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including travel, to be paid by the Maine State Housing | Authority. |
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| D.__Within 60 days of receiving a written request for a | precertified development along with a complete plan, the | board, by a vote of a majority of the members present and | voting, shall issue a written finding: |
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| (1)__Certifying that the complete plan meets the | design guidelines established pursuant to subsection | 5 for an affordable neighborhood development; or |
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| (2)__Denying certification that the plan meets the | design guidelines for an affordable neighborhood | development and giving the reasons for the denial.__ | An applicant whose request for certification is | denied may resubmit a new complete plan at a later | date. |
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| | 4.__Regulation of affordable neighborhood development.__An | affordable neighborhood development is regulated as follows. |
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| A.__Except as required under Title 38 or an ordinance | adopted pursuant to Title 38, a municipality may not | require that a single-family house lot within a | precertified development be larger than 5,000 square feet | or have frontage of more than 50 feet on any road, except | that the municipality may require that the average | frontage of all lots in that development be at least 70 | feet and may not require dimensional standards for lots, | buildings or roads in excess of the design guidelines | established pursuant to subsection 5. |
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| B.__Except as required under Title 38 or an ordinance | adopted pursuant to Title 38, a municipality may not | require that a multifamily lot within a precertified | development have fewer than 7 dwelling units per acre and | may not require dimensional standards for lots, buildings | or roads in excess of the design guidelines established | pursuant to subsection 5. |
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| C.__A precertified development may be located in any area of a | municipality where other residential development is allowed as | long as public sewer service is available to the precertified | development either through an existing line or through a line | that could be extended to that development. If a municipal | zoning district authorized pursuant to a consistent | comprehensive plan permits only single-family dwellings, the | precertified development must be restricted to single-family | dwellings, accessory dwelling units and |
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