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Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘Resolve, To Revise Requirements of the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission Pertaining to Maple Sugarhouses’
Amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1 Rulemaking; setbacks and recording deed restrictions. Resolved: That the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission shall amend its rules pertaining to maple sugar processing subdivisions to:
1. Eliminate the minimum 1,000-foot setback from public roads, shorelines of great ponds and major flowing waters and any other type of residential or commercial development;
2. Allow any 2 leased lots in a maple sugar processing subdivision to abut each other while requiring the abutting lots and any nonabutting lots to be separated from all other leased lots in that subdivision by a minimum of 1,000 feet in order to allow for multiple pairings of abutting leased lots in a maple sugar processing subdivision when the topography is favorable for such location; and
3. Require the deed restrictions for leased lots in a maple sugar processing subdivision to be recorded with the registry of deeds at the time the subdivision is created.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the resolve and directs the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission to eliminate the 1,000-foot setbacks required for leased lots in subdivisions created to establish maple sugar processing operations, making the setbacks from roads, great ponds, flowing waters and other development equal to the setbacks for maple sugar processing operations that are not in a maple sugar processing subdivision. It directs the commission to revise its rules to allow pairings of abutting lots in a maple sugar processing subdivision while requiring a 1,000-foot separation between paired lots and single lots. It also requires the deed restrictions on leased lots in a maple sugar processing subdivision to be recorded at the registry of deeds when the subdivision is created.