Coastal Smart Growth Home: Getting Started

How to Get Started

The following resources are available to help coastal and waterfront communities get started in implementing the policies, tools, and techniques found in the tables below. The resources listed are not meant to be a comprehensive survey, but instead offer several examples for implementing these smart growth approaches.

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Element 7

ELEMENT 7:

Strengthen and direct development toward existing communities and encourage waterfront revitalization.

Key Action Options	Policies, Tools, and Techniques for Implementation
Promote community-based waterfront revitalization efforts	Conduct community vulnerability assessments to ensure redevelopment is directed to appropriate areas Create waterfront master plans Use special area management plans Use harbor management plans Employ tax increment financing Create business improvement districts
Promote infill development by preserving, upgrading, and reusing existing properties	Fix current infrastructure (fix it first policies) Employ development incentives such as expedited permitting processes in areas with existing infrastructure Create concurrency policies for new development
Retrofit historic waterfront for new uses	Establish or promote historic preservation districts with associated incentives such as tax credits or easements Establish rehab codes for renovation of historic waterfront (or other area) buildings
Clean up and reuse brownfields	Use state and local brownfield assessment and cleanup programs

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