Legal Opinion
Big Creek Lumber Co. v. County of Santa Cruz
California Supreme Court
Decided June 29, 2006No. S123659PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WERDEGAR, J.
We must decide whether two county zoning ordinances relating to the permissible locations for timber operations are preempted by state forestry statutes. Concluding they are not, we reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeal.
Background
In 1999, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Cruz (County) adopted several ordinances that would have affected timber harvesting operations in the County. As pertinent here, County’s ordinances restricted timber harvesting to specified zone districts within the County (Santa Cruz County Res. No. 493-99 & Santa Cruz County Ord. No.…
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