Md. Code Regs. 27.03.01.01 – Definitions.

A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
1. (1) Application.
  1. (a) “Application” means initial forms, documents, plats or other materials, including buffer management plans, that are officially submitted to a local authority for:
    1. (i) The approval of subdivision plats, consolidations, reconfigurations, site plans, grading permits, or rezoning, which may include consideration of an area within a floating zone; or
    2. (ii) The issuance of zoning permits, special exceptions, or conditional use permits.
  2. (b) “Application” includes substantial changes to the items in §B(1)(a)[,] of this regulation.
  3. (c) “Application” does not include materials submitted for the approval of building permits.
2. (2) “Buffer” has the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
3. (3) Repealed.
4. (4) “Chair” has the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
5. (5) “Commission” has the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
6. (6) “Critical Area” has the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
7. (7) “Development” has the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
8. (8) “Executive Director” means the Executive Director of the Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays.
9. (9) Intensely Developed Area.
  1. (a) “Intensely developed area” has the meaning stated in Natural Resources Article, §8-1802(a), Annotated Code of Maryland.
  2. (b) “Intensely developed area” includes the provisions of COMAR 27.01.02.03.
10. (10) Limited Development Area.
  1. (a) “Limited Development Area” has the meaning stated in Natural Resources Article, §8-1802(a), Annotated Code of Maryland.
  2. (b) “Limited Development Area” includes the provisions of COMAR 27.01.02.04.
11. (10-1) “Local approving authority” means the department or unit of a local jurisdiction that implements the local Critical Area program.
12. (10-2) “Minor development” has the meaning stated in COMAR 27.02.01.01.
13. (11) “Redevelopment” has the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
14. (12) Resource Conservation Area.
  1. (a) “Resource conservation area” has the meaning stated in Natural Resources Article, §8-1802(a), Annotated Code of Maryland.
  2. (b) “Resource conservation area” includes the provisions in COMAR 27.01.02.05.
15. (12-1) Structure has the meaning stated in COMAR 27.01.01.01.
16. (13) Subdivision.
  1. (a) “Subdivision” has the meaning stated in Land Use Article, §1-101, Annotated Code of Maryland.
  2. (b) “Subdivision” includes the division of a parcel under Natural Resources Article, §8-1808.2, Annotated Code of Maryland, and the creation of a condominium regime under Real Property Article, Title 11, Annotated Code of Maryland.
17. (14) “Tributary stream” has the meaning stated in Natural Resources Article, §8-1802(a), Annotated Code of Maryland.

Authority: Natural Resources Article, §§8-1806, 8-1808(c), and 8-1811, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: July 11, 1988 (15:14 Md. R. 1655)

COMAR 14.20.01 recodified to COMAR 27.03.01 in August, 1992

Chapter revised effective May 18, 2009 (36:10 Md. R. 719)

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

Regulation .01B amended effective August 10, 2009 (36:16 Md. R. 1251); October 29, 2012 (39:21 Md. R. 1380); September 2, 2013 (40:17 Md. R. 1421); September 6, 2021 (48:18 Md. R. 694); January 20, 2025 (52:1 Md. R 19)

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

Regulation .02E amended effective March 12, 2018 (45:5 Md. R. 289)

Regulation .03A amended effective September 6, 2010 (37:18 Md. R. 1215); January 20, 2025 (52:1 Md. R. 19)

Regulation .03B amended effective December 11, 2025 (52:24 Md. R. 1199);

Regulation .04 amended effective September 2, 2013 (40:17 Md. R. 1421); January 20, 2025 (52:1 Md. R. 19); December 11, 2025 (52:24 Md. R. 1199)

Regulation .04G adopted effective September 6, 2021 (48:18 Md. R. 694)

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