Long Beach, CA Environmental Rules: Boat Dock Permits (2026)

760 bars any person from constructing, reconstructing or maintaining a wharf, pier, landing, float, bulkhead, seawall or other structure within the Long Beach Marina area for private benefit without first obtaining a permit issued by the Director of the Marine Bureau. Any filling below the mean-high-tide line, or dredging or excavating in the area for private benefit, requires a separate permit from the City Council rather than the Director. 780 covering a common structure serving ten or more residential units. Before a permit issues, the applicant must submit plans and specifications to the Director (or City Council, for filling/dredging) for approval, and must independently obtain a coastal development permit from the California Coastal Commission.

Structures must conform to the city's own engineering standard, "Plans and Specifications No. 760(F)). A permit voids automatically if construction has not begun within sixty days of issuance unless the Director grants a written extension, and it terminates on sale of the underlying real property unless the Director approves a transfer and a transfer fee is paid. 750 separately bars any structure channelward of the pierhead line established by Drawing No. E-146 ("Harbor Lines Alamitos Bay," dated April 2, 1951), except where the Director grants relief for unusual circumstances.