§ 196A-12. Coastal Erosion

F. Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated

BUILDING – The term building includes dwellings and structures essential to commercial operations. The term does not include tennis courts, boathouses, outbuildings, etc. protection of which will be considered on a case by case basis.

COASTAL ENGINEERED STRUCTURE (CES) – Means, but is not limited to, any breakwater, bulkhead, groin, jetty, revetment, seawall, weir, riprap, gabions, or any other structure that is designed to alter wave, tidal, or sediment transport processes in order to protect inland or upland structures from the effects of such processes, which shall also include gabions or other structures that effect these processes.

DISTANCE OF THE BUILDING FROM THE TOP OF THE BANK – That distance from the top of the bank to the foundation of the building, not to include decks or foundations or footings under decks.

NEW BUILDING – A new structure, or one of which over 25% of the structure measured by square footage of the foundation, or cubic footage of the structure, has been altered or rebuilt. This definition is applicable only to construction commenced on the date of the adoption of these regulations and thereafter.

STRUCTURES

SOFT STRUCTURE – A erosion control solution that stabilizes a bank by minimal use of fiber rolls, sand, or sandbags, and is completed with plantings of indigenous vegetation as soon as practicable to avoid further erosion.

HARD STRUCTURE – Permanent bulkheads, revetments, seawalls, gabions, groins, or other Coastal Engineered Structures (CES).