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Eureka council directs staff to pursue LCP update, expresses opposition to onshore oil support facilities
Summary
After public comment from environmental groups, the council asked staff to prepare a resolution opposing onshore support facilities for offshore oil drilling and to begin amendments to the city’s Local Coastal Program (LCP) to prohibit such uses within city jurisdiction.
The Eureka City Council on May 5 directed staff to pursue changes to the city’s Local Coastal Program and to bring a resolution opposing onshore support facilities for offshore oil drilling.
City Manager Slattery told the council staff had reviewed a model ordinance from a legal clinic but concluded that prohibiting onshore support facilities through a stand‑alone zoning ordinance would require an LCP amendment because coastal‑dependent industrial zoning currently permits such uses. Slattery said staff recommends an interim resolution stating the city’s opposition and then incorporating…
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