California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 5 - San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission › Chapter 2 - The Commission, the Staff, and the Advisory Review Boards › Article 7 - Advisory Boards › Section 10270 - Membership and Function of Design Review Board

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The Design Review Board shall consist of
				  seven (7) members of the design professions, including at least one (1)
				  architect, one (1) landscape architect, and one (1) engineer.
(b) The Board shall advise the Commission and
				  the staff on the appearance and design of projects for which a Commission
				  permit or consistency determination is needed, particularly as the project
				  affects public access to the Bay and shoreline.
(c) Four members shall constitute a quorum
				  for Board meetings and shall be the minimum necessary for the Board to consider
				  any matter.
(d) The Chair of the
				  Commission may designate with the concurrence of the Commission up to seven
				  individuals to act as a pool of alternates to substitute for Board members who
				  cannot participate in any Board meeting or the consideration of any specific
				  matter at any Board meeting.
(e)
				  When fewer than all seven members of the Board will be available to participate
				  in the Board's consideration of a matter, the Executive Director may designate
				  one or more alternate Board members selected from the pool established pursuant
				  to paragraph (d) to substitute for the Board member or members who cannot
				  participate in the Board's consideration of and action on that matter so long
				  as the total number of Board members that considers a matter does not exceed
				  seven.
(f) When designating an
				  alternate Board member pursuant to paragraph (e), the Executive Director shall
				  select an individual in a professional discipline and with professional
				  experience as much as possible like those of the Board member who cannot
				  participate in the Board's consideration of the particular matter.
(g) Alternate Board members designated
				  pursuant to paragraphs (e) and (f) shall have the same powers and authority to
				  participate in the Board's consideration and action on any matter as a regular
				  Board member.
(h) The term of
				  appointment of Board members or alternates pursuant to subsections (a) or (d)
				  shall be five years and may be renewed by the Executive Director for two
				  successive periods of five years as a member or an alternate.
(i) A member of the Board shall not have any
				  oral or written communication regarding a proposed project or other matter that
				  has been noticed to be considered at a Board meeting with a project proponent,
				  permit applicant, prospective applicant, or member of the public except on the
				  record during a Board meeting. If a Board member receives any oral or written
				  communication regarding a proposed project or other matter that has been
				  noticed to be considered at a Board meeting from a project proponent, permit
				  applicant, prospective applicant, or member of the public that does not occur
				  on the record at a Board meeting or by a written public comment submitted to
				  the entire Board or to the Executive Director, the Board member receiving such
				  a communication shall inform the Commission's counsel of the communication and
				  any response thereto. The Commission's counsel shall advise the Board member
				  whether the Board member shall disclose the communication and any response
				  thereto on the record of the Board's proceedings.
1.
					 Renumbering and amendment of former Section
					 10270 to Section
					 10240, and renumbering and
					 amendment of Section
					 10295 to Section
					 10270 filed 5-18-87; operative
					 6-17-87 (Register 87, No. 30). For prior history, see Register 80, No.
					 48.
2. Amendment filed 12-30-98; operative 1-29-99 (Register 99, No.
					 1).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (f) and
					 NOTE filed 12-31-2020 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2021, No. 1). (OAL review extended 60 calendar days
					 pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20.)
4. Amendment of subsections
					 (d)-(e) and new subsections (h)-(i) filed 8-2-2022; operative 10-1-2022
					 pursuant to Government Code section
					 11343.4(a)
					 (Register 2022, No. 31). Transmission deadline specified in Government Code
					 section
					 11346.4(b)
					 extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional
					 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-71-20. Filing deadline specified
					 in Government Code section
					 11349.3(a)
					 extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order
					 N-40-20.
Note: Authority cited: Section
						66632(f),
						Government Code; and Section
						29201(e),
						Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
						66633(b),
						Government Code; and Section
						29520(a),
						Public Resources Code.