California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 6 - Southern Forest District Rules › Article 13 - County Rules › Section 965.6 - Big Sur Coast

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following Rules shall apply to all Timber Harvesting
						Plans within the area covered by the Big Sur Coast Land Use Plan of September
						13, 1984 (Big Sur LUP).
(a) West of
					 Highway 1 or within the critical viewshed of Highway 1 as defined in the Big
					 Sur LUP only the sanitation-salvage silvicultural method will be
					 permitted.
(b) Timber Operations
					 outside the critical viewshed of Highway 1 shall be screened from direct public
					 view to the extent Feasible by leaving trees and other vegetation between
					 disturbed areas and Public Roads.
(c) New road construction is not permitted
					 within the critical viewshed of Highway 1 unless a field review of the proposed
					 road reveals no significant degradation of the critical viewshed. New road
					 construction outside the critical viewshed shall be located to minimize the
					 removal of native trees and shall not be allowed across slopes over 30% unless
					 no Feasible alternative exists for the proposed location, or the road better
					 achieves the overall resource protection objectives.
(d) All Excess Material resulting from new
					 road construction shall be end hauled and deposited in an area where visual
					 impact will be minimized. Sidecasting of Excess Material is
					 prohibited.
(e) Within
					 environmentally sensitive plant and wildlife habitats as described in the Big
					 Sur LUP, the Director shall require a field review by a qualified wildlife
					 biologist prior to approval of the THP. If the field review identifies
					 significant adverse effects to the habitat, the Director shall deny the THP
					 unless measures sufficient to mitigate the adverse effects are included in the
					 THP.
(f) Within those drainages
					 identified in the Big Sur LP and designated by Monterey County as watershed
					 resource study areas, the Director shall require a field review by a qualified
					 hydrologist or Erosion Control specialist prior to approval of the THP. If the
					 field review identifies significant adverse effects to the cumulative water
					 demands of the watershed, the Director shall deny the THP unless measures
					 sufficient to mitigate the adverse effects on water supply are included in the
					 THP.
(g) In addition to the
					 requirements of
					 14 CCR
					 §§
												956 through
					 956.7, the minimum Watercourse and
					 Lake Protection Zone shall be 150 feet on Class I and II waters unless a
					 smaller zone can be explained and justified in the THP.
1. New
						section filed 5-28-85, effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No.
						22).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed
						10-31-2017 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2017, No. 44).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  4516.5,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
						  4516.5,
						  Public Resources Code.