California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 5 - San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission › Chapter 19 - San Francisco Bay Plan › Section 11900 - Bay Plan Amendments

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Resolutions.
1. On September 16, 1999, the San Francisco
				Bay Conservation and Development Commission approved Resolution No. 99-06,
				adopting Bay Plan Amendment No. 2-99, revising the Waterfront Park, Beach
				priority use area at Oyster Point, South San Francisco.
2. On April 6, 2000, the San Francisco Bay
				Conservation and Development Commission approved Resolution No. 00-03, adopting
				Bay Plan Amendment No. 5-99, deleting some descriptive material from Part V of
				the Bay Plan, moving the remaining descriptive material into Part I of the Bay
				Plan, modifying Part I to accommodate the material moved from Part V, and
				moving the policy parts of Part V into Part IV of the Bay Plan.
3. On July 20, 2000, the San Francisco Bay
				Conservation and Development Commission approved Resolution No. 00-06, adopting
				Bay Plan Amendment No. 7-99, adding a new criterion for Bay fill on publicly
				owned land to Part IV of the Bay Plan, amending the San Francisco Waterfront
				Special Area Plan to allow public trust uses on Bay fill under certain
				circumstances in conjunction with a package of public benefits, clarifying the
				public access requirements for pier redevelopment projects, and rescinding the
				San Francisco Waterfront Total Design Plan, Piers 7 through 24.
4. On September 7, 2000, the San Francisco
				Bay Conservation and Development Commission approved Resolution No. 00-07,
				adopting Bay Plan Amendment No. 2-00, deleting the water-related industry
				priority use area designation from the former Pacific Refinery property in the
				City of Hercules.
5. On December 7,
				2000, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission approved
				Resolution No. 00-08, adopting Bay Plan Amendment No. 3-00, revising the
				findings and policies related to dredging, disposal, and beneficial reuse of
				dredged material set forth in the San Francisco Bay Plan. Revisions to the
				Findings and Policies of the Bay Plan include, but are not limited to:
(1) a decrease in the disposal of dredged
				material in the Bay while increasing both the beneficial reuse of dredged
				material and the use of the federally designated ocean disposal site;
(2) a limit on in-Bay disposal of dredged
				material for habitat enhancement projects;
(3) the identification of dredged material
				rehandling facilities as a water related industry;
(4) the deletion of language that encourages
				dredging additional channels in the Bay; and
(5) selected amendments to Bay Plan
				maps.
6. On January 4,
				2001, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission approved
				Resolution No. 00-10, adopting Bay Plan Amendment No. 4-00, deleting from and
				adding to the port priority use area designations at the former Oakland Army
				Base and the Port of Oakland in the City of Oakland.
7. On March 15, 2001, the San Francisco Bay
				Conservation and Development Commission approved Resolution 01-02, adopting Bay
				Plan Amendment No. 5-00, revising the public access findings and policies to
				provide for maximum feasible public access while protecting wildlife from
				adverse effects.
8. On July 19,
				2001, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission approved
				Resolution No. 01-11, adopting Bay Plan Amendment No. 1-00, creating a new
				policy section entitled Navigational Safety and Oil Spill Prevention and
				modified certain findings and policies in the Dredging, Recreation,
				Transportation and Safety of Fills policy sections regarding navigational
				safety and oil spill prevention.
9.
				On April 18, 2002 the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
				approved Resolution No. 02-02, adopting Bay Plan Amendment No. 1-01, updating
				the marshes and mudflats, fish and wildlife and dredging findings and policies;
				adding a new policy section on subtidal areas; amending the priority use area
				designations and Plan Map notes; and changing the terminology in the
				introductory section from "wildlife area" to "wildlife refuge."
10. On October 17, 2002, the San Francisco
				Bay Conservation and Development Commission approved Resolution No. 02-03,
				adopting Bay Plan Amendment No. 1-02, updating the Bay Plan recreation findings
				and policies and amending the Plan Map Notes and Plan Map Policies.
11. On October 17, 2002, the San Francisco
				Bay Conservation and Development Commission approved Resolution 02-04, adopting
				Bay Plan Amendment No. 6-02, revising the mitigation policies and adding
				mitigation findings.
12. On June
				19, 2003, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
				approved Resolution No. 03-02, adopting Bay Plan Amendment No. 8-02, revising
				the water quality findings and policies. Regulatory provisions in the amendment
				address tidal flats; conservation and restoration of water surface area and
				volume to protect and improve water quality; new project siting, design,
				construction, and maintenance to prevent or minimize discharge of pollutants
				into the Bay; coordination with other agencies when considering a project in an
				area polluted with toxic or hazardous substances; support of other agencies in
				developing nonpoint source pollution control programs; siting and design of new
				developments so as to be consistent with stormwater permits and stormwater
				management guidelines and with protection of the Bay; and, use of native
				vegetation buffer areas as part of a project.
13. On January 20, 2005, the San Francisco
				Bay Conservation and Development Commission approved Resolution 05-01, adopting
				Bay Plan Amendment No. 2-04, adding two findings and two polices regarding the
				siting and use of desalination facilities to the Other Uses of the Bay and
				Shoreline section and deleting reference to desalination facility siting in the
				power plant siting policy in the Other Uses of the Bay and Shoreline
				section.
14. On August 18, 2005,
				the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission approved
				Resolution 05-05, adopting Bay Plan Amendment No. 3-04, splitting the salt
				ponds and other managed wetlands section into two separate sections, updating
				the salt ponds findings and policies, and amending the Plan Map notes,
				policies, suggestions and priority use area designations regarding salt
				ponds.
15. On October 20, 2005, the
				San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission approved Resolution
				05-06, adopting Bay Plan Amendment No. 1-05, updating the transportation
				findings and policies, and amending the Plan Map notes, policies and
				suggestions regarding transportation and updating the fills in accord with the
				Bay Plan policies.
16. On May 4,
				2006, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission adopted
				Resolution No. 06-01, approving Bay Plan Amendment No. 1-06 which amended San
				Francisco Bay Plan Maps Nos. 4 and 5 and San Francisco Bay Area Seaport Plan
				Figure 4 by deleting the port priority use area designation from approximately
				six acres of land on the east side of Interstate 880 in the City of Oakland
				between West Grand Avenue on the north, 17th Avenue
				extended to the Interstate 880 Frontage Road on the south, Wood Street on the
				east and the Interstate 880 Frontage Road on the west.
17. On September 7, 2006, the San Francisco
				Bay Conservation and Development Commission approved Resolution No. 06-07,
				adopting Bay Plan Amendment No. 2-06, amending the Bay Plan recreation findings
				and policies; amending the Bay Plan Map notes, policies and suggestions
				pertaining to recreation and waterfront park priority use area designations;
				and amending Resolution 16, fixing the boundaries of waterfront park priority
				use areas. The adopted amendment revised the recreation findings and policies
				that apply to all water-oriented recreation facilities, including waterfront
				parks, beaches, marinas, launch ramps, fishing piers and regional trails.
The Commission's amendment of the Bay Plan recreation
				  policies addressed changes in demographics and the corollary change in
				  recreation demand. The amendment also included policy changes that will affect
				  all sites designated for park priority use, including provision for regional
				  trail systems; beaches; non-motorized small boat access to the Bay, interim
				  uses of waterfront parks; wildlife and habitat protection; natural and cultural
				  resource interpretation; and ensuring that sites that are ideal for a
				  particular recreation activity are made available for that
				  activity.
18. On January 18,
				2007, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission adopted
				Resolution No. 07-07, approving Bay Plan Amendment No. 3-06, relocating 15
				acres of port priority use area designation in the City of Oakland.
19. On November 1, 2007, the San Francisco
				Bay Conservation and Development Commission approved Resolution 07-05, adopting
				Bay Plan Amendment No. 1-07, updating the managed wetlands findings and
				policies, and amending the Plan Map managed wetland designations. The amended
				findings and policies include: current descriptions of the uses and
				distribution of managed wetlands; additional information on the values of
				managed wetlands, and; continued support of maintaining managed wetlands for
				waterfowl hunting. The amendment also includes detailed policy guidance for
				uses of managed wetlands no longer needed for waterfowl hunting including:
				restoration of managed wetlands to tidal action; retention, enhancement and
				management of managed wetlands for multiple species, and; development of
				managed wetlands.
20. On August 4,
				2011, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission approved
				Resolution No. 11-06, adopting Bay Plan Amendment No. 1-11, amending Bay Plan
				Map 5. The adopted map change amendment partially modified the inland boundary
				of the waterfront park priority use area designation at Candlestick Point in
				San Francisco, California.
21. On
				October 6, 2011, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission
				approved Resolution No. 11-08, adopting Bay Plan Amendment No. 1-08, amending
				the San Francisco Bay Plan to address climate change. The resolution amended
				the Tidal Marshes and Tidal Flats findings and policies; added a new Climate
				Change findings and policies section at the beginning of Part IV "Developing
				the Bay and Shoreline Findings and Policies"; amended the Safety of Fills
				findings and policies; amended the Protection of the Shoreline findings and
				policies; and amended the Public Access findings and policies.
22. On January 19, 2012, the San Francisco
				Bay Conservation and Development Commission approved Resolution No. 11-13,
				adopting Bay Plan Amendment No. 2-11. The adopted amendment removed the port
				priority use area designation from Hunters Point in San Francisco,
				California.
23. On October 3, 2019,
				the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission approved
				Resolution No. 2019-05, adopting Bay Plan Amendment No. 1-17, which amended the
				San Francisco Bay Plan by:
(1) amending the
				Major Conclusions and Policies section;
(2) amending the Fish, Other Aquatic
				Organisms, and Wildlife findings and policies;
(3) amending the Tidal Marshes and Tidal
				Flats findings and policies;
(4)
				amending the Subtidal Areas findings and policies;
(5) amending the Dredging findings and
				policies; and
(6) amending the
				Shoreline Protection findings and policies.
24. On October 3, 2019, the San Francisco Bay
				Conservation and Development Commission approved Resolution No. 2019-06,
				adopting Bay Plan Amendment No. 3-19, which amended the San Francisco Bay Plan
				by amending Bay Plan Map 4 to add a policy regarding the Middle Harbor
				Enhancement Area project in Oakland.
25. On October 17, 2019, the San Francisco
				Bay Conservation and Development Commission approved Resolution No. 2019-08,
				adopting Bay Plan Amendment No. 2-17, which amended the San Francisco Bay Plan
				by:
(1) adding an Environmental Justice and
				Social Equity section, including findings and policies;
(2) amending the Public Access findings and
				policies;
(3) amending the Shoreline
				Protection findings and policies; and
(4) amending the Mitigation findings and
				policies.
26. On November
				5, 2020, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission approved
				Resolution No. 2020-06, adopting Bay Plan Amendment No. 1-20, amending the San
				Francisco Waterfront Special Area Plan by:
(1) modifying General Policy 10 regarding the
				mooring of historic ships;
(2)
				modifying Geographic-Specific Northeastern Waterfront Open Water Basin Policy 3
				to allow one additional historic ship at Pier 9 in the Broadway Open Water
				Basin; and
(3) modifying
				Georgraphic-Specific Northeastern Waterfront Open Water Area Policy 2 to reduce
				from four to three the number of new historic ships allowed in Open Water
				Areas.