Title PRC, California Pub. Res. Code

“Significant effect on the environment” means a substantial, or potentially substantial, adverse change in the environment. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1312.)

“Tiering” or “tier” means the coverage of general matters and environmental effects in an environmental impact report prepared for a policy, plan, program or ordinance followed by narrower or site-specific environmental impact reports which incorporate by reference the discussion…

“Responsible agency” means a public agency, other than the lead agency, which has responsibility for carrying out or approving a project. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1312.)

“Trustee agency” means a state agency that has jurisdiction by law over natural resources affected by a project, that are held in trust for the people of the State of California. (Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 744, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)

“Urbanized area” means either of the following: (a) An incorporated city that meets either of the following criteria: (1) Has a population of at least 100,000 persons. (2) Has a population of less than 100,000 persons if the population of that city and not more than two contiguou…

“Qualified urban use” means any residential, commercial, public institutional, transit or transportation passenger facility, or retail use, or any combination of those uses. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1039, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)

“California Native American tribe” means a Native American tribe located in California that is on the contact list maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission for the purposes of Chapter 905 of the Statutes of 2004. (Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 532, Sec. 3. (AB 52) Effect…

(a) “Tribal cultural resources” are either of the following: (1) Sites, features, places, cultural landscapes, sacred places, and objects with cultural value to a California Native American tribe that are either of the following: (A) Included or determined to be eligible for incl…

Notwithstanding the maps adopted pursuant to Section 17 of Chapter 1330 of the Statutes of 1976, as amended by Section 29 of Chapter 1331 of the Statutes of 1976, the inland boundary of the coastal zone, as shown on the detailed coastal maps adopted by the commission on March 1, …

In Del Norte County: (a) Near the community of Smith River, approximately 255 acres are excluded as specifically shown on map 1. (b) The Fort Dick, Kings Valley, and Meadowbrook Acres areas are excluded as specifically shown on maps 2 and 3. (c) In and near the City of Crescent C…

In Humboldt County: (a) In and near the City of Fortuna, approximately 265 acres seaward of State Highway Route 101 are excluded as specifically shown on map 4. (b) All of the incorporated land of the City of Ferndale as of January 1, 1979, is excluded as specifically shown on ma…

In San Mateo County, within the Butano Creek watershed, the boundary is moved seaward to the five-mile limit described in Section 30103 and as specifically shown on map 5. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1109.)

In San Mateo County, in the City of Pacifica, approximately 11 acres situated east of State Highway Route 1 and described in Director’s Deed DD-028764-01-01 from the Director of Transportation, is included, as specifically shown on Map 5. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1381, Sec. 2. …

In Santa Cruz County: (a) Near the community of Bonny Doon, the boundary is moved seaward to the five-mile limit described in Section 30103 and as specifically shown on maps 6 and 7. (b) In the Watsonville area approximately 40 acres in the southwest portion of the city are exclu…

In Monterey County: (a) In the City of Marina, approximately 400 acres between Del Monte Boulevard and the new alignment of State Highway Route 1 are excluded as specifically shown on map 9. (b) In the City of Sand City approximately 125 acres landward of a 200-foot buffer along …

In Santa Barbara County: (a) In Rancho San Julian and generally within the watershed of Jalama Creek, the boundary is moved seaward to the five-mile limit described in Section 30103 and as specifically shown on map 16. (b) In the Devereux Lagoon and Goleta Slough areas, approxima…

In Ventura County: (a) Near the mouth of the Ventura River, approximately 190 acres are added as specifically shown on map 19. (b) In the City of San Buenaventura, approximately 240 acres are excluded as specifically shown on map 19. (c) In the City of Oxnard and a small unincorp…

In Los Angeles County: (a) In three locations within the Santa Monica Mountains, the boundary is moved seaward to the five-mile limit described in Section 30103 and as specifically shown on maps 22, 23, and 24. (b) In the Temescal Canyon watershed in the City of Los Angeles, all …

(a) On or before January 15, 2002, the commission shall submit to the City of Malibu an initial draft of the land use portion of the local coastal program for the City of Malibu portion of the coastal zone, which is specifically delineated on maps 133, 134, 135, and 136, which we…

In Orange County: (a) In the City of Huntington Beach, approximately 9.5 acres are added as specifically shown on map 28. (b) In the City of Costa Mesa, approximately 15 acres are excluded as specifically shown on map 28. (c) In the City of Newport Beach, approximately 22.6 acres…

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that a dispute exists as to the proper location of the inland boundary of the coastal zone in the area commonly known as Aliso Viejo and that, after extensive review of the history of this boundary segment, the criteria utilized to es…

In San Diego County: (a) In the City of Oceanside, approximately 500 acres are excluded as specifically shown on maps 30A and 31. (b) In the City of Carlsbad, approximately 180 acres in the downtown area, except for the Elm Street corridor, are excluded as specifically shown on m…

Notwithstanding Section 17 of Chapter 1330 of the Statutes of 1976, as amended by Section 29 of Chapter 1331 of the Statutes of 1976, any map dated September 12, 1979, and filed on September 14, 1979, with the office of the Secretary of State, or any provision of Section 30170, t…

(a) On or before October 1, 1980, the commission shall submit to the City of Carlsbad an initial draft of the land use portion of the local coastal program for the area specifically delineated on maps 154 and 155 which have been placed on file with the Secretary of State on April…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), on and after January 1, 1985, no agricultural conversion fees may be levied or collected under the agricultural subsidy program provided in the local coastal program of the City of Carlsbad that was adopted and certified pursuant to Sect…

(a) The amount of the mitigation fee for development on nonprime agricultural lands in the coastal zone in the City of Carlsbad that lie outside of the areas described in subdivision (f) of Section 30170 and subdivision (b) of Section 30171 shall be determined in the applicable s…

In the San Diego County, an area consisting of approximately 180 acres lying west and south of Palomar Airport as shown on Map 155, which has been placed on file with the Secretary of State on April 22, 1980, shall be excluded from the coastal zone after the City Engineer of the …

Notwithstanding the maps adopted pursuant to Section 17 of Chapter 1330 of the Statutes of 1976, as amended by Section 29 of Chapter 1331 of the Statutes of 1976, the inland boundary of the coastal zone, as shown on detailed coastal map 157 adopted by the commission on March 1, 1…

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that illegal disposal of solid waste on property owned by innocent parties is a longstanding problem needing attention and that grants provided under this chapter will support the cleanup of farm and ranch property. (b) The board shal…

(a) The grant program shall be established to make grants available to public entities and Native American tribes for the purposes described in subdivision (b) of Section 48100 in an amount not to exceed the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) per year for any single p…

No farm or ranch property is eligible for a grant pursuant to this chapter if it is determined by the public entity or Native American tribe that the owner was responsible for the illegal disposal of the solid waste. (Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 628, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, …

(a) The board shall adopt regulations to implement this chapter. (b) The regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall include criteria for grant eligibility and shall establish a process that is open and accessible to the public under which grant applications may be reviewe…

Each year, as part of the annual report required to be submitted pursuant to Section 40507, the board shall report to the Governor and the Legislature on all of the following: (a) Actions the board has taken under the grant program. (b) The costs and effectiveness in cleaning up …

All solid waste collected as a result of cleanup or abatement under the grant program shall be recycled or reused to the maximum extent feasible and cleanup or abatement activities shall be conducted in compliance with existing laws governing the handling of solid wastes, hazardo…

Nothing in this chapter is intended to relieve any party who is responsible for the generation or illegal deposition of the solid waste from liability for removal costs if the party can be identified. Farm or ranch property owners whose property is the subject of solid waste clea…

This chapter shall be known as the Public Park Preservation Act of 1971. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1642.)

As used in this chapter “public park” includes only a park operated by a public agency. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1642.)

As used in this chapter “operating entity” means the entity owning the park land and the facilities thereon. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1642.)

(a) No city, city and county, county, public district, or agency of the state, including any division, department or agency of the state government, or public utility, shall acquire (by purchase, exchange, condemnation, or otherwise) any real property, which property is in use as…

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the acquisition of real property or any interest in real property for the construction or maintenance of underground utility services. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1642.)

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a public utility, whether privately or publicly owned, acquiring real property or an interest in real property for the purpose of providing services to the public park, if it is not feasible to place the utility services or facili…

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a public utility, whether privately or publicly owned, acquiring real property or any interest in real property as a waterway; provided, that the legislative body of the operating entity determines by a majority vote that such wat…

In the event that the park land and facilities are acquired, the operating entity shall acquire substitute park land and facilities. If, however, less than 10 percent of the park land, but not more than one acre, is acquired, the operating entity may, instead of acquiring substit…

Unless the provisions of Section 5407.2 are applicable, the amount of compensation or land, or both, required by this chapter for the taking of the park land and facilities shall be equal to one of the following: (a) The cost of acquiring substitute park land of comparable charac…

Upon receiving an offer of compensation or land, or both, from the acquiring entity for the acquisition of the park, the legislative body of the operating entity may enter into an agreement with the acquiring entity to the effect that the acquiring entity has complied with the re…

Unless improvement of an unacquired portion of the park land and facilities is undertaken pursuant to Section 5404, all funds, or land and funds received by the operating entity shall be used to obtain or provide substitute park land and facilities in accordance with the provisio…