Current through Register Vol. 54, No.43, October 26, 2024
Section 85.22 - Methods of determining minimum bluff setback distances(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: | Rate of | Appropriate | Minimum |
| Bluff | x | Life Span | = | Bluff Setback |
| Recession | of Structure | Distance |
(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) 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.(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. The provisions of this §85.22 amended September 18, 2009, effective 9/19/2009, 39 Pa.B. 5415. 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).