# COMAR Title 27 — Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays

## Subtitle 01 — Criteria for Local Critical Area Program Development

### Chapter 02 — Development in the Critical Area

#### Regulation .01-1 Introduction.

*COMAR 27.01.02.01-1*

The Commission is charged with the development of criteria that will accommodate growth, and provide for the conservation of habitat and the protection of water quality in the Critical Area. In this chapter, criteria are proposed for directing, managing, and controlling development, including residential, commercial, institutional, industrial, and related facilities, so that the adverse impacts of growth in the Critical Area are minimized. These criteria are based on the general policies in Regulation .02 of this chapter.