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SEC. 330. PURPOSE AND COASTAL ZONE PERMIT AREA. (a) Purpose. The purpose of Sections 330 through 330.16 is to implement the process of reviewing projects within the Coastal Zone for consistency with the San Francisco Local Coastal Program as required by the California Coastal Act of 1976 as amended.

(b) Coastal Zone Permit Area. The following regulations pertain to the San Francisco Coastal Zone Area designated on Section Maps CZ4, CZ5, and CZ13 of the Zoning Map. (Ord. 509-85, App. 11/22/85) SEC. 330.1. PROJECTS REQUIRING COASTAL ZONE PERMIT REVIEW. (a) All private projects, except those specifically exempt, shall be required to apply to the San Francisco Planning Department for a Coastal Zone Permit for demolition, construction, reconstruction, alterations, change of use, change of occupancy, condominium conversions or any other development on or affecting real property located within the designated boundary of the Coastal Zone. (b) All public projects, except those specifically exempt, shall be required to apply to the San Francisco Planning Department for a Coastal Zone Permit, including any development project or change of use in the Coastal Zone area of Golden Gate Park, the Zoo, or the Lake Merced area. (c) A Coastal Zone Permit shall be required in addition to any other permit application which may be required elsewhere by the Planning Code, Building Code, or other Municipal Code. (Ord. 509-85, App. 11/22/85; amended by Ord. 188-15 , File No. 150871, App. 11/4/2015, Eff. 12/4/2015) AMENDMENT HISTORY Nonsubstantive changes; Ord. 188-15 , Eff. 12/4/2015. SEC. 330.2. DEFINITIONS. For the purposes of Sections 330 through 330.16, the following definitions shall apply: (a) An "aggrieved person" for the purpose of appeals to the California Coastal Commission shall be any person who appears at a public hearing in connection with a decision or action appealed to the California Coastal Commission, or who by other appropriate means informed in writing the Zoning Administrator, Planning Commission, or Board of Appeals. (b) "Emergency" is defined as a sudden unexpected occurrence demanding immediate action to prevent or mitigate loss or damage to life, health, property, or essential public services. (c) "Environmentally sensitive habitat" is any area in which plant or animal life or their habitats are either rare or especially valuable because of their special nature or role in an ecosystem and which could be easily disturbed or degraded by human activities and developments. (d) The "Local Coastal Program" shall be the San Francisco Western Shoreline Plan, a part of the City's General Plan, and any of its implementation programs issue papers and any other documents certified by the California Coastal Commission. (e) A "project" shall be any of the following: (1) Construction, reconstruction, demolition or alteration of the size of any building, including any facility of any private, public or municipal utility; (2) Change in the density or intensity of use of land, including but not limited to subdivision(s) and any other division of land, including P lot splits, except where the land is for the purchase of such land by a public agency for public recreational use; (3) The placement, building or construction of any solid material or structure, including but not limited to, any building, road, pipe, flume, conduit, siphon, aqueduct, telephone line, and electrical power transmission and distribution line; (4) Grading, removing, dredging, mining or extraction of any material; (5) Discharge or disposal of any dredged material or of any gaseous, liquid, solid or thermal waste, and the mining or extraction of any material; (6) Change in the intensity or use of a body of water, or stream, or access thereto; (7) The removal or harvesting of major trees, rare or endangered species, and permanently established riparian vegetation other than for agricultural purposes. (Ord. 509-85, App. 11/22/85; amended by Ord. 188-15 , File No. 150871, App. 11/4/2015, Eff. 12/4/2015) AMENDMENT HISTORY Nonsubstantive changes; Ord. 188-15 , Eff. 12/4/2015. SEC. 330.3. PROJECTS EXEMPT FROM COASTAL ZONE PERMIT REVIEW. No Coastal Zone Permit shall be required for the following projects: (a) Enlargement, alteration or reconstruction of any existing single-family residence; (b) Enlargement or alteration of any structure other than a single-family residence or a public structure or facility, provided that these improvements do not have an adverse environmental effect, adversely affect public access, or involve a change in use contrary to any policy of the Local Coastal Program; (c) Repair or maintenance activities that do not result in an addition to, or enlargement or expansion of a structure or use, provided that it does not fall within the requirement in Section 330.4(e), (h), and (i); (d) The replacement of any structure, other than a public structure or facility, destroyed by natural disaster. Such replacement structure shall (1) Conform to applicable Building Code, other standards of this Code and zoning requirements, and other applicable Municipal Code, (2) shall be for the same use as the destroyed structure, (3) shall not exceed either the floor area, height, or bulk of the destroyed structure by more than 10 percent, and (4) shall be sited in the same location on the affected property as the destroyed structure; (e) The conversion of any existing multiple-unit residential structure to a time-share project, resort club, vacation club, estate, or other short-term use; (f) The installation, testing and placement in service, or the replacement of any necessary utility connection between an existing service facility and any development approved pursuant to this code. (g) Recreation and park tree trimming, reforestation and support services, landscaping improvements, vegetation removal and seasonal planting, replacement planting, maintenance, and other park landscaping and planting improvements, provided that this activity does not involve a change contrary to any policy of the Coastal Program; (h) Recreation and Park Department road maintenance, repairs, facilities and street lighting, and road and circulation improvements as proposed in the Golden Gate Park Transportation Management Plan; (i) Recreation and Park Department play structures, maintenance, and any other Park and Recreation activity that requires no building permit or is subject to Section 330.4 (a) through (h) of this code; (j) Maintenance dredging of existing navigation channels or moving dredged materials from such channels to a disposal area outside the coastal zone, pursuant to a permit from the United States Army Corps of Engineers; (k) Maintenance improvements, and any other projects within the United States Federal lands in designated Golden Gate National Recreation Areas. (Ord. 509-85, App. 11/22/85) SEC. 330.4. PROJECTS SUBJECT TO COASTAL ZONE PERMIT REVIEW. A Coastal project as defined in Section 330.2(d). (a) Construction of any residential or commercial building, structure, or project as defined in Section 330.2(e). (b) Any alteration, enlargement or reconstruction of a structure or building which increases the intensity of use of the structure or building. (c) Any alteration, enlargement or reconstruction made pursuant to a conversion of an existing structure from a multiple unit rental use or visitor-serving commercial use to a use involving a fee ownership or long-term leasehold including but not limited to a condominium conversion, stock cooperative conversion, motel/hotel or time-sharing conversion.