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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.

(d) An enlargement or alteration that would result in an increase of 10 percent or more of internal floor area of the existing structure, or increase in height by more than 10 percent of an existing structure on property located between the sea and the first public road paralleling the sea or within 300 feet of the inland extent of any beach or of the mean high tide of the sea where there is no beach, whichever is the greater distance, or in significant scenic resource areas as designated by the California Coastal Commission. (e) Any repair or maintenance to facilities, structures or public works located in an environmentally sensitive habitat area, any sand area within 50 feet of the edge of a coastal waters or streams that include the placement or removal, whether temporary or permanent, of rip-rap, rocks, sand or other beach materials or any other forms of solid materials. (f) Alteration or reconstruction of any structure on a beach, wetland, stream, or lake seaward of the mean high tide line; where the structure or proposed improvement would encroach within 50 feet of the edge of a coastal bluff. (g) Any significant alteration of land forms including removal or placement of vegetation, on a beach, wetland or sand dune, or within 100 feet of the edge of a coastal bluff, or stream or in areas of natural vegetation. (h) Any method of routine maintenance dredging that involves: (1) The dredging of 100,000 cubic yards or more within a 12-month period. (2) The placement of dredged spoils of any quantity within an environmentally sensitive habitat area, or a sand area, within 50 feet of the edge of a coastal bluff or environmentally sensitive habitat area, or within 20 feet of coastal waters or streams. (3) The removal, sale, or disposal of dredged spoils of any quantity that would be suitable for beach nourishment in an area the California Coastal Commission has declared by resolution to have a critically short sand supply that must be maintained for protection of structures, coastal access or public recreational use. (i) Any repair or maintenance of a seawall revetment, bluff retaining wall, breakwater, groin, culvert, outfall, or similar shoreline work that involves: (1) Repair or maintenance involving substantial alteration of the protective work including pilings and other surface or subsurface structures. (2) The placement, whether temporary or permanent, of rip-rap, artificial berms of sand or other beach materials, or any other form of solid materials, on a beach or in coastal waters, streams, wetlands, estuaries and lakes or on a shoreline protective work except for agricultural dikes within enclosed bays or estuaries. (3) The replacement of 20 percent or more of the structural materials of an existing structure with materials of a different kind. (Added by Ord. 509-85, App. 11/22/85) SEC. 330.4.1. PROJECTS REQUIRING A COASTAL ZONE PERMIT FROM THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION. The California Coastal Commission shall retain coastal permit review jurisdiction over all tidelands, submerged lands below the mean high tide, and any other area so designated on Sectional Maps CZ4, CZ5, and CZ13 of the Zoning Map, including the Olympic Country Club, Lake Merced, and the Pacific Ocean shore extending 3 miles out to sea from the mean high tide. (Added by Ord. 509-85, App. 11/22/85) SEC. 330.5. APPLICATION FOR A COASTAL ZONE PERMIT. A Coastal Zone Permit shall be applied for at the Planning Department concurrent with other necessary project permit(s). (a) An application for a Coastal Zone Permit where a Conditional Use authorization is required shall be reviewed subject to the procedures for reviewing conditional use applications in Section 303 of the Planning Code. (b) An application for a Coastal Zone Permit where a variance application is required shall be reviewed subject to the procedures for variances in Section 305 of the Planning Code. (c) An application for a Coastal Zone Permit where a building permit authorization is required shall be reviewed subject to the procedures set forth in the Planning Code, Building Code and Business and Tax Regulations Code. (d) Planning Code amendments and changes to the Zoning Map shall be conducted according to Section 302 of the Planning Code. (1) Amendments to the Local Coastal Program, include, but are not limited to, any action by the Planning Commission, or Board of Supervisors which authorizes a use of a parcel of land other than that designated in the certified Local Coastal Program as a permitted use of such parcel. (2) Any proposed amendments, set-back proceedings, zoning map changes or interim zoning controls which may alter the Local Coastal Program shall be submitted as a request for an amendment of the Local Coastal Program for review by the California Coastal Commission. No more than three submittals may be made per calendar year. Such amendment shall take effect only after it has been certified by the California Coastal Commission. (Added by 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 Division (c) amended; other nonsubstantive changes; Ord. 188-15 , Eff. 12/4/2015. SEC. 330.5.1. PERMIT APPLICATION REVIEW FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM. (a) The City Planning Department shall review all Coastal Zone Permit Applications, Building Permit Applications, Conditional Use Applications, Variances, City Planning Code Amendments, and Zoning Map changes within the Coastal Zone for consistency with the requirements and objectives of the San Francisco Local Coastal Program. (b) The Board of Permit Appeals shall review all appeals of coastal zone permit applications. Any appeals shall be reviewed by the Board of Permit Appeals for consistency with the requirements and objectives of the San Francisco Local Coastal Program. (Added by Ord. 509-85, App. 11/22/85) SEC. 330.5.2. FINDINGS. The Zoning Administrator or the Planning Commission, or Board of Appeals in reviewing a Coastal Zone Permit Application or an appeal thereof shall adopt factual findings that the project is consistent or not consistent with the Local Coastal Program. A Coastal Zone Permit shall be approved only upon findings of fact establishing that the project conforms to the requirements and objectives of the San Francisco Local Coastal Program. (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. 330.5.3. DETERMINATION OF PERMIT JURISDICTION. The Zoning Administrator shall determine whether or not a project is exempt or subject to a Coastal Permit Application pursuant to Sections 330.2 through 330.4 of the Planning Code. If the project requires a Coastal Zone Permit Application, the Zoning Administrator shall determine whether the project may be appealed to the California Coastal Commission, or whether the project can only be appealed locally to the Board of Appeals. (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. 330.5.4. PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW OF COASTAL ZONE PERMITS.