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October 19, 2009 -

Coastal Commission Gets Tough

An article in the San Diego Union-Tribune details a case here in San Diego where homeowners failed to remove riprap ‘temporarily’ installed on an emergency basis in 2001.  Under the emergency permit the riprap was supposed to have been removed by May 2001.  Eight years later the homeowners have agreed to a $45,000 fine and to correct the violations.

The Coastal Commission has issued fewer than 10 such fines in the county in the past 20 years, because usually homeowners make an effort to comply with the rules, said Nancy Cave, a supervisor with the commission’s enforcement division. In the case of the Browns, Cave said, the commission’s decision came after years of inaction by the homeowners.

“This isn’t a common thing, and when it does happen it’s really important to take action because other people have gone through the process, and it would be unfair to exempt someone from the same requirements,” Cave said.

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