1. A. The provisions of this regulation are in addition to the provisions of Regulations .03 and .04 of this chapter.

2. B. A local jurisdiction shall require that the operation of each commercial marina and each related commercial maritime facility or activity complies with:

   1. (1) The requirements of COMAR 26.08.04.09 and, as applicable, COMAR 26.24.04.03; and
   2. (2) The stormwater, wastewater, noncontact cooling water discharge, and any other applicable requirements of the Department of the Environment.

3. C. A local jurisdiction may approve:

   1. (1) The development of a commercial marina or a related commercial maritime facility or activity located in the buffer of an intensely developed area or a limited development area;
   2. (2) The redevelopment or expansion of a commercial marina or other related commercial maritime facility or activity located in the buffer of a resource conservation area; or
   3. (3) The development of a new commercial marina or other related commercial maritime facility or activity located in the buffer of a resource conservation area, if the marina or other related facility or activity is publicly owned and meets all the requirements under Regulation .08 of this chapter.

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)