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COASTAL ZONE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
Coastal zone planning and management should adhere to the following principles:
PUBLIC INTEREST. All of the people of the State have a primary interest in the
conservation and utilization of all of the coastal resources as well as for
other massive resources such as rivers, mountains and deserts. Uses of the
coastal zone must be regulated to attain the best balance between preservation
and development of resources.
COASTAL ZONE USE CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES. The State should develop criteria
and guidelines for uses of the coastal zone which should include components
for all lawful uses and which should not generically prohibit any lawful use.
The criteria should facilitate an optimum combination of such uses in the coastal
zone by a consideration of all public and private benefits and costs resulting
from them. Special regulation should apply to uses which may cause irreversible
diminishment of coastal resources. Environmental and ecological priorities
should be established for areas of the coastal zone, the establishment of areas
being based on natural environmental compartments.
PLANNING_ PROCESS AND ORGANIZATION. A single State Agency should be designated
to give leadership to State planning and to develop the coastal zone criteria
and guidelines. Local agencies within the coastal zone must be required to
develop coastal elements of their general plans that are in accord with State
criteria and guidelines. Regional coordination should be effected through a
review and comment process within county lines. Where two or more counties oc-
cupy a large environmental compartment designated by the State, regional coordina-
tion should be effected either through an existing Council of Government, by a
joint powers agreement or by the establishment of a regional planning district in
accordance with the Government Code. Any agency formed to provide regional planning
functions must have a predominate majority of elected city officials from cities
abutting the shoreline in its membership. A State plan will consist of a collec-
tion and coordination of county and regional plans after the State agency has re-
viewed them for compliance with criteria and guidelines.
MANAGEMENT PROCESS AND ORGANIZATION. Management must be at the local agency level
in response first to State criteria and guidelines, and secondly to coastal elements
of the local agency general plan when developed. Specially regulated uses may be
subject to State approval after proposed uses are reviewed and commented upon by
counties or,regional agencies, as appropriate. State and Federal agencies proposing
uses in the coastal zone must coordinate with the State plan and must receive ap-
proval of the State agency designated to manage the coastal zone.
In order to most quickly and effectively implement planning and management of the
coastal zone, existing capabilities and experience at the local, regional and
State level should be reinforced and exploited and not be supplanted by new agencies.
PERSONAL AND PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS. In the effort to conserve and enhance the
coastal zone, constitutionally guaranteed personal and property rights must not be
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abridged. The burden of financing should not fall on landowners in the coastal
zone disproportionate to the benefits received by them.
EFFECT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Appropriate recognition must be given to the effect
of coastal zone planning and management on units of local government. A means
should be provided for equalizing benefits as well as costs incurred in main-
taining or enhancing environmental factors or in sustaining low density uses.
ENFORCEMENT. Existing legal enforcement procedures should be utilized along
with provisions for substantial fines on a daily basis for violations of use
regulations.
FUNDING. The designated State agency should be funded to be properly staffed and
to be able to obtain and provide required technical and scientific advice in both
the planning and management processes. The State should provide a means whereby
local agencies can obtain technical and scientific advice either directly or
through funding support.
Adopted - May 24, 1971
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