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This layer was created around 2015 and was derived based off of the LiDAR DEM data from 2010. Importance:The high water line (6,229 feet) outlines the area for special shoreline development standards such as for filling and dredging, motorized watercraft, and fish habitat and spawning provisions. In fact, Code Chapter 84, Development Standards Lakeward of High Water uses the high water line as a way to define special shoreline development standard requirements. In addition, the high water line is used to outline special land coverage provisions (Code Chapter 30, Land Coverage); specifically the maximum land coverage allowed in non-sensitive land within a Center of a conforming area plan, located further than 300 feet from the High Water Lineof Lake Tahoe is 70%. Shoreline, another crucial feature of Lake Tahoe, is defined as the highest line normally covered by waters of a lake or body of waters and for Lake Tahoe, the shoreline elevation is 6,229.1 feet. |