As directed by L.D. 161, the Maine Office of Community Affairs (MOCA) has convened a working group composed of representatives from the Maine Office of Community Affairs, the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, and the Department of Environmental Protection to review Maine’s subdivision laws in Title 12, chapter 206-A; Title 30-A, chapter 187, subchapter 4; and Title 38, chapter 3, subchapter 1, article 6. The purpose of the review is to make recommendations on how to overhaul and modernize the regulation of residential, commercial and industrial development.
The working group shall, within existing resources, undertake the following tasks with respect to the State's subdivision laws:
- Develop recommendations on how to overhaul and consolidate the subdivision laws in a manner that reduces inconsistencies and ambiguities;
- Develop recommendations on how to streamline the application processes under the subdivision laws; and
- Identify policy conflicts, opportunities to clarify policies and ways to promote improved outcomes for housing, economic development, conservation and other matters identified by the working group.