A. RICRMP Section 300.14.B – Maintenance of Structures/Policies -action

B. Applicability of Salt Ponds Section 920.1.B.2(f) & (g) – Lands of Critical Concern -discussion

A. Shoreline Change (Beach) SAMP Update

A. Definition

1. Maintenance of structures includes rebuilding, reconstructing, repairing or re-establishing to previously approved conditions and dimensions a damaged or deteriorated structure or facility. Maintenance includes only those activities that do not significantly alter the assented design, purpose and size of the structure. Maintenance provisions for marina in-water facilities and residential boating facilities are found at Section 300.4.E.

B. Policies

1. Persons proposing to maintain dredged channels and mooring areas (Section 300.9) and mosquito control ditches in coastal wetlands (Section 300.12) are in all cases required to obtain a new Council Assent.

2. Maintenance of structures and facilities for which a Council Assent has been issued is permitted upon obtaining a Certification of Maintenance from the Executive Director of the CRMC. This Certification shall establish that all applicable standards for the construction and operation of the permitted structure or facility, and any stipulations that were conditioned by the Council's Assent have been met, and are continued. Further, the Certification of Maintenance may contain additional measures to minimize the environmental impact of the activity, to promote the restoration of coastal resources, or to otherwise further the objectives and goals of this program, as may be required by staff recommendations to the Executive Director, consistent with the standards of the RICRMP.

3. Persons proposing to maintain or repair structural shoreline protection facilities shall do so in a manner consistent with Section 300.7.G.

4. Persons proposing to maintain previously assented structures (other than piers and docks associated with marinas) which have physically been destroyed 50 percent or more by storms, waves, or other natural coastal processes shall, upon the determination of the Executive Director, be required to obtain a new Council Assent. Such activities requiring a new Council Assent shall be reviewed according to the most current applicable programmatic requirements of the Coastal Resources Management Program, its Special Area Management Plans, and/or any other appropriate CRMC-approved management plans.

5. Many structures under Council jurisdiction predate the Council and were not permitted by Council Assent when originally constructed. Persons proposing maintenance or repair activities on such structures shall be required to obtain a Certification of Maintenance, meet relevant standards of this program, or obtain a Council Assent, as determined by the Council's Executive Director.