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Elements
- Element 1: Mix land uses, including water-dependent uses
- Element 2: Take advantage of compact community design that enhances, preserves, and provides access to waterfront resources
- Element 3: Provide a range of housing opportunities and choices to meet the needs of both seasonal and permanent residents
- Element 4: Create walkable communities with physical and visual access to and along the waterfront for public use
- Element 5: Foster distinctive, attractive communities with a strong sense of place that capitalizes on the waterfront's heritage
- Element 6: Preserve open space, farmland, natural beauty, and the critical environmental areas that characterize and support coastal and waterfront communities
- Element 7: Strengthen and direct development toward existing communities and encourage waterfront revitalization.
- Element 8: Provide a variety of land- and water-based transportation options
- Element 9: Make development decisions predictable, fair, and cost-effective through consistent policies and coordinated permitting processes
- Element 10: Encourage community and stakeholder collaboration in development decisions, ensuring that public interests in and rights of access to the waterfront and coastal waters are upheld
