how do you measure water front

[Onshore]

The method for calculating shoreline frontage for Shoreland Protection purposes was changed July 1 of last year to read:

XX-a. "Shoreland frontage'' means the actual shoreland frontage along the water front measured at the reference line.


The old definition quoted by Dick R is still the method required by Wetlands when calculating the number of boat slips allowed and the Subsurface Systems Bureau for lot sizing when subdividing shorefront property. the Wetlands definition is somewhat fur refined to read:

Env-Wt 101.89 "Shoreline frontage" means the average of the distances of the actual natural navigable shoreline footage and a straight line drawn between property lines, both of which are measured at the normal high water line.