Local Coastal Program Segments

In partnership with the Coastal Commission, Local Coastal Programs (LCPs) are basic planning tools prepared by local governments and used to guide development in California’s coastal zone. LCPs contain the ground rules for future development and protection of coastal resources in each of California’s 61 coastal cities and 15 coastal counties. Following adoption by a city council or county board of supervisors, an LCP is submitted to the Coastal Commission for review for consistency with Coastal Act requirements. Many of the coastal counties and cities have elected to divide their coastal zone jurisdictions into separate geographic segments, resulting in some 126 separate LCP segments. The original LCP Segment/Uncertified Area (UA) maps were paper copies of USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangles with inked boundaries and shading film added. This shapefile represents the first digital version of the LCP segment boundaries and boundaries of uncertified LCP areas. This data was digitized at 1:24,000 scale upon digital USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangles (DRGs). Edits have been made, using larger scale data where possible, to reflect changes in City boundaries, transportation networks, and other cultural or landscape features. This dataset was developed to provide a georeferenced, attributed digital version of the LCP Segment and uncertified LCP areas for planning and regulatory activities of the Coastal Commission, local governments and others. These data are intended to be displayed no larger than 1:24,000 scale upon the UTM DRGs base maps and are not appropriate for cadastral scale mapping applications nor jurisdictional boundary determinations.