Seaside Municipal Code Ch. 18.01 General Provisions (CA)

§ 18.01.010. Purpose of the coastal implementation plan.¶

The document codified in this title establishes the city of Seaside coastal implementation plan representing the coastal zoning ordinance for the city of Seaside’s local coastal program (LCP), prepared in accordance with the California Coastal Act (CCA) of 1976. As provided by the CCA, an LCP consists of two major components: the land use plan (LUP) and the coastal implementation plan (CIP). Whereas the LUP designates the kinds, location, and intensity of land and water uses and presents applicable resource protection and development policies, the CIP provides development regulations for specific coastal zone activities needed to carry out the LUP. Accordingly, the city of Seaside CIP describes the various implementation measures needed to carry out the city of Sea-side LUP.

The purpose of this title is to implement the city’s LUP and to protect and promote the public health, safety, peace, comfort, convenience, and general welfare of the city. More specifically, this title is intended:

•	To encourage public access to the lake and beach shorelines, while minimizing adverse impacts on dune and marsh habitats and ensuring public safety from water run-up hazards.
•	To maximize, to the extent feasible, the recreational potential of the Laguna Grande, Roberts Lake, Beach, and Del Monte subareas, while at the same time preventing damage to or minimizing the loss of major natural habitat areas.
•	To minimize safety hazards and impacts from natural and man-induced hazards.
•	To preserve and enhance coastal vistas, views, and view corridors while recognizing the rights of private property owners and the demands for visitor-serving facilities.
•	To minimize dredging and filling unrelated to water quality considerations, while recognizing the recreational needs for open space.
•	To provide coastal access, visitor-serving facilities, and public improvements within the funding constraints of the public sector.
•	To allow land uses which respond to the institutional and natural constraints of the land and which minimize disturbance of the surrounding land area.
•	To preserve and enhance the natural resources, environmental quality, and community character of the coastal zone.
•	To promote the development of runoff control measures capable of minimizing water quality impacts, including from siltation and to Laguna Grande and the Monterey Bay.