Planning and Procedures Subcommittee

Coastal Resources Management Council
Stedman Government Center
4808 Tower Hill Rd
Wakefield, RI

March 16, 2010
8:30 am

AGENDA

1.   Call to Order
2.   Approval of previous meeting minutes
                                                                                                                                                                   
3.   OLD BUSINESS/WORKS IN PROGRESS                                                                                       

4.   PROPOSED PROGRAMMATIC REVISIONS

Management Procedures

Redbook/SAMPS

5.   OTHER BUSINESS
     
6.   NEW BUSINESS

7. STAFF REPORTS

8. ADJOURN

REDBOOK

Item 4.A

Revise Section 210.3.C.4 Coastal Wetlands as follows:

C.  Policies

4.  Alterations to salt marshes and contiguous freshwater or brackish wetlands abutting Type 2 waters are prohibited except for minor disturbances associated with (a) residential docks and walkways approved pursuant to the standards set forth in Section 300.3, and, (b) approved construction or repair of structural shoreline protection facilities; or, (c) Council-approved restoration activities.

Item 4.B

Revise Section 335.C.2 Protection and Enhancement of Public Access to the Shore

C.  Policies

2.  It is the Council's policy to require applicants to provide, where appropriate, on-site access of a similar type and level to that which is being impacted as the result of a proposed activity or development project.

Item 4.C

Revise Section 300.14/Table 4a as follows:

Table 4a.  Dwelling Rebuilds and Additions for Maintenance Activities under Section 300.14

Section 210.7 (Dunes):  Within the 50 Foot Dune Setback Zone
Developed Barriers			Moderately Developed and Undeveloped Barriers*
All Structural Alterations other than Maintenance will be Required to: Move Beyond the 50 foot Setback Area and Meet Flood Plain Elevation Requirements
Additions (On Ground)	Prohibited Allowed: 25 sq.ft. Cantilever Decks at a minimum of 8 feet above grade (in 50 foot setback area only)
If Foundation is NOT FEMA Compliant and:     1. Rebuild In-kind     2. Anything Else	Not Allowed Prohibited Not Allowed Prohibited	Note: Before any work can be done, structure’s foundation must be made FEMA-compliant (i.e.: move up) and meet Section 140 (move back) & other applicable RICRMP sections.	Not Allowed* Prohibited* Not Allowed Prohibited
If Foundation IS FEMA Compliant and:     1. Rebuild In-kind     2. Anything Else        (Add 2nd Floor            (Demolition/        Add 2nd Floor	Allowed (as Maintenance) Not Allowed Prohibited                Allowed only if Activity is built beyond 50 foot Setback and meets Flood Plain Elevation) Allowed only if Activity is built beyond 50 foot Setback and meets Flood Plain Elevation)	Note: If structure is within the 50 foot setback area, and cannot re-locate beyond 50 foot setback area, application will be deter- mined to be a Maintenance activity and the structure will be allowed to be rebuilt in-kind.	Allowed* Not Allowed Prohibited Not Allowed Prohibited   Not Allowed Prohibited

 

These are for typical maintenance activity reviews.  In unusual circumstances, the Executive Director may invoke the maintenance provision allowances of Section 300.14.  This table is for residential structures which are intact and functional at the time of application.  It shall not be applicable for structures which have been destroyed 50% or greater by coastal storms.  Structures which have been destroyed 50% or more by coastal storms will be processed as new applications under the appropriate sections of the RICRMP and applicable SAMPs.  Relief from this table requires a Special Exception.

*On Moderately Developed and Undeveloped Barriers, only in-kind maintenance is allowed.  If a lot can support it, the structure may be moved back and up (FEMA-compliant).  However, in-kind rebuild is still the only allowance.

Item 4.D

Charlestown

d 5    Straight line extensions of the outsides of each of the two jetties at the breachway entrance to Quonochontaug Pond.

c 6    A straight line along the west side of East Beach Road.

b 7    A straight line along the Ninigret Pond shoreline across the entrance to Foster Cove.

a 8    Straight line extensions of the outsides of each of the two jetties at the breachway entrance to Ninigret Pond.

Ninigret Pond

Straight line from westernmost point of Ninigret Wildlife Refuge to westernmost point of Ninigret Conservation Area (from point at approximately 100,4891000,489N/279,600279,586E to 95,36795,386N/275,649275,642E RIspf83).  Straight line from eastern edge of Ninigret Wildlife Refuge running south to the northeastern point of Lot 2 of the Charlestown Assessors map #8, located on the barrier beach spit (from point approximately 102,669N/286029E to 99,342N/287,795E RI spf83).  Type 2 waters between these lines and bounded by the shoreline of the pond will be changed to Type 1. 

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Little Compton

a 131   A straight line across the entrance to the Sakonnet River from the tip of Sachuest Point to the southern tip of West Island near Sakonnet Point.

Sakonnet Harbor

1132. The water area immediately adjacent to the barrier beach, starting at Point A (the northeast edge of Lot 385 where the eastern boundary of the barrier beach, identified by Dr. Boothroyd, intersects with the shore) then extending toward the western shore boundary of the barrier beach designated by Dr. Boothroyd to Point B (where a line drawn in a northerly direction as an extension of the eastern boundary of Lot 429 forms an intersect) be designated as Type 2.

2. The remainder of the water area in Sakonnet Harbor shall be designated Type 5.

 

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