Coastal Boundary - Connecticut
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- Originator: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
- Originator: Office of Long Island Sound Programs
- Publication_Date: 1995
- Title: Coastal Boundary - Connecticut
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This is a 1:24,000-scale, statewide, digital version of the legal mylar-based maps adopted by the Commissioner of DEP (i.e., maps were adopted on a town by town basis) showing the extent of lands and coastal waters (C.G.S. 22a-93(5)) within Connecticut's coastal boundary (C.G.S. 22a-94(c)). The boundary, as shown here, is a hybrid of the original 1:24,000 version maps prepared by DEP consistent with Section 22a-94(d) and the revised boundary mapping undertaken by twenty-two coastal towns prepared pursuant to Section 22a-94(f). This datalayer therefore does not replace the legal maps and may not be used for legal determinations. Any regulated activity conducted within the coastal boundary by a municipal agency (i.e., plans of development, zoning regulations, municipal coastal programs and coastal site plan review (i.e., site plans submitted to zoning commission, subdivision or resubdivision plans submitted to planning commission, application for special permit or exception to the zoning or planning commissions or zoning board of appeals, variance submitted to zoning board of appeals and a referral of a municipal project)) must be conducted in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Connecticut Coastal Management Act (CMA; C.G.S. 22a-90 to 22a-113). As the coastal boundary is a subset of the Coastal Area, all state and federal agency activities must be consistent with the requirements of the CMA.
As defined in C.G.S. 22a-94(b) the coastal boundary is a "continuous line delineated on the landward side by the interior contour elevation of the one hundred year frequency coastal flood zone, as defined and determined by the National Flood Insurance Act, as amended (USC 42 Section 4101, P.L. 93-234), or a one thousand foot linear setback measured from the mean high water mark in coastal waters, or a one thousand foot linear setback measured from the inland boundary of tidal wetlands mapped under section 22a-20, whichever is farthest inland; and shall be delineated on the seaward side by the seaward extent of the jurisdiction of the state."
The original boundary maps were created in 1979 on stable mylar overlay using the 1:24,000-scale US Geological Survey topographic quadrangle maps (mylar film format). The source for tidal wetland maps were the legal 1:2,400 maps (mylar format) adopted by the Commissioner of DEP and transformed to 1:24,000 mylar-scale maps by the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) using an accurate pantograph. OPM similarly converted FEMA's flood insurance maps (various scales) to a 1:24,000 mylar overlay. The inland extent of coastal waters was plotted on 1:24,000 USGS topographic maps following the procedures and sources described in The Boundary Between Saltwater and Freshwater in Connecticut, December 1978 prepared by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection, Coastal Area Management Program.
The following twenty-two towns have adopted municipal coastal boundaries: Chester, Clinton, Darien, Deep River, East Haven, Essex, Fairfield, Greenwich, Groton, Guilford, Hamden, Ledyard, Madison, Milford, New Haven, New London, North Haven, Norwalk, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Stamford and Waterford. The coastal boundary maps for these towns may be at different scales than the original DEP draft maps and may contain minor adjustments to the boundary as permitted in C.G.S. 22a-94(f).
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- Calendar_Date: 1979
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- Theme_Keyword: Coastal Areas
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- Place_Keyword: Chester
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