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

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

### Chapter 03 — Water-Dependent Facilities and Activities

#### Regulation .06 Commercial Marinas and Other Water-Dependent Commercial Maritime Facilities and Activities.

*COMAR 27.01.03.06*

A. The provisions of this regulation are in addition to the provisions of Regulations .03 and .04 of this chapter.

B. A local jurisdiction shall require that the operation of each commercial marina and each related commercial maritime facility or activity complies with:

  (1) The requirements of COMAR 26.08.04.09 and, as applicable, COMAR 26.24.04.03; and

  (2) The stormwater, wastewater, noncontact cooling water discharge, and any other applicable requirements of the Department of the Environment.

C. A local jurisdiction may approve:

  (1) The development of a commercial marina or a related commercial maritime facility or activity located in the buffer of an intensely developed area or a limited development area;

  (2) The redevelopment or expansion of a commercial marina or other related commercial maritime facility or activity located in the buffer of a resource conservation area; or

  (3) The development of a new commercial marina or other related commercial maritime facility or activity located in the buffer of a resource conservation area, if the marina or other related facility or activity is publicly owned and meets all the requirements under Regulation .08 of this chapter.