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An Act To Provide Certainty to Businesses and Development
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  30-A MRSA §3007, sub-§6  is enacted to read:
 
6.  Restriction on nullification of final permit.     A municipality may not nullify or amend a municipal land use permit by a subsequent enactment, amendment or repeal of a local ordinance after a period of 75 days has passed after:
 
A.  The permit has received its lawful final approval; and
 
B.  If required, a public hearing was held on the permit.
 
For the purposes of this subsection, "municipal land use permit" includes a municipal building permit, zoning permit, subdivision approval and site plan approval. This subsection does not alter or invalidate any provision of a municipal ordinance that provides for the expiration or lapse of a permit or approval granted pursuant to that permit following the expiration of a certain period of time.
 
SUMMARY
This bill provides that a municipality may not nullify or amend a municipal land use permit by a subsequent enactment, amendment or repeal of a local ordinance after a period of 75 days has passed after the permit has received its lawful final approval and, if required, a public hearing was held on the permit. It also specifies that this provision does not affect any municipal ordinance that provides for a lapse of the permit or authority granted pursuant to the permit after a certain period of time.