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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
Second Special Session of the 121st

CHAPTER 595
H.P. 1323 - L.D. 1801

An Act To Control Adult Entertainment Establishments

     Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §4314, sub-§3, ¶E, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 406, §3, is amended to read:

     Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §4314, sub-§3, ¶F, as amended by PL 2001, c. 578, §10, is further amended to read:

     Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §4314, sub-§3, ¶G is enacted to read:

     Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §4352, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. A, §45 and Pt. C, §10, is amended to read:

     2. Relation to comprehensive plan. A zoning ordinance, other than an adult entertainment establishment ordinance, must be pursuant to and consistent with a comprehensive plan adopted by the municipal legislative body. As used in this section, "adult entertainment establishment ordinance" means an ordinance that regulates the operation of adult amusement stores, adult video stores, adult bookstores, adult novelty stores, adult motion picture theaters, on-site video screening establishments, adult arcades, adult entertainment nightclubs or bars, adult spas, establishments featuring strippers or erotic dancers, escort agencies or other sexually oriented businesses.

     Sec. 5. 30-A MRSA §4352, sub-§6, as amended by PL 1993, c. 721, Pt. A, §11 and affected by Pt. H, §1, is further amended to read:

     6. Effect on State. A zoning ordinance, other than an adult entertainment establishment ordinance, that is not consistent with a comprehensive plan that is consistent with the provisions of section 4326 is advisory with respect to the State. Except as provided in this section, a state agency shall comply with a zoning ordinance consistent with a comprehensive plan that is consistent with the provisions of section 4326 in seeking to develop any building, parking facility or other publicly owned structure. The Governor or the Governor's designee may, after public notice and opportunity for public comment, including written notice to the municipal officers, waive any use restrictions in those ordinances upon finding that:

A decision to waive a restriction under this section may be appealed by the municipality or any aggrieved party to Superior Court.

Effective July 30, 2004, unless otherwise indicated.

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