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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 27.01.03.08" title_num="27" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="03" heading="Public Beaches and Other Public Water-Oriented Recreation or Education Areas or Activities.">
  <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>A local jurisdiction may approve the location of:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A public beach or other public water-oriented recreation or education area or activity in the buffer of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>An intensely developed area; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A limited development area or a resource conservation area if:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Adequate sanitary facilities exist;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Sanitary and service facilities are, to the extent possible, located outside the buffer;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>A permeable surface is used to the extent practicable, if no degradation of ground water would likely result; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Disturbance to natural vegetation is first avoided or, if unavoidable, minimized; or</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>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.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>