Pennsylvania Coastal Zone Management Program — Lake Erie & Delaware Estuary (PA)
Tracked preemption from the Pennsylvania overlay bundle.
Overview
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Effective
1980-07-10
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:PA
Other Pennsylvania preemptions
Pennsylvania Act 13 — Oil & Gas Operational Preemption (58 Pa.C.S. §3303)Chesapeake Bay Watershed — Riparian Buffer & E&S Control (25 Pa. Code Ch. 102)Pennsylvania Natural Diversity Inventory (PNDI) Environmental ReviewMPC §503(1.1) — Manufactured / Industrialized Housing PreemptionPennsylvania Uniform Construction Code (UCC) — Building Code PreemptionFirearms — Local Regulation Preemption (18 Pa.C.S. §6120)Pennsylvania History Code — State Historic Preservation Review (Pa.C.S. Title 37)Pennsylvania Agricultural Area Security Law — Agricultural Security Areas (Act 43 / Act 38 of 2005)
Trigger predicate
When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.
OR
city.is_in_lake_erie_coastal_zone==Truecity.is_in_delaware_estuary_coastal_zone==True
Preempted fields
2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.
| Field | Op | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
review_type | require | pa_czm_federal_consistency_review | Federal actions and federally-licensed/funded private activities within the PA Coastal Zone must be consistent with the NOAA-approved PA Coastal Resources Management Program (CRMP). PA DEP Coastal Resources Management Program administers the consistency review. |
review_type | require | lake_erie_bluff_recession_setback | Bluff Recession and Setback Act (Act 87 of 1980), 32 P.S. §§5201–5215, requires municipalities in identified Bluff Recession Hazard Areas (Erie County) to adopt setback ordinances based on calculated annual recession rates × structure life expectancy. PA DEP designates the BRHAs. |
Citation
Authority source
PA Coastal Resources Management Program (NOAA-approved 1980 under Coastal Zone Management Act, 16 U.S.C. §§1451–1466); Bluff Recession and Setback Act, Act 87 of 1980, 32 P.S. §§5201–5215
§ 32 P.S. §§5202, 5203 (bluff recession); 16 U.S.C. §1456 (federal consistency)
Research notes
Two non-contiguous coastal zones: (1) Lake Erie shore in Erie County (≈77 mi of shoreline); (2) Delaware Estuary in Philadelphia, Bucks, and Delaware Counties (≈57 mi of estuary frontage). Bluff Recession setback is enforced via municipal ordinance — DEP issues guidance and identifies hazard areas but the operative regulation is local. Federal consistency review under CZMA is a parallel federal trigger.