2 rules for unincorporated San Luis Obispo County, California.
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Coastal development in unincorporated SLO County is governed by Title 23 (Coastal Zone Land Use Ordinance) and the certified Local Coastal Program. Most development between the sea and the first coastal road requires a Coastal Development Permit. Cayucos, Pismo Beach (county-adjacent), Cambria, and Los Osos all sit within the LCP area.
Cal. Pub. Resources Code § 30103 (California Coastal Act - Coastal Zone Boundary)
Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 30103(a) specifically defines California's Coastal Zone as that land and water area of the State of California from the Oregon border to the border of the Republic of Mexico depicted on maps identified and set forth in Section 17 of that chapter of the Statutes of the 1975-76 Regular Session enacting PRC Division 20 (the Coastal Act of 1976). PRC Section 3010...
SLO County participates in the National Flood Insurance Program and adopts FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs). Special Flood Hazard Areas (Zone A, AE, VE) cover stretches of the Salinas River, Arroyo Grande Creek, San Luis Obispo Creek, and coastal areas in Cayucos, Oceano, and Avila Beach. Construction in SFHAs requires elevation to or above Base Flood Elevation.
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