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predictability to applicants and discourage submission of inappropriate 

 applications, but would give support to municipalities in developing harbor 

 management plans and establishing marine or waterfront zoning districts. 



Flood hazard area management could provide a valuable tool to CRMC in relating land 

 use to resource protection in coastal areas. However, the Council has not gone beyond the 

 minimum federal requirements in recent years, and tracks the state building code 

 requirements for construction and restoration. 



Recommendations 



**Revise development project review procedures to state speciflcally that 

 strict preferred consideration will be given to those forms of commercial 

 activity which clearly are water dependent aud which are primarily oriented 

 to the coastal region. State clearly the forms of commercial activity preferred, 

 including port terminals and wharves, commercial fishing, fish processing and distribution, 

 protection of scenic vistas and access for the public, oceanographic research, marinas and 

 boatyards, etc. 



***Establish numerical criteria to use in evaluating water dependent uses 



which establish a balance among uses and prevent concentration of "dockominiimis" and 

 other facilities which limit public access. Establish height and lot area coverage limits to 

 promote visual and physical access to the shoreline. 



***Revise regulatory standards establishing flood hazard area requirements 

 to forbid construction of structures, infrastructure, or other facilities in 

 coastal high hazard areas which involve any pass-through or application of 

 federal funding, funding assistance of guarantee, including acquisition of 

 loans from federally-insured financial institutions. 



♦♦Revise CRMP and regulations to prohibit reconstruction of damaged infrastructure in 

 coastal flood hazard areas as stipulated by federal executive orders. 



♦♦Work with towns to develop large scale graphics which can be used as 

 zoning overlays to reference individual lots and their speciHc land 

 development constraints. In the individual published plans, foldout pages should be 

 provided which detail tributary ponds and streams and provide as much detail as possible at 

 an understandable and useful scale. 



♦♦Include in the plans specific recommendations to towns as to local 

 requirements which can be imposed to mitigate the impacts of development 

 on undersized lots, including: establishment of strict minimum fifty-foot buffer zones, 

 limitations on lot coverage (building and impermeable surface), requirement for use of a 

 separate septic field for specific household appliances, mandatory ISDS maintenance and 

 repair requirements; etc. 



♦♦♦Clearly specify the manner in which local zoning and planning policies 

 and ordinances should be modified to reflect the objectives, intent, 

 findings, and regulatory needs articulated in the CRMP. Make strict, specific 

 regulatory provisions for control of development, particularly in areas where substandard 



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