Section 2800.

2800. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Natural Community Conservation Planning Act. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 4, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)

Section 2801.

2801. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The continuing population growth in California will result in increasing demands for dwindling natural resources and result in the continuing decline of the state’s wildlife. (b) There is a need for broad-based planning to provide for effective protection and conservation of the state’s wildlife heritage while […]

Section 2802.

2802. The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to conserve, protect, restore, and enhance natural communities. It is the intent of the Legislature to acquire a fee or less than fee interest in lands consistent with approved natural community conservation plans and to provide assistance with the implementation […]

Section 2805.

2805. The definitions in this section govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Adaptive management” means to use the results of new information gathered through the monitoring program of the plan and from other sources to adjust management strategies and practices to assist in providing for the conservation of covered species. (b) “Candidate species” has the same […]

Section 2809.

2809. Any person, or any local, state, or federal agency, independently, or in cooperation with other persons, may undertake natural community conservation planning. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 4, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)

Section 2810.

2810. (a) The department may enter into an agreement with any person or public entity for the purpose of preparing a natural community conservation plan, in cooperation with a local agency that has land use permit authority over the activities proposed to be addressed in the plan, to provide comprehensive management and conservation of multiple wildlife […]

Section 2815.

2815. The department shall establish, in cooperation with the parties to the planning agreement, a process for public participation throughout plan development and review to ensure that interested persons, including landowners, have an adequate opportunity to provide input to lead agencies, state and federal wildlife agencies, and others involved in preparing the plan. The public […]

Section 2820.

2820. (a) The department shall approve a natural community conservation plan for implementation after making the following findings, based upon substantial evidence in the record: (1) The plan has been developed consistent with the process identified in the planning agreement entered into pursuant to Section 2810. (2) The plan integrates adaptive management strategies that are periodically evaluated and […]

Section 2821.

2821. Concurrent with the approval by the department of a final natural community conservation plan, the department shall do both of the following: (a) Establish a list of species that are authorized for take pursuant to Section 2835 and the department shall make specific findings to support coverage pursuant to Section 2820. For purposes of determining […]

Section 2822.

2822. The department may seek injunctive relief against any plan participant, person, or entity to enforce this chapter. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 4, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)

Section 2823.

2823. The department shall suspend or revoke any permit, in whole or in part, issued for the take of a species subject to Section 2835 if the continued take of the species would result in jeopardizing the continued existence of the species. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 4, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)

Section 2825.

2825. The department may adopt regulations for the development and implementation of natural community conservation plans consistent with this chapter. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 4, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)

Section 2826.

2826. Nothing in this chapter exempts a project proposed in a natural community conservation planning area from Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code or otherwise alters or affects the applicability of that division. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 4, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)

Section 2827.

2827. To the extent practicable, implementation of natural community conservation plans shall use the services of either the California Conservation Corps or local community conservation corps. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 4, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)

Section 2828.

2828. Nothing in this chapter prohibits a local government from exercising any power or authority granted to it pursuant to state law to acquire land or water to implement a plan. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 4, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)

Section 2829.

2829. (a) The department may be compensated for the actual costs incurred in participating in the preparation and implementation of natural community conservation plans. These costs may include consultation with other parties to agreements authorized by Section 2810, providing and compiling wildlife and wildlife habitat data, reviewing and approving the final plan, monitoring implementation of the […]

Section 2830.

2830. Nothing in this chapter prohibits the taking or the incidental take of any identified species if the taking is authorized by the department pursuant to any of the following: (a) A natural community conservation plan or amended plan approved by the department prior to January 1, 2002. Any permits, plans, implementation agreements, and amendments to […]

Section 2831.

2831. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, lands designated as of January 1, 2013, as open-space lands in a document entitled “Declaration of the Dedication of Land” approved by a resolution of the San Diego City Council in the same manner in which the city council processes approval of dedicated open space, reserving to the […]

Section 2835.

2835. At the time of plan approval, the department may authorize by permit the taking of any covered species, including species designated as fully protected species pursuant to Sections 3511, 4700, 5050, or 5515, whose conservation and management is provided for in a natural community conservation plan approved by the department. (Amended by Stats. 2011, […]