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State Urban Compact Municipalities
Urban Compact Municipalities
are those in which the population according to the last United States
census;
- Exceeds 7,500 inhabitants, or
- Is less than 7,500 inhabitants but more than 2,499 inhabitants,
and in which the ratio of people whose place of employment is
in a given municipality to employed people residing in that same
municipality is 1.0 or greater, and when the municipality has
not exercised the opt-out provision of this section.
"Compact"
or "Built-up sections" means a section
of the highway where structures are nearer than 200 feet apart for
a distance of 1/4 of a mile, unless otherwise defined; reference
MRSA
23 sub-section 754, revised July 1, 1999.
Presently there are 43
State Urban Compact Municipalities. To view the latest state urban
compact boundary description, click on the municipality's name.
The State Urban
Compact areas over 7,500 population are: Auburn,
Augusta, Bangor,
Bath, Biddeford, Brewer,
Brunswick, Cape
Elizabeth, Caribou, Falmouth,
Freeport, Gorham,
Kennebunk, Kittery,
Lewiston, Lisbon,
Old Orchard Beach, Old
Town, Orono, Portland,
Presque Isle, Rockland,
Saco, Sanford,
Scarborough, Skowhegan,
South Portland, Standish,
Topsham, Waterville,
Wells, Westbrook,
Windham, Winslow,
Yarmouth and York.
The State Urban
Compact areas over 6,000 but less than 7,500 that did not have the
opt-out option in 1999 are: Belfast,
Fairfield, Farmington,
Gardiner, Houlton,
Millinocket, Rumford.
"Winter Compact"
State Highway municipalities: any municipality eligible
to be an urban compact municipality, that had compact area state
highway winter maintenance responsibilities on January 1, 1999,
and that has opted out of summer maintenance responsibilities. These
municipalities have winter maintenance responsibilities on compact
areas of state highways.
Currently there are 14
municipalities in this category and they are: Bar Harbor, Bridgton,
Bucksport, Calais, Camden, Dexter, DoverFoxcroft, Ellsworth, Fort Kent,
Jay, Lincoln, Madawaska, Oxford and Pittsfield.
" Regional Service Centers" as defined by Maine State Planning Office
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