§ 23.03.042. Determination of Permit Requirement.

The type of land use permit required to authorize a proposed land use that is subject to the provisions of this chapter pursuant to Section 23.03.020 is determined by Table 3-A, as follows:

a.

To determine what land use permit is required to establish an allowable use (an "A" or "P" use in Coastal Table O, Part I of the Land Use Element), a proposed project must be compared with each land use and development characteristic listed in the left-hand column of Table 3-A;

b.

When a project involves more than one use listed on the chart or both a listed land use and a listed development characteristic, the most restrictive permit requirement shall apply. (Example: If a commercial building (included under "Retail Trade, Services and all other Non-residential Use Groups") has a proposed 2,300 square foot floor area and is in conjunction with a proposed paved area ("Impervious Surface") greater than one acre, a Minor Use Permit is required even though the square footage of building itself would otherwise require a Plot Plan);

c.

The permit requirement criteria shall be applied to each building site, regardless of intervening lot lines.

[Amended 1995, Ord. 2715]

TABLE 3-A: PERMIT REQUIREMENT
		PERMIT REQUIREMENT
LAND USE OR DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERISTIC	CRITERIA [1]	PLOT PLAN [2]	MINOR USE PERMIT	DEVELOPMENT PLAN
DWELLINGS (these land use permit requirements apply to construction of single- or multi-family dwellings)	Number of dwellings per site [3]	4 or less	5 to 24	25 or more
MANUFACTURING & PROCESSING, WHOLESALE TRADE, OUTDOOR STORAGE [4]	Gross floor or outdoor use area in square feet	Less than 10,000	10,000-39,999	40,000 or more
RETAIL TRADE, SERVICES AND ALL OTHER NON-RESIDENTIAL USE GROUPS [5]	Gross floor or outdoor use area in square feet and traffic circulation	Less than 2,500 with no drive-up or through	2,500 - 19,999 and/or drive-up or through	20,000 or more
SITE DISTURBANCE (area of grading requiring permit per 23.05.020 et seq., or removal of natural ground cover)	Area of disturbance per site	Less than 1 acre[6]	1 to 3 acres	greater than 3 acres
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE (site coverage by paving and structures)	Area of coverage per site	Less than 1 acre[6]	1 to 3 acres	greater than 3 acres

 

Notes to Table 3-A:

[1] All criteria are cumulative for a single site (e.g., a proposed 3-unit expansion of an existing 39 unit apartment requires Development Plan approval).
[2] ;hg;Any use normally required by this title to have Plot Plan approval (except signs, pursuant to 23.04.306a) shall instead require Minor Use Permit approval where Section 23.01.043 (Appeals to the Coastal Commission) identifies the proposed project as development which is appealable to the Coastal Commission.
[3] ;hg;Or number of dwellings constructed by a single developer in a single land division recorded before March 19, 1962.
[4] ;hg;Includes all uses listed under the Manufacturing & Processing and Wholesale Trade land use groups by Coastal Table O, Part I of the Land Use Element, and the specific use identified by Coastal Table O as Storage Yards and Sales Lots.
[5] ;hg;Includes all uses listed under the Retail Trade, Services, and all other land use groups by Coastal Table O, Part I of the Land Use Element, except Residential, Manufacturing & Processing, Wholesale Trade and Outdoor Storage.
[6] ;hg;A grading permit, drainage plan review or erosion and sedimentation plan review may be required by Sections 23.05.020 et seq. (Grading) of this title; and/or construction permits may be required by the Building and Construction Ordinance, Title 19 of this code.

[Amended 1995, Ord. 2715]