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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 27.01.02.06" title_num="27" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="02" heading="Growth Allocation — Minimum Local Program Requirements">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A local jurisdiction shall calculate its growth allocation based on 5 percent of the total resource conservation area in its Critical Area at the time of original approval of the local jurisdiction’s program by the Commission, excluding:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Tidal wetlands; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Land owned by the federal government.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A county shall coordinate future expansions of intensely developed areas and limited development areas in coordination with affected municipalities.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A local jurisdiction shall require an application for new intensely developed or limited development areas to be:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>In conformance with the requirements of this subtitle; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Designated on the locally approved Critical Area map that is submitted by the local jurisdiction as part of its application to the Commission for growth allocation approval.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>If a local jurisdiction has within its territorial limits an area that is subject to the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area program and an area that is subject to the Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area program, the growth allocation for that jurisdiction may be utilized within either Critical Area in accordance with Natural Resources Article, §8-1808.1(d), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>As part of an approved growth allocation by the Commission, the local jurisdiction shall enforce:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A buffer management plan;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A habitat protection plan; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Other applicable conditions of approval as determined by the Commission at the time of project approval.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>