In developing and updating its Critical Area program, a local jurisdiction shall provide design and locational criteria to assure that a water-dependent facility or activity has minimal individual and cumulative impact on water quality and fish, wildlife, and plant habitats in the Critical Area.

Authority: Natural Resources Article, §§8-1808(d) and 8-1808.3, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: May 13, 1986 (12:24 Md. R. 2352)

COMAR 14.15 became effective upon the enactment of Resolution No. 37 (SJ 9), Acts of 1986.

COMAR 14.15.03 recodified to COMAR 27.01.03 in August, 1992

Regulation .05 amended effective October 29, 2012 (39:21 Md. R. 1380)

Regulation .07 amended effective October 29, 2012 (39:21 Md. R. 1380)

Chapter revised effective February 7, 2022 (49:3 Md. R. 139)

Regulation .02 amended effective January 20, 2025 (52:1 Md. R. 19)

Regulation .03B amended effective January 20, 2025 (52:1 Md. R. 19)

Regulation .04C amended effective January 20, 2025 (52:1 Md. R. 19)