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Sample CLG Ordinances

The links below will take you to historic preservation regulations for the 10 Certified Local Governments in Maine. The Commission has a hard copy of these historic preservation regulations on file and will provide them upon request. Some of the files below require the free Adobe Reader.

• Bangor: (Chapter 148)
• Castine Historic Preservation Ordinance (PDF)
• Gardiner
• Hampden: (click on historic preservation ordinance and historic district map)
• Kennebunk: (click on Article 12 - some text in Article 3 and 8)
• Lewiston: (scroll to Article XV) (PDF)
• Portland (PDF)
• Saco (see Section 413) (PDF)
• Topsham: (Chapter 225, Article VI, X, and XI)
• Town of York (PDF)