rolling easement

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-024497",
  "term": "rolling easement",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. 1. An interest in land (by title or interpretation of the Public Trust Doctrine) in which a property owner's interest in preventing real estate from eroding or being submerged yields to the public or environmental interest in allowing wetlands or beaches to migrate inland, usually by prohibiting shore protection.\n\n2. 2. A government regulation that preserves the environment and/or the public's access along the coast as shorelines retreat by requiring the removal of structures once they are inland of a defined high water mark (e.g. the dune vegetation line or mean high water).\n\n3. Interest in land (by title or interpretation of the Public Trust Doctrine) in which a property owner's interest in preventing real estate from eroding or being submerged yields to the public or environmental interest in allowing wetlands or beaches to migrate inland, usually by prohibiting shore protection.\n\n4. Government regulation that preserves the environment and/or the public's access along the coast as shorelines retreat by requiring the removal of structures once they are inland of a defined high water mark (e.g. the dune vegetation line or mean high water).",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-level Rise Glossary and Acronyms",
    "Coastal Sensitivity Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/rolling-easement/"
}