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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 27.01.02.02" title_num="27" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="02" heading="General Policies.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The Commission recognizes these types of land classifications:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Intensely developed areas;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Limited development areas; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Resource conservation areas.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A local jurisdiction shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Based on the criteria stated in Natural Resources Article, Title 8, Subtitle 18, Annotated Code of Maryland, and in this subtitle, identify each of the land classifications within its jurisdiction; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Develop policies and programs to achieve the objectives proposed by the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The policies and programs developed under §B(2) of this regulation shall include all of the following provisions:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Development in each type of land classification shall be subject to strict criteria in order to prevent adverse impacts on water quality or fish, wildlife, or plant habitat;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>It is preferable to direct intense development activities outside the Critical Area;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>If proposed in the Critical Area, an intense development activity is appropriately located in an intensely developed area;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Low intensity development may be authorized in a limited development area;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Land uses in a resource conservation area are primarily designated for nature-dominated environments, such as wetlands, forests, and abandoned fields, and resource-utilization activities, such as agriculture, forestry, and fishery activities; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>It is a priority to improve the quality of stormwater entering the Chesapeake or Atlantic Coastal Bays or their tributary streams.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>