| | | Sec. 8. 12 MRSA §685-A, sub-§7, as amended by PL 1991, c. 653 and | | 1997, c. 526, §14, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 9. 12 MRSA §685-A, sub-§7-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | 7-A.__Procedure for adoption or amendment of land use district | | standards, district boundaries and land use maps.__This | | subsection governs procedures for the establishment and amendment | | of land use district standards and boundaries and the amendment | | of the commission's land use maps. |
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| | | A.i.__The commission or its staff may initiate and any state | | or federal agency, any county or municipal governing body or | | any property owner or lessee may petition for adoption or | | amendment of land use district standards, district | | boundaries or land use maps. |
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| | | B.__Adoption and amendment of land use district standards, | | district boundaries and land use maps are rule-making | | procedures subject to the requirements of Title 5, chapter | | 375, subchapter II, except that the requirements of Title 5, | | section 8052, subsections 5, 5-A and 7; section 8053-A; | | section 8056, subsections 1, 3 and 4; section 8056-A; | | section 8057, subsection 2; section 8057-A; section 8060; | | section 8062; and section 8064 do not apply. The | | requirements of Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II are | | further modified by the following provisions. |
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| | | (A.1)__Public notice of proposals to adopt or amend | | land use district standards, district boundaries or | | land use maps must state the time anB.d the place where | | copies of the proposal may be inspected prior to the | | hearing. |
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| | | C.(2)__The commission shall give notice of hearings to | | amend district boundaries, by mail, to appropriate | | state and federal agencies and the owners of directly | | affected and abutting properties, according to their | | names and addresses as shown on the records of Maine | | Revenue Services or plantation or town tax assessors.__ | | If the number of owners of directly affected and | | abutting propertiesD. is more than 50, notice may | | instead be by publication conforming to the | | requirements for newspaper publication of hearings | | under Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter IV. |
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| | | (3)__At any time prior to the date of adoption of proposed land | | use district standards, land use boundaries or land use maps, the | | commission may elect to reopen the public hearing record and | | extend the time |
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