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Public Access Model Plans

Many other states have active public access planning processes that may be helpful in the creation of municipal public access plans. While their state rules and policies may vary from New Jersey’s, the overall issues, concepts and tools are transferable. Examples are available at the link above.

• NOAA
  • Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, Coastal Issues-Public Access
  • Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, Coastal Issues-Public Access-In Depth
    
    
• California
  • California Coastal Commission
    • California Coastal Access Program
    • Update process for Public access Plans with examples (pdf)
  • San Francisco Conservation and Development Commission Shoreline Spaces (pdf)
  • The Port of San Francisco Waterfront Design and Access Element
    
    
• Florida
  Comprehensive well designed program with many municipal plans in place
  • Waterfront Revitalization Best Practices (pdf)
  • Smart Growth for Waterfront communities (pdf)
  • Creating a Waterfront Vision Plan (pdf)
    
    Typical vision plans
    • Fort Myers, FL (pdf)
    • Millville, FL (pdf)
      
      
• Massachusetts
  • Office of Coastal Zone Management
  • Shoreline Public Access
  • Shoreline Public Access Location
    
    
• Mississippi
  • Mississippi State University
    • Coastal Mississippi Public Access
      
      
• Mississippi Alabama Sea Grant
  • Working Waterfront Program with links to other states’ programs
    
    
• New York
  • Vision 2020 the NYC Comprehensive Waterfront Plan
  • New York Waterfront Revitalization Plan
    
    
• North Carolina
  • Division of Coastal Management CAMA Land Use Planning
  • Division of Coastal Management Beach and Waterfront Mapping
  • Division of Coastal Management Beach and Waterfront Funding
  • North Carolina Public Access Foundation
  • Waterfront Access Study Committee Final Report (pdf)
    
    
• Ohio
  • Coastal Design Manual
  • Lake Erie, Ohio
    Public Access documents and webpage, Updated public access guides and policy
    • Ohio's Lake Erie Public Access Guide
    • Protect Lake Erie-OH Office of Coastal Management
      
      
• Oregon
  • Oregon Coastal Atlas
  • http://www.coastalatlas.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=4
    
    
• Rhode Island
  • Public Access to the Rhode Island Coast (pdf)