Option

Require hazard setbacks and natural buffers in development

Details

Focus of action

Land Use Practice

Examples from plans

This option appears in resilience plans from around the country.

Option from plan	Hazards Sort descending	Assets	Region	Source Plan
To help manage floodwaters, integrate natural buffer requirements, such as wetlands and soft shorelines, into new development or redevelopment for all properties. Ideally, design would go beyond open	Flooding – Coastal Flooding – General Flooding – Rainfall-induced	Urban Landscape and Tree Canopy Aquatic and Marine Resources Natural Areas and Wildlife Property	Southeast	Triangle Region, NC Regional Resilience Assessment (p. 207 (pdf p. 219))
Require increased buffers and stream flooding capacity for stream restoration projects.	Flooding – General Flooding – Rainfall-induced	Water Infrastructure – Wastewater Natural Areas and Wildlife	Southeast	Planning for Climate Resilience—City of Asheville, North Carolina (p. 116)
Integrate natural buffer requirements, such as wetlands and soft shorelines, into new development or redevelopment.	Flooding – General	Natural Areas and Wildlife	Northeast	City of Baltimore Disaster Preparedness and Planning Project (p. 163)
Adopt stream buffers on any perennial stream using widths that have been established or tested as best practice within the region.	Flooding – Rainfall-induced	Natural Areas and Wildlife	Southeast	Triangle Region, NC Regional Resilience Assessment (p. 203 (pdf p. 215))
Work with local planning departments to establish setback requirements that help prevent or prevent impacts from erosion or landslides. Use large setbacks	Landslides Erosion and Shoreline Recession	Transportation and Mobility	National	HUD Community Resilience Toolkit (p. 28)

Browse All Options