Coastal bluff definition
Coastal bluff means a bank or cliff along the coast subject to coastal erosion processes, including historic wave erosion. “Coastal bluff” refers to the top edge, face, and base of the subject bluff.
Coastal bluff means the special area described at N.J.A.C. 7:7-9.29(a).
Coastal bluff means a steep slope (greater than 15 percent) of consolidated (rock) or unconsolidated (sand, gravel) sediment which is adjacent to the shoreline or which is demonstrably associated with shoreline processes. The waterward limit of a coastal bluff is a point 25 feet waterward of the toe of the bluff face, or the mean high water line, whichever is nearest the toe of the bluff. The landward limit of a coastal bluff is the landward limit of the area likely to be eroded within 50 years, or a point 25 feet landward of the crest of the bluff, whichever is farthest inland. Steep slopes are isolated areas with slopes greater than 15 percent. All steep slopes associated with shoreline processes or adjacent to the shoreline and associated wetlands, or contributing sediment to the system, will be considered coastal bluffs.
More Definitions of Coastal bluff
Coastal bluff. (Bluff or Cliff) means a landform that includes a scarp or steep face of rock adjacent to the bay or ocean and meeting one of the following two parameters:
Coastal bluff means a natural high bank or bold headland with a broad precipice, almost perpendicular, sometimes rounded cliff face overlooking the ocean, subject to coastal erosion processes. Vertical relief must be 10 feet or more in height.