Environmental (alternative)

Properties in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay Critical Area are classified into three zones. Which zone allows the least development?

ALimited Development Area (LDA)
BResource Conservation Area (RCA)✓ Correct
CIntensely Developed Area (IDA)
DGrowth Allocation Area (GAA)

Explanation

The Resource Conservation Area (RCA) is the most restrictive Critical Area zone, encompassing rural and natural lands where development is most strictly limited to protect water quality.

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