California Government Code

§ 66478.11

GOV § 66478.11 Effective Jan 1, 2003Div. 2 · Title 7 · Ch. 4 · Art. 3.5

Statute text

(a)No local agency shall approve either the tentative or the final map of any subdivision fronting upon the coastline or shoreline which subdivision does not provide or have available reasonable public access by fee or easement from public highways to land below the ordinary high water mark on any ocean coastline or bay shoreline within or at a reasonable distance from the subdivision. Any public access route or routes provided by the subdivider shall be expressly designated on the tentative or final map, and the map shall expressly designate the governmental entity to which the route or routes are dedicated.

(b)Reasonable public access, as used in subdivision (a), shall be determined by the local agency in which the subdivision lies.

(c)In making the determination of what shall be reasonable public access, the local agency shall consider:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1109, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.