How is Major Highlands Development defined?
A.7. Major Highlands Development is a phrase that is used throughout the Highlands rules. It includes capital or other projects undertaken by local governmental units that meet specified thresholds. Major Highlands Development includes the following activities when undertaken in the preservation area: (1) any non-residential development; (2) any residential development that requires an environmental land use or water permit or that result in the disturbance of one acre or a cumulative increase in impervious surface by .25 acre or more; (3) any activity undertaken or engaged in that is not a development but results in the disturbance of .25 acre or more of forested area or that results in the cumulative increase in impervious surface by .25 or more on a lot; or (4) any capital or other project by a State entity or local government unit that requires an environmental land use or water permit or that results in the ultimate disturbance of one acre or more of land or a cumulative increase
