Revetments, breakwaters, groins, harbor channels, seawalls, cliff retaining walls, and other such construction that alters natural shoreline processes shall be permitted when required to serve coastal-dependent uses or to protect existing structures or public beaches in danger from erosion and when designed to eliminate or mitigate adverse impacts on local shoreline sand supply. Existing marine structures causing water stagnation contributing to pollution problems and fishkills should be phased out or upgraded where feasible.
Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 30235
Marine Environment
Known as the California Coastal Act
The act spans §§ 30000–30900 (326 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 60 Cal. App. 4th 218 - Lechuza Villas West v. California Coastal Com. (1997)
Most recently applied in 163 Cal. App. 4th 215 - Ocean Harbor House Homeowners Ass'n v. California Coastal Commission (May 2008)
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.