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Chapter 152: Rebuilding and Reconstruction; Damaging Storms

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The Town of Duck, on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, is a coastal community that has adapted local regulations implementing the State’s Coastal Areas Management Act of 1974. The Act encourages cooperat...

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Chapter 255: Zoning § 255-3-80 Coastal Overlay District and Policy Statement

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The Town of East Hampton acknowledges that, while the extent of future sea level rise and increased storm activity may be uncertain, “it is well established that present sea level is rising and statis...

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Chapter 704 Wetlands Buffer Zone Regulation; Conservation Commission Regulatory Summary

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The Town of Barnstable’s Wetlands Buffer Zone Regulation Summary acknowledges that accelerated sea level rise will result in increased coastal erosion processes and impact land erosion, storm drainage...

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Climate Change Advisory Task Force, Science and Technology Committee Statement

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In July 2006, the Miami-Dade County Board of Commissioners passed an ordinance creating the Miami Dade Climate Change Advisory Task Force to provide technical assistance and advice to the Board of Cou...

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Coastal Zone Management

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In order to protect, conserve, and appropriately use its coastal areas, the Collier County Coastal Zone Management ordinance requires planning consistence, site development prioritization, and impact ...

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Code of Ordinances Part III Chapter 2 Article XV – Department of Planning, Development & Regulation

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The Board of County Commissioners for Miami-Dade County, Florida, adopted the Planning Commission’s Comprehensive Development Master Plan (CDMP) in order to promote general welfare, maintain condition...

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Comprehensive Plan – Environmental Element

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The City of Bainbridge Island has explicitly addressed the potential for sea level rise in the Environmental Element of its comprehensive plan. Adopted in 2004, the plan recognizes that Bainbridge Is...

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Local Coastal Program Implementation Plan, Chapter 10 – Shoreline and Bluff Development §§ 4 & 5

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The City of Malibu requires the design and siting of all new shoreline development and shoreline protective devices to consider anticipated accelerated sea level rise. The City requires that new deve...

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NYC DEP Climate Change Program: Assessment and Action Plan

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New York city has taken significant steps to address the threat of sea level rise around the metropolitan region. There is a city strategic planning process for climate change adaptation, including a...

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San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission “2008 Bay Plan”

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The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission’s 2008 Bay Plan incorporates policy considerations that are responsive to sea level rise. Because the Commission found that water levels ...

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