What triggers a Coastal Development Permit (CDP) in San Diego?
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Short answer
Any construction activity inside the California Coastal Zone — a mapped strip running from Torrey Pines south through La Jolla, Pacific Beach, Mission Beach, Ocean Beach, Point Loma, Coronado, down to Imperial Beach — generally requires a Coastal Development Permit. Even interior-only work can trigger a CDP if it changes the building's intensity of use. Appealable zone CDPs can be appealed to the California Coastal Commission after local issuance.
In detail
Any construction activity inside the California Coastal Zone — a mapped strip running from Torrey Pines south through La Jolla, Pacific Beach, Mission Beach, Ocean Beach, Point Loma, Coronado, down to Imperial Beach — generally requires a Coastal Development Permit. Even interior-only work can trigger a CDP if it changes the building's intensity of use. Appealable zone CDPs can be appealed to the California Coastal Commission after local issuance.
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