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Residential development not OK in Redondo Beach coastal zone, judge finds
"Nothing in the Coastal Act authorizes the city to issue a [Coastal Development Permit] that is non-compliant with the [Land Use Plan] and the Coastal Ordinance," Judge James C. Chalfant wrote in a tentative order, ruling against a developer.
A Los Angeles judge denied a property developer's petition for an order commanding the city of Redondo Beach to approve his application for a residential development under the builder's remedy. The judge found that residential development is not permitted at the project site in the city's coastal zone. "Nothing in the Coastal Act authorizes the city to issue a [Coastal Development Permit] that is non-compliant with the [Land Use Plan] and the Coastal Ordinance," Judge James C. Chalfant w...