An Act To Increase Vegetative Buffers in the Shoreland Zone

CONCEPT DRAFT SUMMARY

This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208.

To protect water bodies from nonpoint source pollution, this bill proposes to amend the laws governing shoreland zoning to increase the vegetative buffer requirement from 75 feet to 150 feet for certain areas in the shoreland zone. The bill also proposes to remove provisions in law that grandfather certain parcels of land and that allow smaller vegetative buffers on those parcels.