Development.
Long Beach Municipal Code § 21.15.790
in effect21.15.790 - Development.
A. "Development" means:
1. The division of a parcel of land into two (2) or more parcels;
2. The construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation or enlargement of any structure;
3. Any mining, excavation, landfill or land disturbance; or
4. Any use or extension of the use of land.
B. This definition includes, but is not limited to:
1. Subdivision pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act (commencing with Section 66410 of the Government Code);
2. Any other division of land, including lot splits, except where the land division is brought about in connection with the purchase of the land by a public agency for public recreational use;
3. Change in the intensity of use of water, or of access thereto;
4. Construction, reconstruction, demolition, or alteration of the size of any structure, including any facility of any private, public, or municipal utility; and
5. 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 Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 (commencing with Section 4511).
C. 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.
(Ord. C-6533 § 1 (part), 1988)
Source: City of Long Beach, Municipal Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/long_beach/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT21ZO_CH21.15DE_21.15.790DEFetched: 10/28/2026