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

## Subtitle 02 — Development in the Critical Area Resulting From State and Local Agency Programs

### Chapter 05 — State Agency Actions Resulting in Development on State-Owned Lands

#### Regulation .03-3 Development in a Resource Conservation Area.

*COMAR 27.02.05.03-3*

A. The requirements of this regulation are in addition to the requirements under Regulation .03 of this chapter.

B. For development on State-owned land that is in a resource conservation area:

  (1) A State agency shall comply with all of the provisions under Regulation .03-2 of this chapter, except that the prohibition under Regulation .03-2C(3) is not applicable in the resource conservation area;

  (2) A State agency may not design or construct a development project that exceeds 15 percent of the lot coverage on:

    (a) The total development site, if the site is mapped entirely as a resource conservation area; or

    (b) The portion of the development site that is mapped as a resource conservation area, if only a portion of the site is mapped as a resource conservation area; and

  (3) Overall density may not exceed one dwelling unit per 20 acres.

C. If any part of a linear project crosses an area designated as a resource conservation area, the Commission shall review the linear project in accordance with the requirements of Regulation .03-1 of this chapter.

D. A State agency may locate or expand an institutional, commercial, or industrial project or use in a resource conservation area if the project or use is:

  (1) Approved by the Commission under the provisions of COMAR 27.02.03 or 27.02.06; or

  (2) In accordance with a duly executed Memorandum of Understanding between the agency and the Commission.

E. A State agency may locate any commercial, institutional, or industrial solar energy generating system in a resource conservation area in accordance with Regulation .15 of this chapter.