“Environmentally sensitive area” means any area in which plant or animal life or their habitats are either rare or especially valuable because of their special nature or role in an ecosystem and which could be easily disturbed or degraded by human activities and developments.
Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 30107.5
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Known as the California Coastal Act
The act spans §§ 30000–30900 (326 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 151 Cal. App. 4th 427 - Lt-Wr, LLC v. California Coastal Com'n (2007)
Most recently applied in 250 Cal. Rptr. 3d 397 - Hubbard v. Coastal Comm'n (July 2019)
Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1331.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.