It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this division to do all of the following:
(a) Recognize the importance of preserving and enhancing Morro Bay and its watershed as one of the state’s rare natural treasures.
(b) Recognize the importance of commercial enterprises in and around Morro Bay to the economic and employment base of the area.
(c) Authorize the development of a management plan for Morro Bay and its watershed that will protect its natural attributes in balance with the maintenance and enhancement of human activity and enterprise in the bay and its watershed.
(d) Provide a basis for public agencies which have jurisdiction over parts of, or over activities within, the bay and its watershed, to carry out the management plan.
(e) Encourage federal agencies and nongovernmental groups to support the accomplishment of these purposes.
(f) Provide for continuing current legal uses in the bay and its watershed.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 52, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)