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| 236 Practice Sub- Practice Adaptation Municipality/C ounty Type Incor porat ion of CC Impact Standard Costs Funding Source Administrative Green Infrastructure Southampton, NY Protection No Permissive Unique NA NA Administrative Administrative Administrative Administrative Capital Investment Capital Investment Coastal Erosion Districts Appointing Waterways Grants Manager Establishment of Mitigation Planning Team Coastal Advisory Committee FEMA Cooperative Mapping Project Hampton, VA Procedural No NA Unique Lewes, DE Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Marshfield, MA Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique New Castle County, DE Procedural No Mandatory Unique Medium (<$100,00 0) Low (< $10,000) Low (< $10,000) Very Low (< $1,000) Very High ($>1,000,0 01) None Other Town FEMA None Gray Infrastructure Stormwater Upgrades Norfolk City, VA Accommodation No NA Unique Gray Infrastructure Capital Investment Gray Infrastructure Capital Investment Green Infrastructure Capital Investment Green Infrastructure Capital Investment Green Infrastructure Green Infrastructure Green Infrastructure Capital Investment Capital Investment Capital Investment Pump Station Improvements Elevated bulkhead as part of storefront park reconstruction Renovation of Parking Lot and Replacement with Pervious Natural Surface Buyout of Repetitive Loss Property and Conversion to Park Capital Investment in Culverts and Tidegates Beach Replenishment and Protection Open space fund Flood gauge warning system Poquoson, VA Accommodation Yes Recommendation Unique NA None Portsmouth, VA Protection No NA Unique NA NA Bowers, DE Accommodation No Recommendation Unique Low (< $10,000) State Bowers, DE Retreat Yes Recommendation Above Required Low (< $10,000) FEMA Hull, MA Protection No NA Unique Ocean City, MD Protection Yes NA Unique NA NA Scarborough, ME Prevention No NA Unique NA Little Silver, NJ Procedural No NA Unique Low (< $10,000) Other State Police, FEMA, Other
 Towns | 237 Practice Sub- Practice Adaptation Municipality/C ounty Type Incor porat ion of CC Impact Standard Costs Funding Source Capital Investment Capital Investment Education/Out reach Education/Out reach Law Law Law Law Law Law Law Law Law Law Law Law Law Law Evacuation Mapping Public Outreach and Coordination Freeboard - 2 Ft Freeboard - 1 Ft in A/AE 2 Ft in VZ Cumulative Substantial Improvement Ordinance Building Building Building Building Building Freeboard Incentive Program Higher Height Limits in Flood Zone Flood Gauge Warning System Oceanport, NJ Procedural No NA Unique Low (< $10,000) Preservation of Assateague Island Worcester County, MD Retreat No NA Unique NA Greenwich, CT Procedural Yes NA Portsmouth, VA Procedural Crisfield, MD Accommodation Greenwich, CT Accommodation No No No NA Mandatory Greenwich, CT Procedural No Mandatory Mandatory Unique Zero NA State Police, FEMA, Other Towns Other Town Other None Unique Unique Unique Medium (<100,000 ) Low (< $10,000) Zero Above Required Unique Unique Zero NA Very Low (< $1,000) None Building Freeboard - 1 Ft Hampton, VA Accommodation No Mandatory Hull, MA Accommodation No Incentive Lewes, DE Accommodation No Permissive Unique Zero Other Building Freeboard - 1.5 Ft New Castle County, DE Accommodation No Mandatory Unique Building Freeboard - 1 Ft New Castle, DE Accommodation Building Freeboard - 1 Ft Norfolk City, VA Accommodation Building Freeboard - 5 Ft Ocean City, MD Accommodation No No No Mandatory Mandatory Mandatory Unique Building Foundation Requirements Ocean City, MD Accommodation Yes Mandatory Building Freeboard - 2 Ft Oceanport, NJ Accommodation No Mandatory Unique Building Freeboard - 1 Ft Poquoson, VA Accommodation No Mandatory Unique Building Freeboard - 1.5 Ft Portsmouth, VA Accommodation No Mandatory Unique Unique Above Required Above Required Very Low (< $1,000) Very Low (< $1,000) Zero NA NA
 Very Low (< $1,000) Low (< $10,000) Low (< $10,000) NA None None Other NA NA None None | 238 Practice Sub- Practice Adaptation Municipality/C ounty Type Incor porat ion of CC Impact Standard Costs Funding Source Law Law Building Cumulative Substantial Improvement Ordinance Portsmouth, VA Procedural No Mandatory Building Freeboard - 3 Ft Saco, ME Accommodation No Mandatory Above Required Low (< $10,000) None Above Required Very Low (< $1,000) NOAA Law Building Cumulative substantial improvement ordinance with no expiration date Sea Isle City, NJ Procedural No Mandatory Unique Building Freeboard - 2 Ft Southold, NY Accommodation No Mandatory Unique Low (< $10,000) NA Medium (< $100,000) None Law Law Law Law Law Law Law Law Law Law Building Freeboard - 2 Ft Worcester County, MD Accommodation No Mandatory Unique Zero None Building Building, Zoning Building, Zoning Building, Zoning Building, Zoning Building, Zoning Building, Zoning Green Infrastructure Freeboard Requirement - 2 or 3 Ft. City Flood Protection Law Zone Green - Provisions to allow relocation of utilities to rooftops Flood Protection Ordinance Flood Management Overlay Ordinance Flood Ordinance Notification Provisions Flood Hazard Development Permits Apply to Minor Projects Wetlands Buffers Includes Performance Standards and Sea Level Rise Considerations York, ME Accommodation No Mandatory Hampton, VA Accommodation No Mandatory Above Required Above Required New York, NY Accommodation Yes Permissive Unique Norfolk City, VA Accommodation No Mandatory Poquoson, VA Accommodation No Mandatory Above Required Above Required Scarborough, ME Procedural No Mandatory Unique Zero None Very Low (< $1,000) High (<$1,000,0 00) None None Zero None Low (< $10,000) None Very Low (< $1,000) None York, ME Accommodation No Mandatory Above Required Zero None Brewster, MA Prevention Yes Mandatory Above Required Medium (<$100,00 0) None C
Above Required Medium (<$100,00 0) None | 239 Practice Sub- Practice Adaptation Municipality/C ounty Type Incor porat ion of CC Impact Standard Costs Funding Source Law Law Law Law Law Green Infrastructure Green Infrastructure Green Infrastructure Green Infrastructure Green Infrastructure Law Planning Law Zoning Law Zoning Community Preservation Fund (2% Real Estate Transfer Tax) for land conservation Coastal Overlay District (Strictly regulates placement of hard infrastructure by 4 zoning categories) Tidal Wetlands Buffer Protection - 100 Feet Community Preservation Fund (2% Real Estate Transfer Tax) for land conservation Community Preservation Fund (2% Real Estate Transfer Tax) for land conservation Redefined Mean High Water to increase margin over current observations by 4 feet Zoning Law Explicitly Incorporates Sea Level Rise, Requires Freeboard and allows Height Limit Waiver Relocating Downtown through Rezoning to Less Vulnerable Area East Hampton, NY Prevention No Recommendation Unique Zero None East Hampton, NY Prevention Yes Mandatory Above Required Zero None Portsmouth, NH Protection No Mandatory Unique Low (< $10,000) None Southampton, NY Prevention No Recommendation Unique NA NA Southold, NY Prevention No Mandatory Unique High (< $1,000,00 0) None Ogunquit, ME Procedural Yes Mandatory Unique Zero None Barnstable, MA Accommodation Yes Mandatory Unique Zero None Bowers, DE Retreat No Mandatory Unique Low (< $10,000) None | 240 Practice Sub- Practice Adaptation Municipality/C ounty Type Incor porat ion of CC Impact Standard Costs Funding Source Law Zoning Law Zoning Law Zoning Law Law Zoning Zoning Law Zoning Law Law Zoning Zoning Law Zoning Law Law Zoning Zoning Brewster, MA East Hampton, NY East Hampton, NY East Hampton, NY Greenwich, CT Minimum Lot Size Restricts Development in Floodplain Setbacks from Bluffs and
 Wetlands Vegetation Preservation Ordinance: Turf grass Setback and prohibition of disturbance Harbor Protection Overlay Zone Green Area Ordinance Conservation Zone - Restrictive Zoning and Environmental Impact Statement Requirement Wetlands Conservation District Zoning Cluster and Setback Provisions Hull, MA Floodplain Ordinance - Hazardous Materials Prohibited and Dune Protection Coastal Wetlands Ordinance Hazardous Materials Prohibited in Floodplain Little Silver, NJ New Castle County, DE Greenwich, NJ Hampton, NH Lewes, DE Prevention No Mandatory Unique Zero None Prevention No Mandatory Above Required Zero None Prevention No Mandatory Unique Zero None Prevention Prevention No No Mandatory Unique Zero None Mandatory Unique Low (< $10,000) NA Prevention No Mandatory Unique Prevention Prevention No No Mandatory Mandatory Accommodation No Mandatory Above Required Above Required Above Required Low (< $10,000) None Medium (<$100,00 0) State Zero Other Prevention No Mandatory Above Required NA Prevention No Mandatory Unique Low (< $10,000) NA NA | 241 Practice Sub- Practice Adaptation Municipality/C ounty Type Incor porat ion of CC Impact Standard Costs Funding Source Law Zoning Law Zoning Law Zoning Law Law Zoning Zoning Law Zoning Law Law Law Law Law Plan Zoning Zoning Zoning Zoning Zoning Comprehensi ve Plan Floodplain Setbacks / Prohibits new subdivisions in floodplain Transfer of Development Rights Program Flood Protection Ordinance - Prohibits hazardous materials in floodplain Shoreland Zoning Ordinance Cluster Zoning Required in Coastal Zone Growth Management Ordinance/Reside ntial Development Cap Coastal Erosion Hazard Law Transfer of Development Rights Program Vegetation Preservation Ordinance Transfer of Development Rights Transfer of Development Rights Comprehensive Plan - Incorporates Climate Change New Castle County, DE Prevention No Mandatory Above Required Very Low (<
 $1,000) NA Ocean City, MD Retreat No Mandatory Unique NA Other Portsmouth, VA Accommodation No Mandatory Above Required Low (< $10,000) Other Saco, ME Prevention No Mandatory Above Required Prevention No Mandatory Unique Prevention No Mandatory Unique Medium (<$100,00 0) Low (< $10,000) State None Very Low (< $1,000) None Prevention No Mandatory Above Required NA Prevention No Permissive Unique NA Prevention Yes Mandatory Unique NA NA NA NA Southold, NY Prevention No Permissive Unique Very Low (< $1,000) None York, ME Prevention No Permissive Unique Zero None Barnstable, MA Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Very Low (< $1,000) None Scarborough, ME Scarborough, ME Southampton, NY Southampton, NY Southampton, NY | 242 Practice Sub- Practice Adaptation Municipality/C ounty Type Incor porat ion of CC Impact Standard Costs Funding Source Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Comprehensi ve Plan Comprehensi ve Plan Comprehensi ve Plan Comprehensi ve Plan Comprehensi ve Plan Comprehensi ve Plan Comprehensi ve Plan Comprehensi ve Plan Comprehensi ve Plan Comprehensi ve Plan Comprehensi ve Plan Comprehensi ve Plan Comprehensi ve Plan Floodplain Management Comprehensive Plan Incorporates Sea Level Rise Comprehensive Plan Incorporates Climate Change Comprehensive Plan Incorporates Climate Change Comprehensive Plan Incorporates Sea Level Rise Comprehensive Plan Incorporates Climate Change Comprehensive Plan Incorporates Sea Level Rise Comprehensive Plan - Incorporates Climate Change Comprehensive Plan Incorporates Sea Level Rise Comprehensive Plan Incorporates SLR Comprehensive Plan - Goal to adopt policy of strategic retreat Comprehensive Plan Incorporates Climate Change Comprehensive Plan Incorporates Climate Change Comprehensive Plan Incorporates Climate Change Floodplain Management and Repetitive Loss Plan Crisfield, MD Procedural Yes Recommendation
 Unique Zero None Greenwich, CT Procedural Yes Recommendation Guilford, CT Procedural Yes Recommendation Above Required Low (< $10,000) Above Required Low (< $10,000) Town Other Hampton, NH Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Marshfield, MA Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Norfolk City, VA Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Ogunquit, ME Procedural Yes Recommendation Poquoson, VA Procedural Yes Recommendation Procedural Yes Recommendation Above Required Above Required Above Required Medium (<$100,00 0) Low (< $10,000) High (<$1,000,0 00) None Town, Universit y Other Zero None Zero None Medium (<100,000 ) NA Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique NA NA Sea Isle City, NJ Southampton, NY Southold, NY Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Low (< $10,000) Worcester County, MD Procedural Yes Recommendation York, ME Procedural Yes Recommendation Above Required NA Above Required Low (< $10,000) Other State, Other Other Portsmouth, VA Procedural No Mandatory Above Required Low (< $10,000) Other | 243 Practice Sub- Practice Adaptation Municipality/C ounty Type Green Infrastructure Land Protection Plan Hull, MA Prevention Incor porat ion of CC No Impact Standard Costs Funding Source Recommendation Unique Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Plan Green Infrastructure Hazard Miitgation Hazard Miitgation Hazard Miitgation Hazard Miitgation Hazard Miitgation Hazard Miitgation Hazard Miitgation Open Space Levy, Approved Open Space Plan and Wetlands Mitigation Bank Hazard Mitigation Plan Incorporates Sea Level Rise Hazard Mitigation Plan Incorporates Sea Level Rise Hazard Mitigation Plan Incorporates Climate Change Hazard Mitigation Plan Incorporates Climate Change Hazard Mitigation Plan Incorporates SLR Hazard Mitigation Plan Incorporates Sea Level Rise Hazard Mitigation Plan Incorporates Sea Level Rise Coastal Resource Management Plan Incorporates Sea Level Rise Water Resource
 Management Plan Incorporates Climate Change Local Waterfront Revitalization PlanIncorporates Climate Change and Policy of Strategic Retreat Little Silver, NJ Prevention No Mandatory Unique NA NA Barnstable, MA Procedural Yes Recommendation Brewster, MA Procedural Yes Recommendation Guilford, CT Procedural Yes Recommendation Hull, MA Procedural Yes Recommendation Above Required Very Low (< $1,000) None Above Required Low (< $10,000) None Low (< $10,000) FEMA Above Required Above Required Ocean City, MD Procedural No Mandatory Unique NA None Poquoson, VA Procedural Yes Recommendation Worcester County, MD Procedural Yes Recommendation Above Required Low (< $10,000) None Above Required NA Other Barnstable, MA Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Brewster, MA Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique East Hampton, NY Procedural No Mandatory Unique Very Low (< $1,000) Other High (<$1,000,0 00) None Medium (<$100,00 0) State Plan Other Plan Other Plan Other | 244 Practice Sub- Practice Adaptation Municipality/C ounty Type Incor porat ion of CC Impact Standard Costs Funding Source Plan Other Plan Other Plan Other Comprehensive Waterways Management Plan Beach Management Plan Incorporates Climate Change Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan Incorporates Climate Change and Extends Jurisdictional Boundary Hampton, VA Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Procedural Yes Mandatory Unique Hull, MA New York, NY Procedural Yes Mandatory Unique Plan Other PlaNYC New York, NY Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Plan Other Plan Plan, Study/Pilot Project Plan, Study/Pilot Project Plan, Study/Pilot Project Hazard Miitgation, Climate Plan Other Policy Building, Zoning Policy Gray Infrastructure Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan Hampton Beachfront and Storm Protection Management Plan Climate Change and Hazard Mitigation Plan Community Coastal Resiliency Plan Tidal Floodplain Study and Protection
 Plan Strict Enforcement of Flood Ordinance - Issued compliance summonses for failure to comply Public Works/Infrastructur e Decision Guidance Southold, NY Procedural No Mandatory Unique Hampton, VA Protection No Recommendation Unique Lewes, DE Procedural Yes Recommendation Above Required Low (< $10,000) Other Guilford, CT Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Hampton, VA Protection Yes Recommendation Unique Sea Isle City, NJ Accommodation No Mandatory Unique Groton, CT Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Medium (<$100,00 0) Medium (<$100,00 0) NOAA None Medium (<100,000 ) NA Low (< $10,000) None Medium (<$100,00 0) None High (<$1,000,0 00) NA High (<$1,000,0 00) High (< $1,000,00 0) Medium (<$100,00 0) None State None | 245 Practice Sub- Practice Adaptation Municipality/C ounty Type Incor porat ion of CC Impact Standard Costs Funding Source Policy Policy Policy Policy Study/Pilot Project Climate Plan Study/Pilot Project Other Study/Pilot Project Vulnerability Analysis Study/Pilot Project Vulnerability Analysis Study/Pilot Project Vulnerability Analysis Study/Pilot Project Study/Pilot Project incorporates Climate Change Flood Zone Home Elevation Database Formal resolution recognizing climate change High performance guidelines describing best practices for planning, design, construction, and maintenance of city parks(Dept of Parks and Recreation) Elevation standards of 4.5 ft for new roads Maryland Coast Smart Rising Sea Level Guidance Study Delaware Coastal Resiliency Action Plan Climate Change Vulnerability Analysis Assessment of Coastal Wetland Vulnerability Coastal Community Vulnerability Assessment Tool Climate Change Adaptation Project Coastal Community Vulnerability Greenwich, CT Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Low (< $10,000) Town, NOAA Guilford, CT Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Zero None New York, NY Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique NA NA Poquoson, VA
 Protection No Recommendation Unique NA None Crisfield, MD Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique New Castle, DE Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Very Low (< $1,000) NOAA, State Very Low (< $1,000) None North Kingstown, RI North Kingstown, RI Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Costs Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Medium (<100,000 ) NOAA Sea Grant Oceanport, NJ Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Zero NA Barnstable, MA Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Greenwich, NJ Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Low (< $10,000) NGO/Fou ndation Very Low (< $1,000) State, NOAA | 246 Practice Sub- Practice Adaptation Municipality/C ounty Type Incor porat ion of CC Impact Standard Costs Funding Source Study/Pilot Project Study/Pilot Project Study/Pilot Project Study/Pilot Project Study/Pilot Project Study/Pilot Project Study/Pilot Project Study/Pilot Project Study/Pilot Project Study/Pilot Project Study/Pilot Project Study/Pilot Project Assessment Tool Coastal Climate Change Project Coastal Adaptation Workgroup Participant Coastal Community Vulnerability Assessment Tool Coastal Strategies for Climate Resilience/Urban Waterfront Adaptive Strategies Project (Dept of City Planning) NYC Panel on Climate Change and Report Emergency Preparedness Pilot Program (Housing Authority) Coastal Flood Study Sea Level Rise Pilot Study and Plan Sea Level Rise Study (Sewer District) Coastal Resiliency Initiative Saco Bay Sea Level Rise Working Group Project Saco Bay Sea Level Rise Groton, CT Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Very Low (< $1,000) Other Hampton, NH Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Zero None Little Silver, NJ Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique NA NA New York, NY Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique New York, NY Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique High (<$1,000,0 00) Federal Governm ent/Non- Profit High (<$1,000,0 00) Non Profit/Fou ndation New York, NY Procedural Yes NA
 Unique NA NA Norfolk City, VA Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique North Kingstown, RI Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Ogunquit, ME Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Portsmouth, NH Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Saco, ME Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Scarborough, ME Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique High (<$1,000,0 00) Medium (<100,000 ) Low (< $10,000) Low (< $10,000) Medium (<$100,00 0) Low (< $10,000) Other NOAA Sea Grant Other Other NOAA State | 247 Practice Sub- Practice Adaptation Municipality/C ounty Type Incor porat ion of CC Impact Standard Costs Funding Source Study/Pilot Project Study/Pilot Project Study/Pilot Project Study/Pilot Project, Plan Study/Pilot Project, Plan Working Group Project Maryland Coast Smart Rising Sea Level Guidance Study NOAA Coastal Services Center Roadmap Project Worcester County Sea Level Rise Response Strategy Vulnerability Assessment and Delaware Coastal Resiliency Action Plan South Shore Coastal Hazards Adaptation Plan Somerset County, MD Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Southold, NY Procedural No Recommendation Unique Worcester County, MD Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Bowers, DE Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Marshfield, MA Procedural Yes Recommendation Unique Medium (<$100,00 0) Low (< $10,000) NOAA, State Other Very Low (< $1,000) None Medium (<100,000 ) State Medium (<100,000 ) Regional Governm ent