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

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

### Chapter 13 — Nonwater-Dependent Projects

#### Regulation .03 General Prohibitions.

*COMAR 27.01.13.03*

Except as provided under Natural Resources Article, §8-1808.4, Annotated Code of Maryland, and Regulations .04—.06 of this chapter and notwithstanding any other provision of law, on or after July 1, 2013:

A. A person may not construct or establish a nonwater-dependent project on State or private wetlands within the Critical Area; and

B. A local jurisdiction may not issue a building permit, variance, or special exception or otherwise authorize a nonwater-dependent project constructed or established on State or private wetlands within the Critical Area.