Ch. 526                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

[(8)] (9) "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.

[(9)] (10) "Includes" means includes or including by way of illustration
and not by way of limitation.

[(10)] (11) "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.

[(11)] (12) "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.

[(12)] (13) (i) "Program" means the critical area protection program of a
local jurisdiction.

(ii) "Program" includes any amendments to the program.

[(13)] (14) (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.

[(14)] (15) (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.

(ii) "Program refinement" includes:

1.       A change to a zoning map that is consistent with the
development area designation of an adopted program; and

2.       The use of the growth allocation in accordance with an
adopted program.

[(15)] (16) (i) "Project approval" means the approval of development,
other than development by a State or local government agency, in the Chesapeake
Bay Critical Area or the Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area by the appropriate local
approval authority.

(ii) "Project approval" includes:

1. Approval of subdivision plats and site plans;

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