Bulkhead line

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Bulkhead line is an officially set line along a

riparian activities, to establish limits to the allowable obstructions to navigation and other waterfront uses.[1]

In particular, it may limit the construction of piers in the absence of an official pierhead line.[2]

Various jurisdictions may define it in different ways. A formal definition may read as follows: A geographic line along a reach of navigable water that has been adopted by a municipal ordinance and approved by the

ordinary high water mark, except where such filling is prohibited by the floodway provisions.[citation needed] (Several municipalities in Wisconsin
use wording closely approximating this sample.)

References

  1. ISBN 9780820330372
    . Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Bulkhead Line". Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 29 April 2014.


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