Delaware Beach Building Line Maps

The Regulations Governing Beach Protection and the Use of Beaches (7 DE Admin. Code 5102) establishes a “building line” along the coast and stipulate that no construction may take place seaward of that without a Coastal Construction Permit or Coastal Construction Letter of Approval from the Department.

The building line is mapped by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and shown on maps for both the Atlantic Ocean coast and the Delaware Bay shoreline.

Atlantic Ocean Beaches
Delaware Bay Beaches

Fenwick Island

Map 1 of 35: Fenwick Avenue to North Carolina Avenue
Map 2 of 35: South Carolina Avenue to Essex Street
Map 3 of 35: Essex Street to James Street
Map 4 of 35: James Street to Lewes Street

North Fenwick

Map 5 of 35: Fenwick Acres, The Shoals, Fenwick Towers, Sea Dunes, Seaside Villas
5a of 35: The Curves, Queens Quest, Kings Grant
Map 5b of 35: Fenwick Island State Park (south)

South Bethany

Map 6 of 35: Logan Street to Indian Street
Map 7 of 35: South 9th Street to South 1st Street
Map 8 of 35: Division Street to North 6th Street

Middlesex Beach

Map 8 of 35: Sandpiper Village to Evergreen Road
Map 9 of 35: Evergreen Road to Short Road

Bethany Beach

Map 10 of 35: Sea Colony
Map 11 of 35: Cedarwood Street to Oakwood Street
Map 12 of 35: Wellington Parkway to Campbell Place
Map 13 of 35: Central Boulevard to 4th Street
Map 14 of 35: 4th Street to 5th Street and Sussex Shores

North Bethany

Map 15 of 35: Sussex Shores, Seabreak, Brock Beach, The Retreat
Map 16 of 35: The Retreat, Ocean Village
Map 17 of 35: Ocean Village, Bethany Village, Ocean Breezes, Bethany Dunes
Map 18 of 35: Bethany Dunes, Sea Del Estates, Pelican’s Pouch, Bayberry Dunes
Map 19 of 35Bayberry Dunes, The Preserve, Gull’s Nest
Map 20 of 35Gull’s Nest, Ocean Ridge
Map 21 of 35: Ocean Ridge, Cotton Patch Hills, Breakwater Beach
Map 22 of 35: Breakwater Beach, Tower Shores

Indian Beach

Map 23 of 35: Hall Avenue to McKean Avenue
Map 24 of 25: McKean Avenue to Van Dyke Avenue

Dewey Beach

Map 25 of 35: Dickinson Street to Bellevue Street
Map 26 of 35: Bellevue Street to West Street
Map 27 of 35: West Street to Chesapeake Street

Rehoboth Beach

Map 28 of 35: Silver Lake Dunes to St. Lawrence Street
Map 29 of 35: St. Lawrence Street to Brooklyn Avenue
Map 30 of 35: Brooklyn Avenue to Maryland Avenue
Map 31 of 35: Maryland Avenue to Pennsylvania Avenue
Map 32 of 35: Pennsylvania Avenue to Henlopen Acres

Henlopen Acres

Map 33 of 35 Henlopen Acres

North Shores

Map 34 of 35: South End
Map 34 of 35: North End

Pickering Beach

Map 78 of 79: South End
Map 79 of 79: North End

Kitts Hummock Beach

Map 74 of 79: South End<
Map 75 of 79: Kitts Hummock Road
Map 76 of 79: North of Kitts Hummock Road
Map 77 of 79: North End

North Bowers Beach

Map 72 of 79: North of Murderkill River
Map 73 of 79: South of St. Jones River

South Bowers Beach

Map 70 of 79: North of Road 417
Map 71 of 79: South of Murderkill River

Brockenbridge Gut

Map 66 of 79
Map 67 of 79
Map 68 of 79
Map 69 of 79

Bennetts Pier

Map 65 of 79

Clark Point

Map 62 of 79
Map 63 of 79
Map 64 of 79

Big Stone Beach

Map 59 of 79: South End
Map 60 of 79: South of Big Stone Beach Road
Map 61 of 79: North End

Greco Canal

Map 57 of 79
Map 58 of 79

Mispillion Harbor

Map 56 of 79

Slaughter Beach

Map 46 of 79: Southern Pointe Shores
Map 47 of 79: Simpson Avenue
Map 48 of 79: Virginia and Maryland Avenues
Map 49 of 79: South Delaware, Cedar and Sussex Avenues
Map 50 of 79: North of the Firehouse
Map 51 of 79: North Delaware Avenue
Map 52 of 79: Harrison and Bridgeham Avenues
Map 53 of 79: Yerkes and Evans Drives
Map 54 of 79: Beach Plum Avenue
Map 55 of 79: Passwaters Drive

Fowlers Beach

Map 36 of 79
Map 37 of 79
Map 38 of 79
Map 39 of 79
Map 40 of 79
Map 41 of 79
Map 42 of 79
Map 43 of 79
Map 44 of 79
Map 45 of 79

Prime Hook Beach

Map 32 of 79: Rosemary Street to Cedar Street
Map 33 of 79: Cedar Street to Oak Street
Map 34 of 79: Ash Street to Carey Street
Map 35 of 79: Carey Street to Bayshore Drive Estates

Clifton Shores

Map 32 of 79

Back Bay Cove, Broadkill

Map 29 of 79
Map 30 of 79
Map 31 of 79

Broadkill Beach

Map 19 of 79: Old Inlet Beach Section III
Map 20 of 79: Old Inlet Beach Section II, III
Map 21 of 79: Old Inlet Beach Section II
Map 22 of 79: Old Inlet Beach Section I
Map 23 of 79: Striper Road to Harrison Avenue
Map 24 of 79: Truman to Washington Avenues
Map 25 of 79: Route 16 to South Carolina Street
Map 26 of 79: South Carolina Street to New Mexico Street
Map 27 of 79: Arizona Street to North Shores Section II
Map 28 of 79: Back Bay Development (Avenue A)

Beach Plum Island

Map 13 of 79
Map 14 of 79
Map 15 of 79
Map 16 of 79
Map 17 of 79
Map 18 of 79

Lewes Beach

Map 4 of 79: Port Lewes
Map 5 of 79: Ferry Terminal
Map 6 of 79: Pilot Point
Map 7 of 79: Massachusetts Avenue to Savannah Road
Map 8 of 79: Delaware Avenue to Massachusetts Avenue
Map 9 of 79: Ohio Avenue to Delaware Avenue
Map 10 of 79: Pennsylvania Avenue to Ohio Avenue
Map 11 of 79: Nebraska Avenue to Washington Avenue
Map 12 of 79: Roosevelt Inlet to Maine Avenue