This amendment will impact (negatively) the use of your coastal property by amending the definition of the “Site Area, Net” for residential properties. It will exclude the area from the top of a coastal bluff to the bayward property line, not including coastal arroyos, from being considered in a parcel’s size when determining the allowable size of your home.
The plan includes an “action plan” that discourages coastal armoring by treating seawalls as the last resort. Some experts have tied seawalls to beach erosion. The proposal calls for taking preventative measures first, then using alternatives to seawalls, and finally arguing for some preferred forms of seawalls.
Minutes of the CPOA Board of Directors meeting held on October 19, 2006.
On June 8, 2006, the California Ocean Protection Council adopted A Vision of Our Ocean and Coast, a five-year strategic plan. At the OPC’s November 28, 2006 meeting, Executive Policy Officer Drew Bohan will present a list of four proposed policy and funding OPC priorities for 2007:
To download the report when it is released and to receive instructions on submitting public comments, go to: http://www.dbw.ca.gov/CSMW/csmwhome.htm
Erosion at Pleasure Point has the county looking at coastal armoring””again””to the dismay of local surfers
PLEASURE POINT “” At first glance, the Porters seem like they’d fit right in here.
Proposed major amendment to the Santa Cruz County certified Local Coastal Program to be presented for public hearing and Commission action at the California Coastal Commissions August 10, 2006 meeting.