(a) The department shall review all documentation related to designation of the property as a California natural landmark, including, but not limited to, the evaluation and peer review findings made pursuant to Section 5864 and comments received pursuant to Section 5865, to determine whether the property meets the state significance criteria in Section 5868.

(b) If the department determines that the property does not meet the state significance criteria in Section 5868, the department shall notify the owner in writing, as well as interested parties notified pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 5865, that the property is no longer being considered for California natural landmark designation.

Terms Used In California Public Resources Code 5866

  • California natural landmark: means property designated by the director as being of state significance to California because it is an outstanding example of major biological and geological features found within the boundaries of the state. See California Public Resources Code 5861
  • Department: means the Department of Parks and Recreation. See California Public Resources Code 5861
  • Director: means the Director of Parks and Recreation. See California Public Resources Code 5861
  • Owner: means the person, corporation, or partnership that holds fee simple title to real property, or its agent, or the head of the public agency or subordinate employee of the public agency to whom that authority is delegated, who is responsible for administering publicly owned land and who has presented satisfactory evidence of his or her legal right to represent the interests of the subject land. See California Public Resources Code 5861
  • State significance: means property that is one of the best examples of a biological community or geological feature within a natural region of the state, including a terrestrial community, land form, geological feature and process, habitat of native plant and animal species, or fossil evidence of the development of life. See California Public Resources Code 5861

(c) The director shall review the documentation specified in subdivision (a) that demonstrates that the property meets the state significance criteria in Section 5868.

(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 827, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)