35.20.040 Application requirements.
(1) Applications for beach access structures shall provide all of the information required in CCC 35.50.150 plus any additional information that may be required pursuant to the critical areas regulations in Chapter 35.35 CCC.
(2) Before approving a permit for a new beach access structure on a steep slope, marine bluff or other landslide or erosion hazard area, the County shall require a report prepared by a State licensed geotechnical engineer or engineering geologist and/or a qualified biologist demonstrating that all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The structure is located in the least environmentally damaging location on the subject parcel; and
(b) The structure is designed to minimize the amount of clearing, grading, and excavation; and
(c) Construction or use of the structure will not destabilize slopes or increase landslide or erosion hazards; and
(d) The structure is located outside of areas mapped as feeder bluff, feeder bluff talus, or exceptional feeder bluff. Beach access structures (including any stairway, tram, stair tower, platform and/or elevated walkway anchored to the ground surface by structural means) are prohibited within areas mapped as feeder bluff, feeder bluff talus or exceptional feeder bluff; and
(e) The structure will not substantially interfere with natural erosion and accretion processes; and
(f) The placement of the structure is likely not to require structural shoreline stabilization in the foreseeable future; and
(g) Unavoidable adverse impacts on shoreline processes and ecological functions are mitigated to achieve no net loss.