Bulkhead line is an officially set line along ashoreline, usually beyond the dry land, to demark a territory allowable to be treated as dry land, to separate the jurisdictions of dry land and water authorities, for construction andriparian activities, to establish limits to the allowable obstructions tonavigation and other waterfront uses.[1] In particular, it may limit the construction of piers in the absence of an officialpierhead line.[2]
Various jurisdictions may define it in different ways. A formal definition may read as follows:A geographic line along a reach of navigable water that has been adopted by a municipal ordinance and approved by theDepartment of Natural Resources, and which allows limited filling between this bulkhead line and the originalordinary high water mark, except where such filling is prohibited by the floodway provisions.[3](Several municipalities inWisconsin use wording closely approximating this sample.)
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