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 City of Solana Beach
Section 3
Shoreline and Coastal Bluff Management Strategies Draft MEIR
Environmental Impact Analyses
maintained to protect structure(s) from eminent danger, loss of economic viable use of the
property, or to abate a public nuisance and incorporate an earth-like appearance resembling the
natural bluff, and landscaped to blend in with the existing environment (Municipal Code
17.62.080). Seacave plugs or fills are also required to be designed to resemble the natural
color and texture of the adjacent bluffs and to replicate retreat rates (Municipal Code
17.62.100). The Shoreline and Coastal Bluff Protection Ordinance also states that protection
measures such as seacaves plugging and filling are preferred over the construction of seawalls
and other similar structures (Municipal Code 17.62.020). Therefore, these specific policies do
not conflict with City Land Use policies and have less than significant impacts.
Residential land use along the bluff tops could benefit from this alternative because the
Shoreline and Coastal Bluff Protection Ordinance allows for bluff protection, which slows bluff
erosion rates in front of residences. Therefore, the No Project Alternative would not create
incompatible land uses in regard to residential land use. Impacts to recreational land uses are
discussed in Section 3.4. Impacts to residential land use specifically would be less than
significant.
Mitigation
Impacts would be less than significant to land use under this alternative; therefore, no mitigation
is necessary.
Alternative 2 Repeal of the Shoreline and Coastal Bluff Protection Ordinance
Under existing City policy, the City cannot approve a proposed shoreline protective device
unless it is consistent with the requirements of the Shoreline and Coastal Bluff Protection
Ordinance. Such devices are also subject to review and approval by the California Coastal
Commission, acting pursuant to state law (Pub. Resources Code, 30235). Under this
alternative, the Shoreline and Coastal Bluff Protection Ordinance would be repealed and only
the California Coastal Commission would have jurisdiction for permitting shoreline protection
structures within the City. The California Coastal Act requires the California Coastal
Commission to approve seawalls, revetments, and similar shoreline protection structures, in
order to alter shoreline processes and protect existing structures. With respect to land use
issues, this alternative would have impacts similar to those of the No Project Alternative
because the existing Shoreline and Coastal Bluff Protection Ordinance is consistent with,
though more protective than, the Coastal Act's policies on shoreline protection. Therefore,
under this alternative, no significant impacts to land use would occur.
Mitigation
Impacts would be less than significant to land use under this alternative; therefore, no mitigation
is necessary.
Project No. 323530000
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