California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 5.5 - California Coastal Commission › Chapter 8 - Implementation Plans › Subchapter 1 - Local Coastal Programs (LCPs) and State University or College Long Range Development Plans (LRDPs) › Article 6 - Preliminary Review of LCPs and LRDPs › Section 13517 - Preliminary Review by the Commission

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) In addition to any Commission review of
					 the issue identification, the governing authority preparing the LCP or LRDP
					 shall be entitled to at least one preliminary review by the Commission prior to
					 formal submittal. Where a local government has been authorized to prepare an
					 LCP in separate geographic units, pursuant to Section
					 13507, each geographic portion is
					 entitled to at least one such preliminary review. Additional review may be
					 granted if the Commission determines that the review is required to clarify a
					 major issue preventing progress on the LCP or LRDP for which prior decisions or
					 interpretations of Coastal Act policies do not offer sufficient guidance and
					 that the review will not interfere with the processing of other LCPs or
					 LRDPs.
(b) If a local government or
					 governing authority intends to submit existing plans or regulations as all or a
					 portion of the LCP or LRDP, it may submit such existing plans for this
					 preliminary review together with a discussion of the manner in which existing
					 plans or regulations meet the requirements of Sections
					 13510-13514 and of Chapter 3 of
					 the California Coastal Act of 1976. This review may be combined with the issue
					 identification review, as set forth in Section
					 13504(c).
(c) Any preliminary review of a proposed LCP
					 or LRDP by the Commission shall be scheduled at the convenience of the
					 Commission, at times that will not interfere with the processing of other
					 matters but shall, where practicable, be held within a reasonable distance of
					 the affected area. The review shall be subject to public hearing, noticed to
					 interested persons and agencies at least ten (10) days prior to the hearing and
					 conducted in the same manner as for the land use plan, pursuant to Section
					 13526. Individual members of the
					 Commission may ask questions and make statements but no vote shall be taken.
					 However, in order to provide general direction on coastal issues raised in the
					 preliminary review, the chairperson may, after consulting members of the
					 Commission, summarize the views of the Commission.
(d) Any such Commission advisory review is
					 intended to assist the local government or governing authority in preparing the
					 LCP or LRDP but shall be advisory only and shall not constitute a final
					 decision by the Commission as to the conformity of the LCP or LRDP with Coastal
					 Act policies.
(e) Where the
					 Commission is to prepare a local coastal program pursuant to Public Resources
					 Code Section
					 30500(a)
					 or Section
					 30517.5(b)(2),
					 the Commission staff, after consultation with the local government, may submit
					 the proposed local coastal program for preliminary review prior to formal
					 submittal. The preliminary review shall be in accordance with Section
					 13517.
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  30501,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
						  30501,
						  Public Resources Code.