| (a) The commissioner finds that the coast is subject
to the following uses:
(1) residential development, which includes siting,
construction, and maintenance of single- and multiple-unit dwellings;
(2) commercial development, which includes siting,
construction, and maintenance of warehouses, offices, retail stores,
hotels, restaurants, marinas, and recreational facilities;
(3) industrial development, which includes siting,
construction, operation, and maintenance of oil and gas exploration
and development facilities, manufacturing and petrochemical plants,
refineries, processing facilities, and ports;
(4) agricultural development, which includes farming,
ranching, silviculture, and aquaculture;
(5) other development, which includes public buildings,
parks, and other public purpose development;
(6) development of infrastructure, which includes the
siting, construction, operation, and maintenance of roads, causeways
and bridges, railroads, transmission and communication lines, water
and sewer lines and pump stations, oil and gas transportation pipelines,
and other linear facilities; airports; electric generating facilities;
flood control structures, dams, and other water control structures;
water, sewage, and wastewater treatment facilities; and solid waste
facilities;
(7) waterfront construction, which includes erosion
response projects and shoreline access structures. Erosion response
projects include retaining walls, bulkheads, seawalls, rubble mounds,
revetments, breakwaters, and groins. Shoreline access structures include
piers, docks, wharves, boat ramps, and other structures. Other structures
on state submerged land and private submerged land include artificial
reefs and fishing cabins;
(8) dredging, which includes excavation and disposal
or placement of material from navigation channels and basins for commercial
shipping, recreational boating, and oil and gas exploration and production;
excavation for water intake structures, wastewater outfalls, or other
structures incidental to shoreline development; and sediment mining
on submerged lands; and
(9) hunting, fishing, and other uses affecting terrestrial
and aquatic wildlife.
(b) Because they may adversely affect CNRAs, the commissioner
finds that special management of these uses of the coast is necessary
for continued balanced development of the coast.
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