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Land Use Planning

Bar Harbor Draft Comprehensive Plan for Review

Comments on this plan are due to SPO on 9/26/2008.
SPO Review Due to Town on 10/10/2008.

This plan is larger then most and was submitted to SPO as 30 separate Microsoft Word documents. Documents larger then 10MB were converted to PDF's and are available below.                                                                                                                                 

SECTION I. Introduction

Cover (Microsoft Word 148KB)
Table of Contents (Microsoft Word 536KB)
Acknowledgements (Microsoft Word 573KB)
Introduction Cover (Microsoft Word 1.8MB)
Introduction (Microsoft Word 980KB)

SECTION II. Vision Statement (Microsoft Word 25MB, PDF 1.8MB)

Chapter A.  Character of the Community
Chapter B.  Bar Harbor in 2020
Chapter C.  Issues
Chapter D.  Summary of Small Group Discussions in Neighborhoods

SECTION III. Goals, Policies, and Strategies Cover (Microsoft Word 1.3MB)

Chapter A.  Goals, Policies, and Strategies (Microsoft Word 979KB)
Chapter B.  Future Land Use Plan (Microsoft Word 1.4MB)
Chapter C.  Capital Investments Plan (Microsoft Word 1.2MB)
Chapter D.  Regional Coordination Plan  (Microsoft Word 1.4MB)

SECTION IV. Implementation Schedule (Microsoft Word 1.8MB)

SECTION V. Inventory and Analysis

Chapter A.  Population and Visitation (Microsoft Word 6MB)
Chapter B.  Economy (PDF 701KB)
Chapter C.  Housing and Land Use (Microsoft Word 7MB)
Chapter D.  Transportation (Microsoft Word 3MB)
Chapter E.  Utilities and Public Facilities (Microsoft Word 3MB)
Chapter F.  Parks, Open Space, and Recreation (Microsoft Word 605KB)
Chapter G.  Marine Resource Industries (Microsoft Word 5.6MB)
Chapter H.  Water Resources (Microsoft Word 8MB)
Chapter I.  Natural Systems (Microsoft Word 2.3MB)
Chapter J.  Agricultural and Forest Resources (Microsoft Word 791KB)
Chapter K.  Historic and Archaeological Resources (PDF 1MB)
Chapter L.  Fiscal Capacity (Microsoft Word 512KB)
Chapter M.  Constraints for Growth (Microsoft Word 206KB)

APPENDICES Cover (Microsoft Word 522KB)

  1. Annotated Goals, Policies, Strategies Showing Changes from 1993 Comprehensive Plan (Microsoft Word 1.1MB)
  2. Bar Harbor Visioning Sessions (Microsoft Word 483KB)
  3. Downtown Master Plan (not available)
  4. Sewer Master Plan (not available)
  5. Water Master Plan (not available)
  6. Harbor Management Plan (not available)
  7. Corridor Management Plan (not available)
  8. Groundwater Studies (not available)

 

 

Suggestions for downloading: "Right click" the link and "Save Target As" onto a local or network drive. If you have trouble with this file, please contact the Land Use Team at the State Planning Office.