Critical Area Buffer Restoration Plan: A Process for Using Buffer Offset Funds

摘要

This report provides the first phase of a plan to facilitate the expenditure of funds accumulated in the Buffer Offset Fund, a dedicated fund for restoration of the 100-foot buffer in degraded areas of Baltimore City's Critical Area shoreline. It develops criteria for expending funds, establishes a review and approval process, identifies appropriate sites for buffer restoration, and proposes two prototypical approaches to buffer restoration on public and private land.