§ 5832 Harbor District Boundary Adjustment

Harbors and Navigation Code·California

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This law lets the board of supervisors shrink the area of a planned district during a hearing if some land won’t get any benefit from the harbor project.

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•The board can change the district’s outer lines at a hearing.
•They can remove land that won’t get any advantage from the harbor improvement.
•Changes are based on what was written in the original petition.

Example

A town wants to improve its harbor and proposes a district that includes nearby farms. The farms won’t get any better water access or business from the harbor upgrade.

During the hearing, the board can cut those farms out of the district because they won’t benefit from the harbor work.

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§ 5832 Harbor District Boundary Adjustment

At the hearing, the board of supervisors may change the exterior boundaries of the proposed district, as set forth in the petition, by excluding lands which would not be benefited by the improvement or development of the harbor. (Enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 368.)

Last verified: January 11, 2026

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board of supervisors exterior boundaries proposed district improvement or development of the harbor

References

Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Harbors and Navigation Code. Section 5832.

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