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Ch. 433
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2002 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(3) "ATLANTIC COASTAL BAYS CRITICAL AREA" MEANS THE INITIAL
PLANNING AREA IDENTIFIED UNDER § 8-1807 OF THIS SUBTITLE.
(4) "CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA" MEANS THE INITIAL PLANNING
AREA IDENTIFIED UNDER § 8-1807 OF THIS SUBTITLE.
[(2)] (5) "Commission" means the [Chesapeake Bay] Critical Area
Commission FOR THE CHESAPEAKE AND ATLANTIC COASTAL BAYS established in this
subtitle.
(6) "CRITICAL AREA" MEANS THE CHESAPEAKE BAY CRITICAL AREA AND
THE ATLANTIC COASTAL BAYS CRITICAL AREA.
[(3)] (7) "Development" means any activity that materially affects the
condition or use of dry land, land under water, or any structure.
[(4)] (8) "Growth allocation" means the number of acres of land in the
Chesapeake Bay Critical Area OR ATLANTIC COASTAL BAYS CRITICAL AREA that a
local jurisdiction may use to create new intensely developed areas and new limited
development areas.
[(5)] (9) "Includes" means includes or including by way of illustration
and not by way of limitation.
[(6)] (10) "Land classification" means the designation of land in the
Chesapeake Bay Critical Area OR ATLANTIC COASTAL BAYS CRITICAL AREA in
accordance with the criteria adopted by the Commission as an intensely developed
area or district, a limited development area or district, or a resource conservation
area or district.
[(7)] (11) "Local jurisdiction" means a county, or a municipal corporation
with planning and zoning powers, in which any part of the Chesapeake Bay Critical
Area OR THE ATLANTIC COASTAL BAYS CRITICAL AREA, as defined in this subtitle, is
located.
[(8)] (12) (i) "Program" means the critical area protection program of a
local jurisdiction.
(ii) "Program" includes any amendments to the program.
[(9)] (13) (i) "Program amendment" means any change to an adopted
program that the Commission determines will result in a use of land or water in the
Chesapeake Bay Critical Area OR THE ATLANTIC COASTAL BAYS CRITICAL AREA in a
manner not provided for in the adopted program.
(ii) "Program amendment" includes a change to a zoning map that
is not consistent with the method for using the growth allocation contained in an
adopted program.
[(10)] (14) (i) "Program refinement" means any change to an adopted
program that the Commission determines will result in a use of land or water in the
Chesapeake Bay Critical Area OR THE ATLANTIC COASTAL BAYS CRITICAL AREA in a
manner consistent with the adopted program.
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