§ 33-2-102. FINDINGS.

The County Council finds and declares that:

(1)

The Maryland General Assembly has:

(i)

Recognized that the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries are "natural resources of great significance to the state and the nation"; and

(ii)

Enacted the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area law to protect the endangered Chesapeake Bay by establishing a resource protection program in the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area;

(2)

The goals of the program are to monitor and control development in the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area to:

(i)

Minimize adverse effects on water quality that result from pollutants that are discharged from a structure or conveyance and run off from the surrounding land; and

(ii)

Conserve fish, wildlife, and plant habitats; and

(3)

To implement the program, the state has adopted the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area criteria that establish detailed regulation to be adopted and enforced in the portion of the county determined to be the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area.

(1988 Code, § 26-436) (Bill No. 94-02, § 2, 7-1-2004)