§ 18-57. Definitions.

Unless specifically defined in this section, words and phrases in this article shall be read as commonly used and to give this article its most reasonable application.

Act means the Louisiana Coastal Zone Management Program Act, LSA-R.S. 49:214.21 et seq., also known as the State and Local Coastal Resources Management Act of 1978 (SLCRMA).

Coastal use permit or permit(s) or CUP means those permits required by the Act.

Coastal waters means bays, lakes, inlets, estuaries, rivers, bayous and other bodies of water within the boundaries of the coastal zone.

Coastal zone means that area described in the Act.

Coastal zone management program or CZMP means the written laws, regulations, polices, procedures and guidelines developed by the Plaquemines Parish government through the parish council to implement the Act.

Department or DNR means Department of Natural Resources.

Local administrator means the Plaquemines Parish professional charged with implementing and administering this article and the local coastal zone management program.

Local coastal program advisory committee or committee means that committee established by the parish council to implement and administer the coastal zone management program as adopted and amended by the parish council.

Person means any individual, partnership, association, trust, corporation, or government body.

Parish council means the Plaquemines Parish Council, the authority of general jurisdiction and operation at the parish level.

Secretary means the Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources or their designee.

Wetland(s) means land that:

(1)

Has a predominance of hydric soil;

(2)

Is inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support a prevalence of hydrophytic vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions; and

(3)

Under normal circumstances does support a prevalence of that vegetation.

(Ord. No. 01-26, § 2, 2-8-01; Ord. No. 14-135, § 2, 7-24-14)