The Land Use Planning Commission has received an unprecedented number of building permit applications for new single family homes and renovations to existing ones in the past 18 months, mostly from Maine residents.
Land Use Planning Commission changes things up as it celebrates 50 years of regulating the state's more than 10 million unorganized acres; Auburn has a new ordinance allowing stand-alone secondary dwelling units; Sotheby's International opens MDI office.
The Land Use Planning Commission is scheduled to take up a request to narrow the scope of a rezoning review necessary before plans proceed on a metal mine in northern Penobscot County.
Signaling the start of a new chapter, after a previous plan was shelved, the Land Use Planning Commission said its latest decision offer "an opportunity to choose" what to do with nearly 17,000 acres that had been slated for development.
A concept plan for 11,962 acres in Kingsbury Plantation expires in May, and the Land Use Planning Commission's rezoning keeps most of it protected. In other news, the COVID-19 crisis spurs adaptation in real estate and preservation.
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