CHAPTER 2. Definitions

Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.

§§ 30100–30122 · 35 sections

§ 30100 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the interpretation of this division.
§ 30100.2 “Aquaculture” means a form of agriculture as defined in Section 17 of the Fish and Game Code. Aquaculture products are agricultural products, and aquaculture…
§ 30100.5 “Coastal county” means a county or city and county which lies, in whole or in part, within the coastal zone.
§ 30101 “Coastal-dependent development or use” means any development or use which requires a site on, or adjacent to, the sea to be able to function at all.
§ 30101.3 “Coastal-related development” means any use that is dependent on a coastal-dependent development or use.
§ 30101.5 “Coastal development permit” means a permit for any development within the coastal zone that is required pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 30600.
§ 30102 “Coastal plan” means the California Coastal Zone Conservation Plan prepared and adopted by the California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission and submitted to…
§ 30103 (a) “Coastal zone” means that land and water area of the State of California from the Oregon border to the border of the Republic of Mexico, specified on the…
§ 30105 (a) “Commission” means the California Coastal Commission. Whenever the term California Coastal Zone Conservation Commission appears in any law, it means the…
§ 30105.5 “Cumulatively” or “cumulative effect” means the incremental effects of an individual project shall be reviewed in connection with the effects of past projects,…
§ 30106 “Development” means, on land, in or under water, the placement or erection of any solid material or structure; discharge or disposal of any dredged material or…
§ 30107 “Energy facility” means any public or private processing, producing, generating, storing, transmitting, or recovering facility for electricity, natural gas,…
§ 30107.3 (a) “Environmental justice” means the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of people of all races, cultures, incomes, and national origins, with respect…
§ 30107.5 “Environmentally sensitive area” means any area in which plant or animal life or their habitats are either rare or especially valuable because of their special…
§ 30108 “Feasible” means capable of being accomplished in a successful manner within a reasonable period of time, taking into account economic, environmental, social,…
§ 30108.2 “Fill” means earth or any other substance or material, including pilings placed for the purposes of erecting structures thereon, placed in a submerged area.
§ 30108.4 “Implementing actions” means the ordinances, regulations, or programs which implement either the provisions of the certified local coastal program or the…
§ 30108.5 “Land use plan” means the relevant portions of a local government’s general plan, or local coastal element which are sufficiently detailed to indicate the…
§ 30108.55 “Local coastal element” is that portion of a general plan applicable to the coastal zone which may be prepared by local government pursuant to this division,…
§ 30108.6 “Local coastal program” means a local government’s (a) land use plans, (b) zoning ordinances, (c) zoning district maps, and (d) within sensitive coastal…
§ 30109 “Local government” means any chartered or general law city, chartered or general law county, or any city and county.
§ 30110 “Permit” means any license, certificate, approval, or other entitlement for use granted or denied by any public agency which is subject to the provisions of…
§ 30111 “Person” means any individual, organization, partnership, limited liability company, or other business association or corporation, including any utility, and…
§ 30112 “Port governing body” means the Board of Harbor Commissioners or Board of Port Commissioners which has authority over the Ports of Hueneme, Long Beach, Los…
§ 30113 “Prime agricultural land” means those lands defined in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 51201 of the Government Code.
§ 30114 “Public works” means the following: (a) All production, storage, transmission, and recovery facilities for water, sewerage, telephone, and other similar…
§ 30114.5 “Residential development project” means a multifamily housing project that consists exclusively of residential uses and includes four or more units.
§ 30115 “Sea” means the Pacific Ocean and all harbors, bays, channels, estuaries, salt marshes, sloughs, and other areas subject to tidal action through any connection…
§ 30116 “Sensitive coastal resource areas” means those identifiable and geographically bounded land and water areas within the coastal zone of vital interest and…
§ 30118 “Special district” means any public agency, other than a local government as defined in this chapter, formed pursuant to general law or special act for the…
§ 30118.5 “Special treatment area” means an identifiable and geographically bounded forested area within the coastal zone that constitutes a significant habitat area,…
§ 30119 “State university” means the University of California and the California State University.
§ 30120 “Treatment works” shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.) and any other federal act which…
§ 30121 “Wetland” means lands within the coastal zone which may be covered periodically or permanently with shallow water and include saltwater marshes, freshwater…
§ 30122 “Zoning ordinance” means an ordinance authorized by Section 65850 of the Government Code or, in the case of a charter city, a similar ordinance enacted…