Code of Maryland Regulations (Last Updated: April 6, 2021) |
Title 27. Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake & Atlantic Coastal Bays |
Subtitle 01. CRITERIA FOR LOCAL CRITICAL AREA PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT |
Chapter 27.01.03. Water Dependent Facilities |
Sec. 27.01.03.07. Community Piers and Other Related Noncommercial Boat Docking and Storage Facilities
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A. New or expanded community piers and other noncommercial boat-docking and storage facilities may be authorized in the buffer subject to the requirements of Regulation .03A of this chapter and §B of this regulation, provided that:
(1) These facilities may not offer food, fuel, or other goods and services for sale and shall provide adequate and clean sanitary facilities;
(2) The facilities are community-owned and established and operated for the benefit of the residents of a platted and recorded riparian subdivision;
(3) The facilities are associated with a residential development approved by the local jurisdiction for the Critical Area and consistent with all criteria and local regulations for the Critical Area;
(4) Disturbance to the Buffer is the minimum necessary to provide a single point of access to the facilities; and
(5) If community piers are provided as part of the new development, private piers in the development are not authorized.
B. The number of slips authorized at the facility shall be the lesser of §B(1) or (2), of this regulation:
(1) One slip for each 50 feet of shoreline in the subdivision in the intense and limited development areas and one slip for each 300 feet of shoreline in the subdivision in the resource conservation area; or
(2) A density of slips to platted lots or dwellings within the subdivision in the Critical Area according to the following schedule:
Platted Lots or Dwellings
in the Critical AreaSlips up to 15 1 for each lot 16-40 15 or 75%, whichever is greater 41-100 30 or 50%, whichever is greater 101-300 50 or 25%, whichever is greater over 300 75 or 15%, whichever is greater