Services / Coastal zoning
Zoning for coastal communities is zoning for resiliency.
Think ZoneCoastal. Coastal communities face zoning questions inland communities never have to answer, and the answers have to hold up against the water, the insurers, and the courts.
The coastal questions
- Sea-level rise and how height, setback, and fill standards respond to it
- FEMA finished floor elevations and how they interact with height limits and neighborhood scale
- Stormwater runoff, soils, and fill on small lots
- Impervious surface limits and landscaping standards that work in sand and salt
- Seawalls, docks, dune protection, and shoreline structures
- Redevelopment pressure on built-out barrier islands and waterfronts
- Short-term rentals and seasonal populations
Real-world experience
ZoneCo has assisted coastal communities in Florida, Maryland, New York, and South Carolina, including the once-in-a-generation rewrite of the Town of Palm Beach code, the Town of Southold on Long Island's North Fork, Kent County on Maryland's Eastern Shore, and Hilton Head Island. In each, the code had to protect the character that makes the place valuable while managing change the water is forcing anyway.
Not sure where to start?
Tell us what's not working in your code. We'll tell you what it would take to fix it, and what it would cost.