§ 8175-5.12.1. The following standards shall apply to the construction or maintenance of shoreline protective devices such as seawalls, jetties, revetments, groins, or breakwaters:

a.

Proposed shoreline protective devices shall only be allowed when they are necessary to protect existing developments, coastal-dependent land uses, and public beaches.

b.

All shoreline protective structures that alter natural shoreline processes must be designed to eliminate or mitigate adverse impacts on local shoreline sand supply.

c.

Permitted shoreline structures shall not interfere with public rights of access to the shoreline.

d.

A building permit will be required for any construction and maintenance of protective shoreline structures, such as seawalls, jetties, revetments, groins, breakwaters and related arrangements.

e.

The County's Building and Safety Department will routinely refer all permits for seawalls, revetments, groins, retaining walls, pipelines and outfalls to the Flood Control and Water Resources Division of the Public Works Agency to be evaluated not only for structural soundness, but environmental soundness as well whenever necessary. This includes a survey of potential environmental impacts, including (but not limited to) the project's effects on adjacent and downstream structures, net littoral drift, and downcoast beach profiles. If the potential environmental impacts of the proposed structure are considered significant by the Public Works Agency, the applicant will then be required to obtain an engineering report that specifies how those impacts will be mitigated.

(Ord. No. 4451, § 9, 12-11-2012)