What are the current regulations for bulkheads?
Only minor repair is permitted outright. Major repair is treated like a new shoreline stabilization measure and is subject to the “no technically feasible alternative” standard. The purpose behind this new approach, beyond compliance with the guidelines, is to ensure that legacy protection built in another time, and without regard to its environmental impact, is not perpetuated through without careful consideration. The Planning Commission and City Council recognized that property owners need to maintain existing facilities; however, when maintenance is deferred to such a point that the structure needs complete replacement, it makes sense to insist that alternate methods of stabilization be considered, or whether stabilization is actually necessary. Key provisions include the requirement that new or enlarged shoreline stabilization measures are permitted only to protect existing primary structures, public facilities or public use structures, and an allowed land area of 25 feet. The sel
