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Coastal Permit Administrator approves septic system repair for longtime Mendocino vacation property with archaeological and habitat conditions
Summary
Mendocino County approved CDP 2024-0013 to repair and relocate a failing septic leach field for a single-family residence on a bluff‑top parcel near Mendocino, with archaeological training, tribal monitoring provisions and California Department of Fish and Wildlife conditions incorporated into the permit.
The Mendocino County Coastal Permit Administrator approved March 27 a coastal development permit (CDP 2024-0013) to repair and relocate an existing septic leach field serving a single‑family residence at a bluff-top parcel in the Mendocino coastal zone.
Project planner Shelby Miller said the site contains a freshwater seep identified as an environmentally sensitive habitat area (ESHA). The proposal would abandon the existing leach field and connect the septic tank to a replacement leach field located more than 100 feet from the seep; about 15 linear feet of effluent…
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