# COMAR Title 05 — Department of Housing and Community Development

## Subtitle 01 — General Provisions

### Chapter 06 — State Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Policy Project Review

#### Regulation .03 The State Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Policy.

*COMAR 05.01.06.03*

The State Economic Growth, Resource Protection, and Planning Policy is that:

A. Development shall be concentrated in suitable areas;

B. Sensitive areas shall be protected;

C. In rural areas, growth shall be directed to existing population centers, and resource areas shall be protected;

D. Stewardship of the Chesapeake Bay and the land shall be a universal ethic;

E. Conservation of resources, including a reduction in resource consumption, shall be practiced;

F. To encourage the achievement of the policies in §§A—E of this regulation, economic growth shall be encouraged and regulatory mechanisms shall be streamlined; and

G. Funding mechanisms shall be addressed to achieve the policies of §§A—F of this regulation.