California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 2 - Department of Conservation › Chapter 8 - Mining and Geology › Subchapter 1 - State Mining and Geology Board › Article 3 - Policies and Criteria of the State Mining and Geology Board with Reference to the Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act › Section 3603 - Specific Criteria

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following specific criteria shall apply within
						earthquake fault zones and shall be used by affected lead agencies in complying
						with the provisions of the act.
(a) No
					 structure for human occupancy, identified as a project under Section
					 2621.6 of the Act, shall be
					 permitted to be placed across the trace of an active fault. Furthermore, as the
					 area within fifty (50) feet of such active faults shall be presumed to be
					 underlain by active branches of that fault unless proven otherwise by an
					 appropriate geologic investigation and report prepared as specified in Section
					 3603(d) of this
					 subchapter, no such structures shall be permitted in this area.
(b) Affected lead agencies, upon receipt of
					 official earthquake fault zones maps, shall provide for disclosure of
					 delineated earthquake fault zones to the public. Such disclosure may be by
					 reference in general plans, specific plans, property maps, or other appropriate
					 local maps.
(c) No change in use of
					 character of occupancy, which results in the conversion of a building or
					 structure from one not used for human occupancy to one that is so used, shall
					 be permitted unless the building or structure complies with the provisions of
					 the Act.
(d) Application for a
					 development permit for any project within a delineated earthquake fault zone
					 shall be accompanied by a geologic report prepared by a geologist registered in
					 the State of California, which is directed to the problem of potential surface
					 fault displacement through the project site, unless such report is waived
					 pursuant to Section
					 2623 of the Act. The required
					 report shall be based on a geologic investigation designed to identify the
					 location, recency, and nature of faulting that may have affected the project
					 site in the past and may affect the project site in the future. The report may
					 be combined with other geological or geotechnical reports.
(e) A geologist registered in the State of
					 California, within or retained by each lead agency, shall evaluate the geologic
					 reports required herein and advise the lead agency.
(f) One (1) copy of all such geologic reports
					 shall be filed with the State Geologist by the lead agency within thirty (30)
					 days following the report's acceptance. The State Geologist shall place such
					 reports on open file.
1. New
						section filed 10-18-84; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 84, No.
						42).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending section and
						subsections (b) and (d) filed 1-5-96 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 96, No. 1).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  2621.5,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  2621.5,
						  2622,
						  2623
						  and
						  2625(c),
						  Public Resources Code.