35.20.170 Application requirements.
(1) Applications for dredging and dredge disposal 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) When reviewing dredging proposals, the County shall first consider how the proposed activity has been regulated by other agencies, note same as a reference, and then establish whether additional review or regulation is needed. The Administrator may require information to ensure:
(a) The project is designed, located, and timed to mitigate impacts on legally established neighboring uses and developments; and
(b) Appropriate measures are taken to ensure the activity will not interfere with fishing or shellfishing; and
(c) Appropriate measures are taken to minimize adverse impacts on recreation, public access, and navigation; and
(d) The activity shall not adversely impact natural processes such as channel migration, marine bluff erosion, and/or net-shoreline drift; and
(e) Appropriate best management practices are employed to prevent water quality impacts or other forms of environmental degradation; and
(f) Upstream and upgradient sediment sources that create the need for dredging have been investigated and where feasible, mitigated; and
(g) Appropriate measures are employed to protect public safety and prevent adverse impacts on other approved shoreline uses; and
(h) The proposed activity complies with applicable federal, State, and other local regulations.
(3) When reviewing proposals for dredge disposal, the Administrator shall first consider how the proposed activity has been regulated by other agencies, note same as a reference, and then establish whether additional review or regulation is needed. The Administrator may require information to ensure:
(a) The proposed action will not cause significant and/or ongoing damage to water quality, fish, shellfish, and/or other biological resources; and
(b) The proposed action will not adversely alter natural drainage, water circulation, sediment transport, currents, or tidal flows or significantly reduce floodwater storage capacities; and
(c) The proposed action includes all feasible mitigation measures to protect marine, estuarine, freshwater, and terrestrial species and habitat.