Code § 30232 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 4 - Marine Environment|Section 30232.

30232.  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.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
CA Pub Res Code § 30234 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 4 - Marine Environment|Section 30234.

30234.  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.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
CA Pub Res Code § 30234.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 4 - Marine Environment|Section 30234.5.

30234.5.  The economic, commercial, and recreational importance of fishing activities shall be recognized and protected.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 802, Sec. 2.)
CA Pub Res Code § 30235 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 4 - Marine Environment|Section 30235.

30235.  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.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
CA Pub Res Code § 30236 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 4 - Marine Environment|Section 30236.

30236.  Channelizations, dams, or other substantial alterations of rivers and streams shall incorporate the best mitigation measures feasible, and be limited to (1) 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.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
CA Pub Res Code § 30240 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 5 - Land Resources|Section 30240.

30240.  (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 Stats. 1991, Ch. 285, Sec. 4.)
CA Pub Res Code § 30241 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 5 - Land Resources|Section 30241.

30241.  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 prime agricultural lands.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 43, Sec. 10. Effective February 17, 1982.)
CA Pub Res Code § 30241.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 5 - Land Resources|Section 30241.5.

30241.5.  (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.(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 Stats. 1984, Ch. 259, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 30242 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 5 - Land Resources|Section 30242.

30242.  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.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
CA Pub Res Code § 30243 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 5 - Land Resources|Section 30243.

30243.  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.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
CA Pub Res Code § 30244 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 5 - Land Resources|Section 30244.

30244.  Where development would adversely impact archaeological or paleontological resources as identified by the State Historic Preservation Officer, reasonable mitigation measures shall be required.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
CA Pub Res Code § 30250 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 6 - Development|Section 30250.

30250.  (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 Stats. 1979, Ch. 1090.)
CA Pub Res Code § 30251 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 6 - Development|Section 30251.

30251.  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.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
CA Pub Res Code § 30252 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 6 - Development|Section 30252.

30252.  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.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
CA Pub Res Code § 30253 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 6 - Development|Section 30253.

30253.  New development shall do all of the following:(a) Minimize risks to life and property in areas of high geologic, flood, and fire hazard.(b) 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.(c) Be consistent with requirements imposed by an air pollution control district or the State Air Resources Board as to each particular development.(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 Stats. 2008, Ch. 179, Sec. 187. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Pub Res Code § 30254 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 6 - Development|Section 30254.

30254.  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.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
CA Pub Res Code § 30254.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 6 - Development|Section 30254.5.

30254.5.  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 Stats. 1984, Ch. 978, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 30255 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 6 - Development|Section 30255.

30255.  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 Stats. 1979, Ch. 1090.)
CA Pub Res Code § 30260 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 7 - Industrial Development|Section 30260.

30260.  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.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
CA Pub Res Code § 30261 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 7 - Industrial Development|Section 30261.

30261.  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 oilspills, and (4) have onshore deballasting facilities to receive any fouled ballast water from tankers where operationally or legally required.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 182, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 30263 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 7 - Industrial Development|Section 30263.

30263.  (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 development 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 Stats. 1991, Ch. 535, Sec. 1.)
CA Pub Res Code § 30264 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 7 - Industrial Development|Section 30264.

30264.  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.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.)
CA Pub Res Code § 30265 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 20 - CALIFORNIA COASTAL ACT|CHAPTER 3 - Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies|ARTICLE 7 - Industrial Development|Section 30265.

30265.  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 that 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.(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 294, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)