Today, NOAA’s Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management has released “Protecting the Public Interest through the National Coastal Zone Management Program: How Coastal States and Territories Use No-Build Areas along Ocean and Great Lake Shorefronts.”
From NOAA:
In the face of continued population growth and increasing economic activity along our nation’s coasts, more devastating storms, and sea level rise, states must balance coastal resource uses (e.g., shorefront development) with preservation of the natural resources that attract such uses and protection of lives and property. OCRM’s “Protecting the Public Interest through the National Coastal Zone Management Program: How Coastal States and Territories Use No-Build Areas along Ocean and Great Lake Shorefronts” looks specifically at where states and territories employ no-build areas (e.g., through setbacks, rolling easements, or zoning) along ocean and Great Lake shorefronts, typically on dry, privately owned land, to protect the public interest.
Just got this, and haven’t had a chance to process it yet, but if you’d like to see what other states are doing, this looks like a good place to start.