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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01-1" citation="COMAR 27.01.09.01-1" title_num="27" subtitle_num="01" chapter_num="09" heading="Buffer Establishment.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Applicability.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The requirements of this regulation are applicable to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A development or redevelopment activity that occurs on a lot or parcel that includes a buffer if that development or redevelopment activity is located outside the buffer; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The approval of a subdivision that includes a buffer .</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If an applicant for a subdivision of a lot under §A(1)(b)of this regulation uses or leases the lot for an agricultural purpose, the applicant:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>In accordance with local land recordation requirements, shall record an approved buffer management plan under Regulation .01-3 of this chapter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>If authorized by the local jurisdiction, may delay implementation of the buffer management plan until the use of the lot is converted to a nonagricultural purpose.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The requirements of this regulation are not applicable to an in-kind replacement of a structure.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>A local jurisdiction shall require an applicant to establish the buffer in vegetation in accordance with §C of this regulation and Regulation .01-2 of this chapter and to provide a buffer management plan under Regulation .01-3 of this chapter when an applicant applies for:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Approval of a subdivision;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Conversion from one land use to another land use on a lot or a parcel; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Development on a lot or a parcel created before January 1, 2010.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>When the buffer is not fully forested or is not fully established in existing, naturally occurring woody or wetland vegetation, an applicant shall establish the buffer to the extent required in the following table:</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>A local jurisdiction may authorize an applicant to deduct from the total establishment requirement an area of lot coverage removed from the buffer if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The lot coverage existed before the date of local program adoption or was allowed by local procedures; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The total area is stabilized.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>