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2007 California Public Resources Code Chapter 9. Bushy Lake Preservation
CA Codes (prc:5830-5835)
PUBLIC RESOURCES CODESECTION 5830-5835
5830. This chapter may be cited as the Bushy Lake Preservation Act. 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. 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 and the City of Sacramento have developed the American River Parkway, a 23-mile open-space greenbelt in the lower American River flood plain, and have promulgated land use regulations to prevent urban and other incompatible encroachment into the parkway. (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. 5833. 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 the provisions of Section 5019.53, except that the parking of public and private vehicles may be permitted only 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, 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. 5834. The California Exposition and State Fair Board of Directors shall preserve the Bushy Lake area in accordance with the provisions of Section 5019.71, except that it may allow group picnics and vehicles found essential for the picnics in an area designated by it on the north side of Bushy Lake, commonly known as "picnic island." 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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