SEC. 330.3. PROJECTS EXEMPT FROM COASTAL ZONE PERMIT REVIEW.

No Coastal Zone Permit shall be required for the following projects:

(a) Enlargement, alteration or reconstruction of any existing single-family residence;

(b) Enlargement or alteration of any structure other than a single-family residence or a public structure or facility, provided that these improvements do not have an adverse environmental effect, adversely affect public access, or involve a change in use contrary to any policy of the Local Coastal Program;

(c) Repair or maintenance activities that do not result in an addition to, or enlargement or expansion of a structure or use, provided that it does not fall within the requirement in Section 330.4(e), (h), and (i);

(d) The replacement of any structure, other than a public structure or facility, destroyed by natural disaster. Such replacement structure shall (1) Conform to applicable Building Code, other standards of this Code and zoning requirements, and other applicable Municipal Code, (2) shall be for the same use as the destroyed structure, (3) shall not exceed either the floor area, height, or bulk of the destroyed structure by more than 10 percent, and (4) shall be sited in the same location on the affected property as the destroyed structure;

(e) The conversion of any existing multiple-unit residential structure to a time-share project, resort club, vacation club, estate, or other short-term use;

(f) The installation, testing and placement in service, or the replacement of any necessary utility connection between an existing service facility and any development approved pursuant to this code.

(g) Recreation and park tree trimming, reforestation and support services, landscaping improvements, vegetation removal and seasonal planting, replacement planting, maintenance, and other park landscaping and planting improvements, provided that this activity does not involve a change contrary to any policy of the Coastal Program;

(h) Recreation and Park Department road maintenance, repairs, facilities and street lighting, and road and circulation improvements as proposed in the Golden Gate Park Transportation Management Plan;

(i) Recreation and Park Department play structures, maintenance, and any other Park and Recreation activity that requires no building permit or is subject to Section 330.4 (a) through (h) of this code;

(j) Maintenance dredging of existing navigation channels or moving dredged materials from such channels to a disposal area outside the coastal zone, pursuant to a permit from the United States Army Corps of Engineers;

(k) Maintenance improvements, and any other projects within the United States Federal lands in designated Golden Gate National Recreation Areas.

(Ord. 509-85, App. 11/22/85)

SEC. 330.4. PROJECTS SUBJECT TO COASTAL ZONE PERMIT REVIEW.

A Coastal project as defined in Section 330.2(d).

(a) Construction of any residential or commercial building, structure, or project as defined in Section 330.2(e).

(b) Any alteration, enlargement or reconstruction of a structure or building which increases the intensity of use of the structure or building.

(c) Any alteration, enlargement or reconstruction made pursuant to a conversion of an existing structure from a multiple unit rental use or visitor-serving commercial use to a use involving a fee ownership or long-term leasehold including but not limited to a condominium conversion, stock cooperative conversion, motel/hotel or time-sharing conversion.

(d) An enlargement or alteration that would result in an increase of 10 percent or more of internal floor area of the existing structure, or increase in height by more than 10 percent of an existing structure on property located between the sea and the first public road paralleling the sea or within 300 feet of the inland extent of any beach or of the mean high tide of the sea where there is no beach, whichever is the greater distance, or in significant scenic resource areas as designated by the California Coastal Commission.

(e) Any repair or maintenance to facilities, structures or public works located in an environmentally sensitive habitat area, any sand area within 50 feet of the edge of a coastal waters or streams that include the placement or removal, whether temporary or permanent, of rip-rap, rocks, sand or other beach materials or any other forms of solid materials.

(f) Alteration or reconstruction of any structure on a beach, wetland, stream, or lake seaward of the mean high tide line; where the structure or proposed improvement would encroach within 50 feet of the edge of a coastal bluff.

(g) Any significant alteration of land forms including removal or placement of vegetation, on a beach, wetland or sand dune, or within 100 feet of the edge of a coastal bluff, or stream or in areas of natural vegetation.

(h) Any method of routine maintenance dredging that involves:

(1) The dredging of 100,000 cubic yards or more within a 12-month period.

(2) The placement of dredged spoils of any quantity within an environmentally sensitive habitat area, or a sand area, within 50 feet of the edge of a coastal bluff or environmentally sensitive habitat area, or within 20 feet of coastal waters or streams.

(3) The removal, sale, or disposal of dredged spoils of any quantity that would be suitable for beach nourishment in an area the California Coastal Commission has declared by resolution to have a critically short sand supply that must be maintained for protection of structures, coastal access or public recreational use.

(i) Any repair or maintenance of a seawall revetment, bluff retaining wall, breakwater, groin, culvert, outfall, or similar shoreline work that involves:

(1) Repair or maintenance involving substantial alteration of the protective work including pilings and other surface or subsurface structures.

(2) The placement, whether temporary or permanent, of rip-rap, artificial berms of sand or other beach materials, or any other form of solid materials, on a beach or in coastal waters, streams, wetlands, estuaries and lakes or on a shoreline protective work except for agricultural dikes within enclosed bays or estuaries.

(3) The replacement of 20 percent or more of the structural materials of an existing structure with materials of a different kind.

(Added by Ord. 509-85, App. 11/22/85)