CHAPTER 7.8. Seismic Hazards Mapping
Chapter 7.8 added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1168, Sec. 3.
§§ 2690–2699.6 · 13 sections
- § 2690 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Seismic Hazards Mapping Act.
- § 2691 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The effects of strong ground shaking, liquefaction, landslides, or other ground failure account…
- § 2692 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for a statewide seismic hazard mapping and technical advisory program to assist cities and counties in…
- § 2692.1 The State Geologist may include in maps compiled pursuant to this chapter information on the potential effects of tsunami and seiche when information becomes…
- § 2693 As used in this chapter: (a) “City” and “county” includes the City and County of San Francisco. (b) “Geotechnical report” means a report prepared by a…
- § 2694 (a) A person who is acting as an agent for a transferor of real property that is located within a seismic hazard zone, as designated under this chapter, or the…
- § 2695 (a) The board, in consultation with the survey and the commission, shall develop all of the following: (1) Guidelines for the preparation of maps of seismic…
- § 2696 (a) The State Geologist shall compile maps identifying seismic hazard zones, consistent with the requirements of Section 2695. The maps shall be compiled in…
- § 2697 (a) Cities and counties shall require, prior to the approval of a project located in a seismic hazard zone, a geotechnical report defining and delineating any…
- § 2698 Nothing in this chapter is intended to prevent cities and counties from establishing policies and criteria which are more strict than those established by the…
- § 2699 Each city and county, in preparing the safety element to its general plan pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 65302 of the Government Code, and in adopting…
- § 2699.5 (a) There is hereby created the Seismic Hazards Identification Fund, as a special fund in the State Treasury. (b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the…
- § 2699.6 This chapter shall become operative on April 1, 1991.