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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03-3" citation="COMAR 27.02.05.03-3" title_num="27" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="05" heading="Development in a Resource Conservation Area.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The requirements of this regulation are in addition to the requirements under Regulation .03 of this chapter.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>For development on State-owned land that is in a resource conservation area:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>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;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A State agency may not design or construct a development project that exceeds 15 percent of the lot coverage on:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The total development site, if the site is mapped entirely as a resource conservation area; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>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</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Overall density may not exceed one dwelling unit per 20 acres.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>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.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>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:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Approved by the Commission under the provisions of COMAR 27.02.03 or 27.02.06; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>In accordance with a duly executed Memorandum of Understanding between the agency and the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>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.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>