California Public Resources Code 3862 – Prior to receiving any grants pursuant to this chapter, an eligible …
Prior to receiving any grants pursuant to this chapter, an eligible jurisdiction shall do all of the following:
(a) Implement a zoning ordinance for areas containing methane gas hazards that establishes a methane gas hazard overlay and provides mandatory studies and mitigations for new construction within the overlay zones.
Terms Used In California Public Resources Code 3862
- County: includes "city and county. See California Public Resources Code 14
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Methane gas hazards: means collections of biogenic or thermogenic gases identified as hazards in the study conducted by the supervisor pursuant to Article 4. See California Public Resources Code 3855
(b) Revise the safety element of the city or county general plan to illustrate the methane gas hazard areas and establish mitigative policies.
(c) Prepare a methane gas hazard mitigation plan, which provides strategies and mitigations for reducing existing methane gas hazards and for avoiding further hazards due to new construction. The plans shall be consistent with the grant report, the zoning ordinance, and the general plan safety element.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1322, Sec. 3.)