# 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 .08 Public Beaches and Other Public Water-Oriented Recreation or Education Areas or Activities.

*COMAR 27.01.03.08*

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

B. A local jurisdiction may approve the location of:

  (1) A public beach or other public water-oriented recreation or education area or activity in the buffer of:

    (a) An intensely developed area; or

    (b) A limited development area or a resource conservation area if:

      (i) Adequate sanitary facilities exist;

      (ii) Sanitary and service facilities are, to the extent possible, located outside the buffer;

      (iii) A permeable surface is used to the extent practicable, if no degradation of ground water would likely result; and

      (iv) Disturbance to natural vegetation is first avoided or, if unavoidable, minimized; or

  (2) A public passive outdoor recreation or education area, such as for hiking, hunting, trapping, or nature study, in the buffer of a limited development area or a resource conservation area if sanitary and service facilities to support these uses are located outside the buffer.