Staff Report
Date: January 25, 2024
To: The Planning Commission
From: Water Resource Department, Public Works Director Scott DeLeon
Subject: Consideration of Appeal of Water Resource Department's intent to approve Lakebed Encroachment Permit 2022-25
Executive Summary:
The Lakebed Management Division of the Lake County Water Resources Department (Department) is responsible for maintaining the public trust lands below the high-water mark (7.79 ft Rumsey) in Clear Lake, in accordance with Lake County Code, Chapter 23, Shoreline Ordinance (Chapter 23, Shoreline Ordinance), and State Statutes of 1973 Chapter 639. One role is the establishment of minimum standards for the construction, alteration, removal, and maintenance of structures or other prescribed activities in the lake.
Per Lake County Code, Chapter 23 Sec. 23-4. - Permit Procedure, "No person shall undertake or carry out any of the following activities within the nearshore or foreshore without first obtaining an administrative encroachment permit from Lakebed Management. (A) Constructing or placing any pier, boat ramp, boat launching facility, navigational structure, buoy, jetty, breakwater, marina, harbor, shore zone protective structure, or any other improvement, a portion of which lies within the foreshore or nearshore. The terms "construction or placement" include any additions or alterations to existing structures. (B) Filling or dredging. (C) Constructing or placing in the lake any cable, pipeline or subaqueous conduit. (D) Any use, operation, or activity with a
significant impact on the public trust purposes of commerce, navigation, recreation, and fisheries. (E) Beach clearing
Water Resources staff were contacted in late 2021 and advised that work was being performed on a pier structure located 11360 North Drive (APN 036-091-05 Owner: Lakeshore Associates), and the complainant was concerned that the work was being performed without permits. Staff searched internal records and found no evidence...
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