PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 626

development in a local jurisdiction to bank credits receive credit for prior water
quality protection measures under certain circumstances with the local approving
authority; defining a certain term; and generally relating to marina development
and the banking of credits under certain circumstances water quality.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Natural Resources
Section 8-1802(a)(l), (3), (7), and (11)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Natural Resources

Section 8-1808.6

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1990 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Natural Resources

8-1802.

(a) (1) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(3) "Development" means any activity that materially affects the condition
or use of dry land, land under water, or any structure.

(7) "Local jurisdiction" means a county, or a municipal corporation with
planning and zoning powers, in which any part of the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area, as
defined in this subtitle, is located.

(11) (i) "Project approval" means the approval of development, other than
development by a State or local government agency, in the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area
by the appropriate local approval authority.

(ii) "Project approval" includes:

1.       Approval of subdivision plats and site plans;

2.       Inclusion of areas within floating zones;

3.       Issuance of variances, special exceptions, and conditional use
permits; and

4.       Approval of rezoning.

(iii) "Project approval" does not include building permits.

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