Sec. 32-504.05, 32-504.06

Environmental

• Living shoreline preferred

  Only living shorelines shall be permitted for shoreline management unless the best available science shows that such approaches are not suitable.

• RPA buffer width100 ft

  A 100-foot area located adjacent to and landward of the components listed in subsections (a) through (d) above, and along both sides of a water body with perennial flow, to be known as the 'RPA buffer area'.

• Substantial alteration threshold2,500 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.

  Substantial alteration means expansion or modification of a building or development which would result in a disturbance of a land exceeding an area of 2,500 square feet in a resource management area.