Redondo Beach Municipal Code Art. 3 Voter Approval for Onshore Facilities

(a) Offshore. For the purposes of this article, the term offshore shall refer to Federal outer continental shelf lands beyond the State's three mile territorial limit.

(b) Onshore facility. For the purposes of this article, the term onshore facility shall mean any facility or land use of at least 20,000 square feet necessary for or intended to support offshore oil or gas exploration, or the development, production, storage, processing, or transportation of oil or gas resources produced or developed offshore, or other activities related to the development of offshore oil or gas resources.

(§ 1, Ord. 2462 c.s., eff. February 19, 1987)

No permit, entitlement, lease, or other authorization of any kind within the City which would authorize or allow the development, construction, or installation of any onshore facility necessary for or intended to support offshore oil or gas exploration or development shall be granted unless such authorization is approved by a majority vote of the qualified electors of the City in a general or special election, except as provided in Section 4-11.304 of this article.

(§ 1, Ord. 2462 c.s., eff. February 19, 1987)

When any person proposes to undertake the development within the City of offshore oil or gas resources and requests an amendment of the City's certified Local Coastal Program to facilitate such development, the local government determination required by Section 30515 of the Public Resources Code of the State shall include a vote of the qualified electors of the City in a general or special election, and no local government determination approving such an amendment shall be valid unless a majority of the electors voting in such election approve the amendment proposed, except as provided in Section 4-11.304 of this article. Any person seeking any such amendment to the City's certified Local Coastal Program shall pay all costs associated with the special or general election required by this article.

(§ 1, Ord. 2462 c.s., eff. February 19, 1987)

Nothing contained in this article shall apply to any of the following:

(a) Any facility of any public utility corporation which serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the City and which is regulated by the Public Utilities Commission of the State, whether such facility presently exists or is hereafter constructed;

(b) Any facility in any land area granted to the City under the Tidelands Grant of 1915, as amended in 1971, whether such facility presently exists or is hereafter constructed; or

(c) Any presently existing facility supporting an offshore oil and gas exploration and development and any facility hereafter constructed, enlarged, or modified to support or augment presently existing oil and gas exploration and development. A presently existing facility supporting offshore oil and gas exploration and development shall include any facility for which any necessary lease, permit, or entitlement has been applied on or before January 20, 1987.

(§ 1, Ord. 2462 c.s., eff. February 19, 1987)