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The Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Act is intended to regulate development, manage land use and conserve natural resources on land in areas deemed critical. This map service contains areas for towns, as well as, other areas within 66 jurisdictions (16 counties and 44 municipalities) across Maryland. |
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The Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Act is intended to regulate development, manage land use and conserve natural resources on land in areas deemed critical. This map service contains areas for towns, as well as, other areas within 66 jurisdictions (16 counties and 44 municipalities) across Maryland. |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>In 1984, the General Assembly enacted the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Act to regulate development, manage land use and conserve natural resources on land in those areas designated as Critical Area. For this document, the Critical Area is all land and water areas within 1000 feet of the tidal waters' edge or from the landward edge of adjacent tidal wetlands and the lands under them. Georeferenced digital data files of the critical Area have been produced for Baltimore City and the 16 Maryland counties with land located within the Critical Area. The digital maps produced for each jurisdiction are polygons depicting the Critical Area and the land use classifications recognized by the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Commission (CBCAC). Each jurisdiction is a separate file. The data were produced from hard copy parcel maps originally submitted by the counties as part of the requirements for developing their Critical Area Program. For the purpose of the MD iMap web service the Critical Area Data is displayed by two data layers, one general layer and one layer showing the available critical area data for local towns.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>This is a MD iMAP hosted service. Find more information at https://imap.maryland.gov.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Data Updated 05/12/2025. Acquired by BMC 02/04/2026 from Maryland iMap: Maryland Critical Areas - Critical Area Counties: https://data.imap.maryland.gov/datasets/maryland-critical-areas-critical-area-counties</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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