1. A. As part of the local Critical Area program to be submitted to the Commission, a local jurisdiction may request a modification to the minimum requirements applicable in the buffer where it can be sufficiently demonstrated that the existing pattern of residential, industrial, commercial, institutional, or recreational development in the Critical Area prevents the buffer from fulfilling the functions stated in Regulation .01 of this chapter.
2. B. A local jurisdiction shall require mitigation for a development activity within an area mapped as a modified buffer area.
3. C. A local jurisdiction may propose other measures for achieving the water quality and habitat protection objectives of the policies, including public education and urban forestry programs.

Authority: Natural Resources Article, §8-1806, 8-1808(c), 8-1808.4(a), and 8-1811, 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 14.15.09 recodified to COMAR 27.01.09 in August, 1992

Regulation .01 amended effective March 8, 2010 (37:5 Md. R. 428)

Regulation .01C amended effective February 8, 2010 (37:3 Md. R. 177)

Regulations .01-1—.01-7 adopted effective March 8, 2010 (37:5 Md. R. 428)

Regulation .02 repealed and new Regulation .02 adopted as an emergency provision effective October 1, 1993 (20:21 Md. R. 1651); emergency status expired April 1, 1994

Regulation .02 repealed and new Regulation .02 adopted as an emergency provision effective June 1, 1994 (21:13 Md. R. 1153); adopted permanently effective October 24, 1994 (21:21 Md. R. 1816)

Regulation .02 amended effective February 8, 2010 (37:3 Md. R. 177)

Chapter revised effective March 5, 2012 (39:4 Md. R. 339)

Regulation .01 amended effective January 20, 2025 (52:1 Md. R. 19)

Regulation .01B amended effective March 8, 2021 (48:5 Md. R. 218); February 7, 2022 (49:3 Md. R. 139)

Regulation .01D amended effective October 29, 2012 (39:21 Md. R. 1380)

Regulation .01D, E amended effective January 6, 2014 (40:26 Md. R. 2165); March 6, 2023 (50:4 Md. R. 123)

Regulation .01-1A amended effective January 20, 2025 (52:1 Md. R. 19)

Regulation .01-2A amended effective January 20, 2025 (52:1 Md. R. 19)

Regulation .01-2D, H amended effective February 7, 2022 (49:3 Md. R. 139)

Regulation .01-2H amended effective March 6, 2023 (50:4 Md. R. 123)

Regulation .01-3B amended effective March 6, 2023 (50:4 Md. R. 123)

Regulation .01-3 B, E amended effective January 20, 2025 (52:1 Md. R. 19)

Regulation .01-6 amended effective September 6, 2021 (48:18 Md. R. 694)

Regulation .01-6B amended effective January 20, 2025 (52:1 Md. R. 19)

Regulation .01-7 amended effective January 20, 2025 (52:1 Md. R. 19)

Regulation .01-8 amended effective October 29, 2012 (39:21 Md. R. 1380)

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

Regulation .03 amended effective November 4, 2019 (46:22 Md. R. 980)

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

Regulation .04 amended effective November 4, 2019 (46:22 Md. R. 980); January 20, 2025 (52:1 Md. R. 19)

Regulation .05 amended effective January 20, 2025 (52:1 Md. R. 19)