"Aggrieved person"means any person who, in person or through a representative, appeared at a public hearing of the city in connection with the decision or action appealed, or who, by other appropriate means prior to a hearing, informed the city of the nature of his or her concerns or who for good cause was unable to do either.
"Allowable use"means any use allowed by right which does not require a public hearing or any discretionary or nondiscretionary permit of the approving authority.
"Appealable development"means in accordance with Public Resources Codes Section 30603(a), any of the following:
1. Developments approved by the local government between the sea and the first public road paralleling the sea or within three hundred feet of the inland extent of any beach or of the mean high tide line of the sea where there is no beach, whichever is the greater distance.
2. Developments approved by the local government not included within subsection (C)(1) of this section located on tidelands, submerged lands, public trust lands, within one hundred feet of any wetland, estuary, stream or within three hundred feet of the top of the seaward face of any coastal bluff.
3. Any development which constitutes a major public works project or a major energy facility. The phrase "major public works project or a major energy facility" as used in Public Resources Code Section
30603(a)(5) and its regulations shall mean any proposed public works project, as defined by Section 13012 of the Coastal Commission Regulations, (Title
14 California Code of Regulations, Division 5.5) or energy facility, as defined by Public Resources Code Section
30107.
"Appellant"means any person who may file an appeal and includes an applicant, any aggrieved person or any two members of the Coastal Commission.
"Applicant"means the person, partnership, corporation, state or local government agency applying for a coastal development permit.
"Categorically excluded development"means a development (upon request of the city, public agency or other person) which the City Planner has determined pursuant to Section
21.201.060(C) of this code to have no potential for significant adverse effect on coastal resources or access and, therefore, has issued an exclusion.
"Coastal zone"means the coastal zone of the city as described in the Public Resources Code Section
30103.
"Local coastal program"means the city's land use plan, zoning ordinances, zoning maps, and other implementing actions certified by the Coastal Commission as meeting the requirements of the California Coastal Act of 1976.
"Major energy facility"means any energy facility as defined by Public Resources Code Section
30107 and exceeding one hundred thousand dollars in estimated cost of construction.
"Major public works project"means any public works project as defined by Title
14 California Code of Regulations Section 13012 and exceeding one hundred thousand dollars in estimated cost of construction.
"Permitted use"means any use allowed by right which does not require a public hearing, but does require a discretionary or nondiscretionary permit (e.g., building permit) to be issued by the approving authority.
"Other permits and approvals"means permits and approvals, other than a coastal development permit, required to be issued by the approving authority before a development may proceed.
(Ord. CS-178 § CXXIX, 2012)