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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 27.01.03.07" title_num="27" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="03" heading="Community Piers and Other Community Boat-Docking and Storage Facilities.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The provisions of this regulation are in addition to the provisions of Regulations .03 and .04 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Subject to the requirements under §C of this regulation, a local jurisdiction may approve the location of a new or expanded community pier or other community boat-docking or storage facility in the buffer if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The owner or operator of the pier or facility:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Does not offer food, fuel, or other goods and services for sale in the buffer or on the community pier; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>As applicable, complies with the requirements of COMAR 26.24.04.03;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The pier or facility is community-owned and established and operated for the benefit of the residents of a platted and recorded riparian subdivision;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The pier or facility is associated with a residential project approved by the local jurisdiction as consistent with all State and local program requirements;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Disturbance to the buffer is the minimum necessary to provide a single point of access to the pier or facility; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>If a community pier is provided as part of a new residential project, private piers are prohibited in that residential project.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The number of slips authorized at a pier or facility shall be the lesser of §C(1) or (2) of this regulation:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>One slip for each 50 feet of shoreline in a residential project in the intense development and limited development areas, and one slip for each 300 feet of shoreline in a residential project in the resource conservation area; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A density of slips to platted lots or dwellings within a residential project in the Critical Area according to the following schedule:</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>