2022/February
From ActCoastal
| Year | 2022 |
|---|---|
| Month | February |
| Location | Virtual |
| Description | The February Coastal Commission took place virtually on Wednesday, February 9 through Friday, February 11. The first monthly meeting of the Commission’s eleven annual meetings was relatively uneventful with a lighter agenda and not many controversial items. Still, a few developments did spark some public participation, one being the proposed coastal trail improvements by CalTrans at Mussel Shoals. Several local residents spoke against the trail improvements citing concerns regarding historic vandalism and parking restrictions but the project was approved by the Commission in accordance with the agency’s charge to maximize public access to the coast. The meeting also resulted in one vote chart for a new home in Malibu on Broad Beach. [link] This new home would be subject to sea level rise and coastal hazards; a number of special conditions were imposed to potential impacts to the coast and reliance on future shoreline armoring. |
Issues voted on at this Meeting
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| Issue | Summary | Outcome |
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| New House on Broad Beach - Klein | On Wednesday, the Commission heard an appeal of a City of Malibu issued CDP for a new home development by Klein Family Partnership. The proposed project would demolish an existing home on Broad Beach, remove unpermitted accessory structures including a concrete patio, stairs and lawn area, and construct a new 5,700+ sq.ft. single-family home. The project would also include replacing the wastewater treatment system and some habitat restoration. Coastal Commission staff recommended a number of key improvements to the project to reduce coastal hazards on the site including moving the house 4 feet landward, elevating the home, removing retaining walls that would have acted as shoreline armoring and a lateral public access easement along the beach. Special Condition 2 protects the beach and public coastal resources from a future seawall and — critically — requires the landowner to remove the home or any development if deemed necessary upon government agency orders due to coastal hazards. Importantly, Special Condition 2 also requires the applicant to conduct a mean high tide line survey and seek to retain, relocate or remove the development within 180 days if a survey determines the new home is occupying public tidelands as sea levels rise and the high tide line migrates landward. Special Condition 3 requires disclosure of coastal hazards risks for current and future property owners. | 
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