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Malibu council remands West Sea Level Drive coastal development appeal to planning commission
Summary
After more than two years of hearings, Malibu City Council voted to remand a disputed coastal development permit for a West Sea Level Drive lot back to the planning commission, rejecting a last-minute proposal to approve the project with a narrower septic setback condition.
The Malibu City Council voted to remand to the planning commission an appeal over a coastal development permit for a proposed residence at 31864 West Sea Level Drive, after lengthy public hearings and arguments about required setbacks from an adjacent stream and the scope of allowable development in an environmentally sensitive habitat area (ESHA).
The permit application would allow a two‑story, three‑bedroom residence and an on‑site wastewater treatment system (OWTS) to be built inside the 100‑foot ESHA buffer. Planning staff and the project’s opponents told council that the project had not been sited “to the maximum extent feasible” away from the stream, a statutory requirement in the city’s Local Implementation Plan (LIP). The applicant’s representatives argued that engineered treatments and a reconfigured dispersal field would prevent measurable harm to water quality and habitat.
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