# 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 .05 Variance Procedures.

*COMAR 27.01.12.05*

A. With due regard for a person’s experience, technical competence, and specialized knowledge, a local jurisdiction may base its written findings required in Regulation .04 of this chapter on evidence introduced and testimony presented by:

  (1) The applicant;

  (2) The local jurisdiction or another government agency; or

  (3) A person deemed appropriate by the local jurisdiction.

B. Within 10 working days after a local jurisdiction’s issuance of a written variance decision described in Regulation .04 of this chapter, the Commission shall receive a copy of the decision from the local jurisdiction.