Coastal Commission OKs Malibu Items on Agenda

• Once-Contentious TDCs May Change

BY BILL KOENEKER

The California Coastal Commission approved several Malibu agenda items when it met last week in Northern California.
The commission approved an extension of the deadline for action on the City of Malibu’s Local Coastal Program Amendment involving the Transfer Development Credit program. The city submitted the LCPA in September.
Malibu wants to change the TDC program to allow ownership of TDC donor parcels to be transferred to a public entity willing to accept title and allow TDC donor parcels to be merged with adjacent buildable lots rather than adjacent already developed lots.
Ordinarily, an LCPA must be scheduled for a public hearing and the commission is required to take action within 90 days of a complete submittal.
However, there are provisions in the law that allow the commission to extend for “good cause” the 90-day time limit for a period of up to one year.
Also on tap was a request by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works for an application to repair a section of Tuna Canyon Road.
The commission approved the permit for the repairs with seven special conditions attached regarding project responsibilities and timing.
“[Those include] assumption of risk, riparian habitat mitigation and restoration, removal of excavated material, nesting bird protection measures, required approvals and wall material/design specifications,” the CCC staff report states.