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Malibu council to clarify what counts as "beachfront" after heated public comments; no immediate caps on beachfront square footage
Summary
After extensive public comment, the council directed staff to prepare an LCP amendment to codify the city's longstanding precedent on what qualifies as a "beachfront" property and removed direction to pursue immediate new total-development square-footage (TDSF) limits that could affect fire rebuilds.
The Malibu City Council on Dec. 8 opened a broader policy discussion over how the city treats "beachfront" properties but stopped short of imposing new size limits on beachfront homes.
Planning staff explained the technical issue: the city has applied a decades-long precedent for which parcels qualify as "beachfront" for the purpose of applying beachfront development standards, but that definition is not codified in the Municipal Code or Local Coastal Program (LCP). Some council members and staff said clarifying the term would prevent misapplication of beachfront rules to bluff-top or rural-residential parcels that are not intended to receive beachfront allowances.
The public comment period grew lengthy and intense. Rebuild…
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