An Act To Make the Site Location of Development Laws More Development Friendly
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §482, sub-§6, ¶B, as amended by PL 1993, c. 383, §18 and affected by §42, is further amended to read:
B. Buildings, parking lots, roads, paved areas, wharves or areas to be stripped or graded and not to be revegetated that cause a total project to occupy a ground area in excess of 3 acres. Stripped or graded areas that are not revegetated within a calendar year 10 years of being stripped or graded are not included in calculating the 3-acre threshold.
SUMMARY
The site location of development laws currently require state review of any proposed structure that would result in a total project occupying a ground area in excess of 3 acres. This 3-acre threshold for review includes areas that are stripped or graded and not revegetated within one calendar year. This bill extends from one year to 10 years the amount of time a developer has to revegetate stripped or graded areas before those areas can be included in calculating the 3-acre site law review threshold.