California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 5 - San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission › Chapter 6 - Permit Procedures: Administrative and Emergency Permits › Subchapter 1 - Procedures for Permits for Minor Repairs or Improvements (Administrative Permits) › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 10601 - Minor Repairs or Improvements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Minor repairs or improvements" means any activity for
						which a Commission permit is required, that is either (a) necessary to the
						health, safety, or welfare of the public in the entire Bay Area, (b) consistent
						with the Government Code sections
						66600
						through
						66661 and
						the San Francisco Bay Plan, or (c) consistent with the Public Resources Code
						sections
						29000
						through
						29612
						and Suisun Marsh Protection Plan or with the certified Suisun Marsh Local
						Protection Program, and that falls into one or more of the following
						categories:
(a) with respect to
					 activities in San Francisco Bay and areas within the Commission's "certain
					 waterways" jurisdiction:
(1) the construction
					 of a new single boat dock and associated docking facilities (such as lifts,
					 gangways, and pilings) no larger than 1,500 square feet or a new multiple boat
					 dock and associated facilities no larger than 5,000 square feet, or up to
					 20,000 square feet of expansion of boat docking facilities within an existing
					 marina;
(2) the installation of new
					 shoreline protective works and repairs to protective works, such as bulkheads,
					 levees, natural or nature-based features, and riprap, that meet the following
					 criteria:
(A) the size of the new work(s) or
					 the repairs to the existing work(s) constitute the minimum amount of fill
					 necessary to stabilize existing dikes and banks or to provide improved fish or
					 wildlife habitat, and
(B) the new
					 work or repairs to existing work(s) would cover less than 10,000 square feet of
					 the Bay or a certain waterway;
(3) the placement of piles to support
					 extensions of portions of principal structures, as defined in section
					 10702(b), over
					 the water where the total of any such extensions would not exceed 1,000 square
					 feet in area;
(4) the placement of
					 outfall pipes approved by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board,
					 San Francisco Bay Region;
(5) the
					 placement of utility cables or pipelines on or under the bottom of the Bay or a
					 certain waterway;
(6) routine
					 repairs, reconstruction, replacement, removal, or maintenance of a structure
					 that do not involve any substantial enlargement or change in use;
(7) minor fill for improving shoreline
					 appearance that complies with section
					 10700 and that does not exceed
					 1,000 square feet in area;
(8)
					 minor fill for improving public access that complies with section
					 10701 and that does not exceed
					 5,000 square feet in area;
(9)
					 habitat restoration or enhancement activities that would not exceed 20,000
					 square feet in the Bay or a certain waterway, would include the minimum amount
					 of fill necessary to improve wildlife habitat, and would not have significant
					 adverse habitat conversion impacts; and
(10) extraction or dredging of no more than
					 10,000 cubic yards of materials to enhance tidal connectivity or restore
					 habitat or the disposal of such materials within an existing site for such
					 purposes.