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SITING 4
Figure 4‐20.
Three 2-year-old South
Carolina houses left
standing on the beach as
a result of rapid erosion
associated with a nearby
tidal inlet (July 1997)
Figure 4‐21.
Condominiums built
along the shoreline
at the mouth of the
Susquehanna River on
the Chesapeake Bay were
subjected to flood-borne
debris after Hurricane
Isabel (Havre de Grace,
MD, 2003)
4.6 Development Guidelines for Existing Lots
Many of the principles discussed in the raw land scenario also apply to the construction or reconstruction
of buildings on existing lots. Builders siting on a specific lot should take site dimensions, site features (e.g.,
topographic, drainage, soils, vegetation, sensitive resources), coastal hazards, and regulatory factors into
consideration. However, several factors must be considered at the lot level; these are not a primary concern
at the subdivision level:
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