ELR Citation: 41 ELR 20309
No(s). B228009 (Cal. App. 2d Dist. Oct 3, 2011)

A California appellate court held that the California Coastal Commission has appellate jurisdiction over a coastal development subdivision project. A county's approval of a "principal permitted use" development within a coastal zone is not appealable to the Commission. But when the development project also requires approval of a subdivision, the Commission does have appellate jurisdiction. Here, property owners applied to the county for a permit that would allow them to subdivide their parcels into five parcels for a motel and four townhouses. Because the project requires approval for a subdivision, the Commission has appellate jurisdiction.