Solana Beach and a key state agency will continue negotiating a plan to limit construction along the city’s coastline and restrict homeowners’ ability to keep seawalls aimed at protecting fragile bluffs along the shoreline.
After hearing emotion-packed presentations from attorneys on both sides of the issue, a majority of Carlsbad’s Planning Commission agreed Wednesday to allow a controversial seawall to remain in place at the southern end of the Terramar beachfront community.
The welcome final approval by the San Diego regional water board may not be the last hurdle that the proposed Carlsbad desalination plant must clear. Peter Douglas, executive director of the California Coastal Commission, wants one last stab at killing the project.
City’s program to protect its beachfront ““ which includes fees on homeowners for building sea walls ““ awaits review by state Coastal Commission
Solana Beach agreed last year to pay $100,000 to the Surfrider Foundation in return for the group’s endorsement of the city’s shoreline management plan, which is pending before the California Coastal Commission.
SOLANA BEACH ““ A new California Coastal Commission sea-wall fee has been shelved after bluff-top homeowners who were ordered to pay as much as several million dollars sued.
Solana Beach will impose fees on bluff-top homeowners who want to fill in the sea caves below their property.
Solana Beach’s bluff-top homeowners who want to build sea walls to shore up the fragile cliffs below them will have more to fret about when the city levies new and hefty permit fees.
SOLANA BEACH ““ Bluff-top homeowners in Solana Beach who want to build sea walls or fill in sea caves will have to deposit tens of thousands of dollars with the city before they can begin construction.
VISTA — A court-ordered moratorium on building sea walls in Solana Beach essentially ended Friday when a Superior Court judge found that city officials had adequately revised their ordinance regarding bluff management.
NORTH COUNTY —- It was nice while it lasted. When the San Diego Association of Governments dredged up enough sand from the ocean bottom to fill Qualcomm Stadium and piped it onshore in the summer of 2001, San Diego County had some of the finest beaches around.