EXHIBIT 3 Coastal Area Plan
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EXHIBIT 3 Coastal Area Plan Phase 2C Amendments to the Local Coastal Program See next page for a list of the amended sections County of Ventura Planning Com mission Hearing PLlT-0083 Exhibit 3 - Proposed Coastal Area Plan in Legislative Format EXHIBIT 3 Coastal Area Plan Phase 2C Amendments to the Local Coastal Program See next page for a list of the amended sections. County of Ventura • PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING • PL 17-0083 EXHIBIT 3 COASTAL AREA PLAN • Page 3-i List of amended sections: • Section 1.3 – Relationship to Other County General Plan Documents • Section 4.1.3 – Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Areas: Contains a package of new and revised goals, policies and programs for ESHA. • Section 4.1.5 – Tree Protection: Minor amendments are proposed to existing regulations. • Section 4.1.7 – Visual Resources: Existing policies 7 and 8 for the Santa Monica Mountains were moved to this section. • Section 4.1.8 – Water Efficient Landscaping: A minor amendment is proposed to address irrigation systems in an ESHA buffer zone. Three sections that currently address ESHA will be deleted and replaced by Section 4.1.3 (see above): • Section 4.2.9 – Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Areas (North Coast) • Section 4.3.10 – Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Areas (Central Coast) • Section 4.4.10 – Environmentally Sensitive Habitat Areas (South Coast). [Staff Explanation: This document contains draft revisions to the Coastal Area Plan (CAP) for ESHA. The CAP currently includes resource protection goals, policies and programs. CAP policies are implemented through standards or permitting requirements in the Coastal Zoning Ordinance (CZO). The draft CAP amendments are shown in two groups: • Proposed Goals, Policies and Programs: Updated ESHA goals, policies, and programs are in Chapter 4, Section 4.1 and address resource issues throughout the coastal zone. • Existing Goals, Policies and Programs: Existing, certified text is in three sections of the CAP: North, Central and South Coast Subareas. While this text will be deleted, many existing policies were relocated to the new ESHA section in Chapter 4. Please note that sea level rise and climate change are not addressed in the proposed LCP amendments. Those subjects will be addressed through the County’s General Plan Update (GP2040) and a separate project focused on sea level rise in the coastal zone. Legislative Format: Draft text on the following pages is shown in “legislative format” as follows: • Certified CAP text that will be retained is shown as plain black text (not underlined). • Text that is being proposed is shown as black underlined text. • Existing, certified text that is being deleted is shown as “strikethrough” across the word/sentence. • Text in black italics is a defined term. Defined terms are in Article 2 – Definitions of the Coastal Zoning Ordinance.] Last Certified: 7-01-2017 (DATE TO BE ADDED) ii VENTURA COUNTY GENERAL PLAN COASTAL AREA PLAN Last Amended July 1, 2017 (DATE TO BE ADDED) Ventura County Planning Division (This page intentionally left blank.) Last Certified: 7-01-2017 (DATE TO BE ADDED) ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The following persons are acknowledged for their contribution to the preparation of the Ventura County Coastal Area Plan. Without their dedication and hard work, the preparation of this land use plan – and the implementation program – would not have been possible. Ventura County is grateful for their many hours of service and contribution to this planning effort. Ventura County Board of Supervisors Steve Bennett First District Linda Parks Second District Kelly Long Third District Peter C. Foy Fourth District John C. Zaragoza Fifth District Ventura County Planning Commission Paul White Vacant First District Nora Aidukas Second District W. Stephen Onstot Third District Maggie Kestly Fourth District Richard Rodriguez Fifth District Resource Management Agency Christopher Stephens, Director Planning Division Kim Prillhart, Planning Director Tricia Maier Rosemary Rowan, Planning Manager Jennifer Welch, Senior Planner Aaron Engstrom, Associate Planner A portion of this Plan was prepared with financial assistance from the Office of Coastal Zone Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under provisions of the Federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972. Amendments dated 2013 through 2017 were prepared with financial assistance from the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP). Last Certified: 7-01-2017 (DATE TO BE ADDED) iii For Copies/More Information: To purchase the Ventura County Coastal Area Plan: Call 805/654-2478 or 805/654-2805 or go to the Resource Management Agency receptionist 3rd floor of the Government Center Hall of Administration 800 S. Victoria Avenue, Ventura, CA This Coastal Area Plan is also available on the Planning Division website: http://vcrma.org/planning/programs/local-coastal/index.html Last Certified: 7-01-2017 (DATE TO BE ADDED) iv Table of Contents [Staff Explanation: The Table of Contents is updated automatically. However, because deleted text is shown in legislative format, the Table of Contents won’t be fully updated until a “clean copy” version is prepared for submission to the Coastal Commission.] Abstract .................................................................................................................. xi Preamble ............................................................................................................... xii History of Ventura County’s ......................................................................... xiii Local Coastal Program .................................................................................... xiii Chapter 1 ............................................................................................................. 1-1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.1 Legislative History .................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.2 Federal Lands and Activities ................................................................................................. 1-2 1.3 Relationship to Other County General Plan Documents ................................................. 1-3 Chapter 2 ............................................................................................................. 2-1 SUMMARY OF COASTAL ACT POLICIES ........................................................................................ 2-1 2.1 Locating and Planning New Development ......................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Environmentally Sensitive Habitats .................................................................................... 2-2 2.3 Archaeological and Paleontological Resources ................................................................. 2-4 2.4 Shoreline Access ..................................................................................................................... 2-4 2.5 Recreation ................................................................................................................................ 2-7 2.6 Agriculture ................................................................................................................................ 2-8 2.7 Hazards ................................................................................................................................... 2-10 2.8 Energy ..................................................................................................................................... 2-10 2.9 Oil and Gas Development ................................................................................................... 2-11 2.9 Tanker Facilities .................................................................................................................... 2-14 2.10 Refineries and Petrochemical Facilities ............................................................................ 2-14 2.11 Beach Erosion and Shoreline Structures ......................................................................... 2-14 2.12 Public Works........................................................................................................................... 2-15 Chapter 3 ............................................................................................................. 3-1 LAND USE PLAN ................................................................................................................................. 3-1 3.1 Land Use Designations .............................................................................................................. 3-1 3.2 Zoning Compatibility ................................................................................................................. 3-2 3.3 Land Use Maps ........................................................................................................................... 3-5 3.3.1 North Coast .............................................................................................................................. 3-5 3.3.2 Central Coast ........................................................................................................................... 3-9 3.3.3 South Coast ..........................................................................................................................