Before You Build: Regional and Community Planning Considerations for Shoreline Management

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w York Department of State

New York StateDepartment of State

Before You Build: Regional and Community

Planning Considerations for Shoreline

Management

Hudson River Sustainable Shorelines Findings Workshop

7/23/14

Carolyn LaBarbiera | [email protected]

Department of State

Office of Planning and Development

Coastal Zone Management Program

Programs

Consistency (regulatory review) Coastal Policies

Intermunicipal Watershed Plans

Long Island Sound South Shore Estuary Reserve

Local Waterfront Revitalization Programs (LWRPs)

Brownfield Opportunity Areas

Offshore Resource Management


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DOS Planning Sphere

Before shoreline treatments

are considered.....

Current upland use

Future upland use

Community/regional objectives

Ecological costs

Beyond land/water interface

Before You Build Consider relevant coastal policies

Significant habitats (Policy 7)

Avoid siting structures in flood- or erosion-

prone areas (Policy 11)

Non-structural preference (Policy 17)

Public access to water related recreation

resources and facilities (Policy 19)

Consider upland adaptive options thatrecognize natural erosion and other natural

processes

Plan for future long-term use

Relocate Elevate Floodproof

Significant Habitats

Coastal Boundary


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Regional Planning Considerations Consider the cumulative impacts of

actions in the coastal area

Cumulative effect of individual

armoring features

Shoreline features and processes do

not stop at municipal boundaries

Regionally accepted sea level rise

(SLR) projections

Photo: The Center for Land Use

Interpretation

Regional Planning Efforts

Opportunities for engineers to engage in regional

planning efforts


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Community Planning:

Local Waterfront Revitalization Program

Further refines the States Coastal Management

Program and provides direction for future

development

Goals and objectives for the waterfront are identified

by the community

Recognition of the economic resources that the

coast provides to communities

State and federal agency actions required to be

consistent with approved LWRP


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Planning can affect shoreline

treatmentsWHERE.....

Shoreline defenses are allowed

To protect existing water-dependent uses

Environmentally beneficial treatments are

permissible

Use of structural shoreline treatments is

limited Haverstraw

Croton

Beacon Ferry Pier


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nvironmentally beneficial treatments are

permissible


limited Haverstraw

Croton

Bronx River near Burke

Bridge


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Harlem River Park





Environmentally beneficial treatments are

permissible


limited

Haverstraw

Croton


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NYS Coastal Policies (non-exhaustive list)

Policy 7: Significant coastal fish and wildlife habitats will beprotected, preserved, and, where practical, restored so as to

maintain their viability as habitats.

Policy 11: Buildings and other structures will be sited in the coastal

area so as to minimize damage to property and the endangering of

human lives caused by flooding and erosion

Policy 17: Use non-structural measures to minimize damage to

natural resources and property from flooding and erosion. Such

measures shall include: i) the setback of buildings and structures; ii)

the planting of vegetation and the installation of sand fencing and

drainage systems; iii) the reshaping of bluffs; and iv) the flood-

proofing of buildings or their elevation above base flood level Policy 19: Protect, maintain, and increase the level and types of

access to public water related recreation resources and facilities.

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Before You Build: Regional and Community Planning Considerations for Shoreline Management