Legal Opinion
Beach Colony II v. California Coastal Commission
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 16, 1984No. Civ. 28968PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WORK, J.
Today we hold owners of dry lands, which border on environmentally sensitive bodies of water (or wetlands) within the California Coast al Zone, may restore their property to its original contours after its lands have been violently torn or washed away. Further, that encroaching waters, which overflow and cover that previously dry land solely because of the physical damage caused by the violent event, do not automatically transform the lands encroached upon into a protected marine resource, “wetland,” as defined in the California Coastal Act of 1976.
In reaching this result we…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- City of Long Beach v. MansellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
- ASSOCIATED HOME BUILDERS ETC. v. City of Walnut CreekCalifornia Supreme Court · 1971
- Saala v. McFarlandCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
- Aries Development Co. v. California Coastal Zone Conservation CommissionCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1975
- City of Chula Vista v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1982
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Beach Colony II v. California Coastal Com.California Court of Appeal · 1985
- Whaler's Village Club v. Califonia Coastal CommissionCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1985
- Colorado River Indian Tribes v. MarshDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1985
- Save Oxnard Shores v. California Coastal CommissionCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1986
- Kirkorowicz v. California Coastal CommissionCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2000
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