RESOLUTION NO. ______ - 2026
A RESOLUTION OF THE FORT BRAGG CITY COUNCIL TO THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION:
ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF COASTAL COMMISSION RESOLUTIONS REGARDING LCP AMENDMENT NO. LCP-1-FTB-25-0064-1-PART B (TINY HOME/TINY HOME COMMUNITIES); ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF COASTAL COMMISSION RESOLUTIONS REGARDING LCP AMENDMENT NO. LCP-1-FTB-25-0064-1-PART A (ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS); ACCEPTING AND AGREEING TO THE COASTAL COMMISSION’S SUGGESTED MODIFICATIONS TO BOTH ORDINANCES; AND RELAYING THAT THE CITY HAS ADOPTED NEW ORDINANCES TO IMPLEMENT THE MODIFICATIONS; AND RELAYING THAT THE CITY AGREE TO ISSUE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMITS SUBJECT TO THE APPROVED LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM (LCP).
WHEREAS, California Constitution Article XI, Section 7, enables the City of Fort Bragg (the “City”) to enact local planning and land use regulations; and WHEREAS, the authority to adopt and enforce zoning regulations is an exercise of the City’s police power to protect the public health, safety, and welfare; and WHEREAS, the City adopted a Coastal General Plan (“Coastal GP”) as the Land Use Plan portion of the Local Coastal Program on May 12, 2008 which established policies for all land within the Fort Bragg Coastal Zone; and WHEREAS, in August 2008 the California Coastal Commission certified the City’s Local Coastal Program (LCP) which includes the Coastal GP as the Land Use Plan; and WHEREAS, The City Council adopted Resolution 3162-2008 on May 12, 2008 adopting the Coastal General Plan; and WHEREAS, the City adopted a Coastal Land Use and Development Code in 2008 as the implementing portion of the Local Coastal Program on May 12, 2008, which established all land use regulations for the Coastal Zone; and WHEREAS, the City submitted a Local Coastal Plan Amendment to the Coastal Commission on November 18, 2025, in a package of proposed amendments (ten separately adopted ordinances) that will be considered by the Commission as seven applications; and WHEREAS, the California Coastal Commission considered and certified the ADU ordinance and the Tiny Home/Tiny Home Communities ordinance on May 14th 2026 subject to “friendly modifications”, and WHEREAS, Pursuant to Section 13544 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, effective certification of the LCP amendment will occur after the City of Fort Bragg acknowledges receipt of the resolutions as adopted by the Commission, and within six months of the May 14, 2026 action date (i.e., by November 14, 2026), through an adopted resolution, the City:
accepts and agrees to the modifications that are suggested; takes whatever formal action is necessary to implement the modifications; and agrees to issue coastal development permits subject to the approved Local Coastal Program (LCP); WHEREAS, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing on September 14, 2026, to consider the Coastal Commission’s requested modifications; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Fort Bragg City Council, based on the entirety of the record before it, which includes without limitation, CEQA, Public Resources Code §21000, et seq. and the CEQA Guidelines, 14 California Code of Regulations §15000, et seq.; the Fort Bragg Coastal General Plan; the Fort Bragg Coastal Land Use and Development Code; the Project application; all reports and public testimony submitted as part of the City Council meeting of September 14, 2026 and Planning Commission deliberations; and any other evidence (within the meaning of Public Resources Code §21080(e) and §21082.2), the City Council of the City of Fort Bragg does hereby make the following findings and determinations:
FINDINGS & DETERMINATIONS
The City Council acknowledges receipt of Coastal Commission Resolutions regarding LCP AMENDMENT NO. LCP-1-FTB-25-0064-1-Part B (Tiny Home/Tiny Home Communities); and The City Council acknowledges receipt of Coastal Commission Resolutions Regarding LCP AMENDMENT NO. LCP-1-FTB-25-0064-1-Part A (Accessory Dwelling Units); and The City Council accepts and agrees to the Coastal Commission’s suggested modifications to both ordinances; and The City Council introduced new Ordinances on September 14, 2026 to implement the Coastal Commission’s suggested modifications; and The City agrees to issue coastal development permits subject to the approved Local Coastal Program (LCP).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and adoption.
The above and foregoing Resolution was introduced by Councilmember ________ and seconded by Councilmember ______________________ and passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Fort Bragg held on the 14th day of September, 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
RECUSE:
_____________________ Jason Godeke, Mayor
ATTEST:
________________________
Diana Paoli, City Clerk
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