13.14.080 Resource and constraint data.

Data used to determine parcel specific resources and constraints shall be the most accurate available. Staff determinations shall be based upon the existing data base (see table below) and an on-site inspection. An applicant may, however, submit or may be required to submit, more detailed information which can serve as the basis for an updated staff evaluation (submitted as part of the environmental review for the project) as indicated in the table below:
Environmental Data
Officially Adopted Data Source
Acceptable New Information Source
USGS Slope Maps
A detailed slope map
prepared by a civil engineer land surveyor
Riparian Corridors
USGS maps in conjunction with Watershed staff field review and General Plan Policies
A detailed map slopes and the extent of riparian vegetation prepared by a qualified professional.
100-year Floodplain
Most Recent Federal Flood Insurance Maps; Program Local Coastal Land Use Plan Resource and Constraint Maps
An investigation prepared by a qualified registered engineer or registered geologist which establishes accurate boundaries of the 100-year flood.
Agricultural Lands
Agricultural Resources Map, as adopted and amended by the Board of Supervisors, Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan Resources & Constraints Maps.
Agricultural Policy Advisory Commission determination that land is or is not viable with approval of the Board of Supervisors.
Road Standards
Field check of roads per General Plan requirements
Applicant may improve roads to standards.
Water Quality/Quantity Areas
Measure J Groundwater Quality/Quantity Maps; Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan resource and constraint Maps.
A report conducted by a hydrologist which demonstrates that the region in which the parcel is located is or is not experiencing water quality or availability problems, and that the proposed water use will or will not contribute to an adverse cumulative water quality or quantity impact.
Overdrafted Aquifers
Maps approved by the affected water district and adopted and amended by the Board of Supervisors

Primary Groundwater Recharge Areas
Measure J Primary Groundwater Recharge Areas Maps; Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan Resource and Constraint Maps.
A report conducted by a soils engineer and registered geologist or hydrogeologist which establishes that, based upon local soils, bedrock, and regional hydrogeologic conditions, a particular area is or is not part of a primary groundwater recharge area.
General Plan Watershed
General Plan Resources and Constraint Maps; Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan Resource and Constraint Maps
Information which indicates that a property does or does not lie in a designated water supply watershed.
Septic System Problem Areas
Measure J Septic System Problem Areas Map
Certification from Environmental Health that the property does or does not lie in an area of experienced septic problems.
Timber Resources
General Plan Resource and Constraint Maps; Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan Resource and Constraint Maps
Actual field data which concludes that the property does or does not contain marketable timberlands.
Wildlife Resources and Sensitive Habitats
Measure J Resources and Constraint Maps, Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan Resource and Constraint Maps
A biotic report prepared by a biologist which indicate the absence or presence of wildlife habitats or unique or rare plant communities or individual on the property.
Geologic Rock Type
USGS compilation Map of Rock Types
A geologic report prepared by a registered geologist which accurately maps fault traces, landslides and bedrock geology, or review and update or map by Planning staff geologist.
Fault
Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan and General Plan Resources and Constraint Maps and State and USGS Maps

Liquefaction Areas
Seismic Safety Element Liquefaction Map; Local Coastal Program Land Use Plan Resource and Constraint Maps
A report by a registered engineering geologist which indicates that the building site will or will not be subjected to liquefaction.
Landslides
Seismic Safety Element map combined with Planning staff geologist field inspections
A geologic report prepared by a registered geologist which accurately maps fault traces, landslides and bedrock geology.
Fire Response Time
Fire Response Time map prepared by County Officials
A letter from the Chief of the Fire District responsible to serve a field measured response time.
Critical Fire Hazard Areas
Field inspection combined with aerial photo survey; General Plan Resource and Constraint Maps are general guidance
In mitigable areas (see General Plan) with Fire Official’s approved mitigation measures; other areas based on on-site vegetation (assuming no illegal or unauthorized vegetation clearance has taken place).

(Ord. 3023, 12/23/80; 3072, 5/12/81; 3330, 11/23/82; 3434, 8/23/83)