1. (a) The Department will develop minimum bluff setback distances for each municipality tentatively designated as having a bluff recession hazard area by applying the following formula:

   1. (1) The rate of bluff recession is the average annual rate of recession for all the municipality’s bluffs as calculated by the Department.
   2. (2) The appropriate life span of a structure is 50 years for residential homes, 75 years for commercial structures, and 100 years for light and heavy industrial structures.

   Rate of		Appropriate		Minimum
   Bluff	x	Life Span	=	Bluff Setback
   Recession		of Structure		Distance

2. (b) The minimum bluff setback distance may not be less than 25 feet. When use of the formula identified in subsection (a) would produce a minimum bluff setback distance of less than 25 feet, the formula does not apply and 25 feet shall be the minimum bluff setback distance.

Source

The provisions of this § 85.22 amended September 18, 2009, effective September 19, 2009, 39 Pa.B. 5415. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (234481) to (234482).

Cross References

This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 85.24 (relating to activities within a bluff recession hazard area); and 25 Pa. Code § 85.35 (relating to municipal adoption of more restrictive ordinance).