tideland

noun tide·land \ ˈtīd-ˌland , -lənd \

|Updated on: 23 May 2018

Definition of tideland

1 : land overflowed during flood tide

2 : land underlying the ocean and lying beyond the low-water limit of the tide but being within the territorial waters of a nation —often used in plural

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Recent Examples of tideland from the Web

At particular issue in the latest legal round is a law specific to Massachusetts that governs waterways and filled tidelands.

— jon chesto, BostonGlobe.com, "Energy giant sues Weymouth over pipeline station, saying federal law overrides zoning," 6 May 2018
The bill would not have granted public use or access to private dry land, banks, beaches, marshland, tidelands or water bottoms - only ebbing and flowing waters deep enough to allow navigation by boats and other vessels.

— tristan baurick, NOLA.com, "Lawmakers reject effort to make Louisiana coastal waters public," 18 Apr. 2018
The expansion, though, has been on a collision course with the Fifth Avenue Landing hotel project, whose developers control the five-acre state tidelands site via a lease that is not due to expire until 2024.

— lori weisberg, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Can convention center expansion backers gain control of bayfront site?," 30 Mar. 2018
The development team, which includes longtime Port of San Diego tenants Ray Carpenter and Art Engel, controls the state tidelands site via a lease that is not due to expire until 2024.

— lori weisberg, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Ballot initiative for convention center expansion, homelessness launched," 8 Jan. 2018
According to the Port, of the 8,035 overnight accommodations on its tidelands, just 237 units at the Chula Vista RV park fall within the low-cost category.

— lori weisberg, sandiegouniontribune.com, "New hope for low-cost overnight stay at the beach," 16 Oct. 2017
Both the Port of San Diego and Brigantine, though, expect that the tidelands project will yield even greater revenues than the base rent.

— lori weisberg, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Anthony's bayfront replacement clears last hurdle," 10 Oct. 2017
For good tideland exploration, go when low tides expose a long sand spit reaching from the park’s main beachfront almost to the end of the half-mile-long point.

— brian j. cantwell, The Seattle Times, "Sailing the water wonderlands of South Puget Sound," 6 Sep. 2017
The district holds lease agreements for all street ends in Imperial Beach and is improving them as a port-tideland asset.

— allison sampite-montecalvo, sandiegouniontribune.com, "I.B. council prioritizes Beach Avenue streetend for improvements, restroom facility," 3 May 2017

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