Bill Text: CA AB2178 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Coastal resources: California Coastal Act of 1976:

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-07 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB2178 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB2178-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2178	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to amend Section 30106 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to coastal resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2178, as introduced, Jones. Coastal resources: California
Coastal Act of 1976: coastal development.
   The California Coastal Act of 1976 provides for the planning and
regulation of development, under a coastal development permit
process, within the coastal zone, as defined. For purposes of the
act, "development" is defined to mean, on land, or in water, among
other things, the placement or erection of any solid material or
structure, as defined. For purposes of that definition, "structure"
includes, but is not limited to, any buildings, road, pipe, flume,
conduit, siphon, aqueduct, telephone line, or electrical power
transmission and distribution line. The act requires that the scenic
and usual qualities of coastal areas be considered and protected as a
resource of public importance.
   This bill would specify that, for purposes of the act, "structure"
does not include the construction or erection of a flagpole on land
or water in the coastal zone. The bill would further prohibit the
construction or erection of a flagpole on land or water in the
coastal zone from being determined to adversely impact the scenic or
visual qualities of coastal areas.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 30106 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   30106.   (a)     (1)   
"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 of any gaseous, liquid, solid, or thermal
waste; grading, removing, dredging, mining, or extraction of any
materials; change in the density or intensity of use of land,
including, but not limited to, subdivision pursuant to the
Subdivision Map Act (commencing with Section 66410 of the Government
Code), and any other division of land, including lot splits, except
where the land division is brought about in connection with the
purchase of such land by a public agency for public recreational use;
change in the intensity of use of water, or of access thereto;
construction, reconstruction, demolition, or alteration of the size
of any structure, including any facility of any private, public, or
municipal utility; and the removal or harvesting of major vegetation
other than for agricultural purposes, kelp harvesting, and timber
operations which are in accordance with a timber harvesting plan
submitted pursuant to the provisions of the Z'berg-Nejedly Forest
Practice Act of 1973 (commencing with Section 4511). 
    As 
    (2)     As  used in this section,
"structure" includes, but is not limited to, any building, road,
pipe, flume, conduit, siphon, aqueduct, telephone line, and
electrical power transmission and distribution line.  "Structure"
does not include the construction or erection of a flagpole on land
or water in the coastal zone. The construction or erection of a
flagpole on land or water in the coastal zone shall not be determined
to adversely impact the scenic or visual qualities of coastal ar
  eas, as described in Section 30251.