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

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

### Chapter 12 — Variances

#### Regulation .02 Local Program Requirements.

*COMAR 27.01.12.02*

A. A local jurisdiction shall include standards and procedures in its local Critical Area program for the granting of a variance to the provisions of Title 8, Subtitle 18, Natural Resources Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, COMAR 27.01, and its local program requirements.

B. A local jurisdiction may establish additional, more restrictive standards for the granting of a variance consistent with the intent and purposes of this subtitle and the approved local Critical Area program.