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Commission declines to require new survey for after‑the‑fact coastal development permit, adds discovery clause
Summary
For Coastal Development Permit 2023-0022, the Archaeological Commission accepted an older survey, did not require new fieldwork and added an accidental discovery clause; the applicant argued decades of prior agricultural disturbance reduce the likelihood of intact resources.
The Mendocino County Archaeological Commission voted to accept prior archaeological work and impose an accidental discovery clause rather than require a new survey for Coastal Development Permit 2023-0022, an after‑the‑fact authorization that includes legalization of a second residential unit, on-site septic, grading, removal of a shipping container, and conversion of a barn to an art studio.
Applicant Scott Shadian described the property as the former Nichols Ranch,…
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