Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5830. Section 5830.
This chapter may be cited as the Bushy Lake Preservation Act.
CHAPTER 9. Bushy Lake Preservation [5830. - 5835.]
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC 9.
in effectCal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5831. Section 5831.
As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:
(a)
“California Exposition flood plain” means that portion of state-owned California Exposition land in the American River flood plain as it exists on January 1, 1977.
(b)
“Bushy Lake area” means that portion of the California Exposition flood plain bounded by the continuous line enclosing Bushy Lake, which line is 100 feet outside the 25-foot elevation contour line as limited on the north side by the waterside toe of the levee and as limited on the west side by a line 100 feet east of State Highway Route 80 as it exists on January 1, 1977.
(c)
“Bushy Lake” means a body of water in the Bushy Lake area with approximately 11 acres of water surface in the summer and approximately 80 acres in the winter.
(d)
“Lower American River” means that portion of the American River between Nimbus Dam and the confluence of the American River with the Sacramento River.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5832. Section 5832.
The Legislature finds and declares that:
(a)
The lower American River is in the California Wild and Scenic Rivers System as designated in subdivision (e) of Section 5093.54, and has thus been determined by the Legislature as possessing extraordinary scenic, recreational, fishery, and wildlife values.
(b)
The County of Sacramento on September 10, 2008, by Resolution No. 2008-0946, and the City of Sacramento on November 6, 2008, by Resolution No. 2008-731, have adopted, and the City of Rancho Cordova on September 15, 2008, by Resolution No. 110-2008, has endorsed, the 2008 American River Parkway Plan with promulgated land use regulations to prevent urban and other incompatible
encroachment into the parkway, a 29-mile open-space greenbelt in the lower American River flood plain.
(c)
The California Exposition flood plain contains an unprotected block of significant riparian habitat remaining in the lower American River flood plain, and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that this riparian habitat is of vital importance and an integral part of the American River.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5833. Section 5833.
(a)
The California Exposition and State Fair Board of Directors shall preserve, for public day use and enjoyment, the California Exposition flood plain in a manner consistent with the definition of a state park in accordance with Section 5019.53 and consistent with the American River Parkway Plan, an element of the Sacramento County General Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parking of public and private vehicles may be permitted during the State Fair and only on the flood plain land abutting the riverside toe of the levee as it exists on January 1, 1977, on approximately 11 unsurfaced acres beginning at least 400 feet east of the Bushy Lake area and extending not more than 1,500 feet along the toe of such levee eastward of the Bushy Lake area and extending not more than a distance of
300 feet riverward from such levee.
(b)
The California Exposition and State Fair also may utilize the area referenced in subdivision (a) for California Exposition exhibitor parking related to agricultural and equestrian events taking place on the California Exposition land in a livestock pavilion, an equestrian arena, or both, if the livestock pavilion and equestrian arena are sited as they were sited on April 1, 2009. The total number of days that parking may be permitted under this subdivision and subdivision (a) shall not exceed 34 days per year.
(c)
In addition to the parking permitted by subdivisions (a) and (b), one acre of the existing unsurfaced 11-acre parking area shall be open to parkway users for public access to include equestrian staging, connection to trails, and a new walk-in boat access point, only if the California Exposition’s exclusive use for parking on the
entire 11 unsurfaced acres during the State Fair as authorized in subdivision (a) and for exhibitor parking related to agricultural and equestrian events taking place at the California Exposition livestock pavilion and equestrian arena, as authorized by subdivision (b), is not impeded.
(d)
The coordination and management of public parkway user access and parking and the California Exposition’s periodic exclusive use of the unsurfaced 11-acre area for a period that shall not exceed 34 days per year, as specified in subdivisions (b) and (c), shall be addressed in a management agreement between the American River Parkway Manager and the California Exposition and State Fair. The management agreement shall be consistent with this section.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5834. Section 5834.
The California Exposition and State Fair Board of Directors shall preserve and manage, or provide, pursuant to an agreement with the American River Parkway Manager, for the management of, the Bushy Lake area in accordance with Section 5019.71 and the land use designations and policies of the American River Parkway Plan.
Cal. Public Resources Code - PRC § 5835. Section 5835.
In enacting this chapter, it is not the intent of the Legislature to require removal, or preclude use, repair, or additional construction of, highways, electric transmission lines, sewage lines, or waterlines through the California Exposition flood plain. Further, it is not the intent of the Legislature to preclude the use of emergency vehicles, maintenance vehicles, or vehicles necessary for the construction of parkway facilities.
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