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Critical Area staff outline coastal‑resiliency overlay, fee‑in‑lieu options at Chesapeake Beach meeting
Summary
Critical Area Commission staff explained a proposed resilience overlay that would target sea‑level rise and flooding, described fee‑in‑lieu options to fund off‑site resilience projects, and fielded commissioners’ questions about mapping, freeboard and local administration.
Critical Area Commission staff told the Chesapeake Beach Planning & Zoning Commission on Nov. 19 that a resilience overlay could give the town regulatory tools to address sea‑level rise and flooding, and that fee‑in‑lieu funds could be used to pay for larger community resilience projects when on‑site mitigation is impractical.
The presentation—delivered to the commission as part of the town’s critical area regulation update—explained that the Maryland Legislature recently added requirements to the state critical area law directing local programs to consider climate change and resiliency. A commission representative said, “the legislative assembly updated the critical area law to require us to consider climate change and climate resiliency within our program,” and that the state’s forthcoming COMAR…
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