The use of private lands suitable for visitor-serving commercial recreational facilities designed to enhance public opportunities for coastal recreation shall have priority over private residential, general industrial, or general commercial development, but not over agriculture or coastal-dependent industry.
Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 30222
Recreation
Known as the California Coastal Act
The act spans §§ 30000–30900 (326 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Paoli v. California Coastal Commission (1986)
Most recently applied in Paoli v. California Coastal Commission (February 1986)
Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1330.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.