LD 1857
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LR 2749
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D.__The lease will not unreasonably interfere with ingress and
egress of riparian landowners within 1,000 feet of the lease
site;

 
E.__The lease will not unreasonably interfere with
navigation;

 
F.__The lease will not unreasonably interfere with fishing
or other uses of the area;

 
G.__The lease will not unreasonably interfere with
significant wildlife habitat and marine habitat or with the
ability of the lease site and surrounding marine and upland
areas to support existing ecologically significant flora and
fauna;

 
H.__The applicant has demonstrated that there is an
available source of organisms to be cultured for the lease
site; and

 
I.__The lease does not unreasonably interfere with public
use or enjoyment, within 1,000 feet of the location of the
lease site, of municipally owned, state-owned or federally
owned beaches and parks or municipally owned, state-owned or
federally owned docking facilities.

 
3.__Municipal leases.__When approved, a municipal lease must
be forwarded to the commissioner.__The municipality may charge a
lease rental fee not to exceed $50 per acre.__The municipality
may establish the conditions and limits on the lease.__A lease
may be granted for a period of up to 10 years and is renewable
upon application by the leaseholder.__Renewals may be granted if
the lease continues to meet the criteria of subsection 2-A.__The
terms and conditions of a municipal lease must be monitored and
enforced by the municipality.

 
Sec. 12. 38 MRSA §3, as amended by PL 1991, c. 685, §1 and c. 838,
§16, is further amended to read:

 
§3. Mooring sites

 
In all harbors wherein channel lines have been established by
the municipal officers, as provided in section 2, and in all
other coastal and tidal waters, harbors and great ponds where
mooring rights of individuals are claimed to be invaded and
protection is sought of the harbor master, the harbor master
shall assign and indicate only to the masters or owners of boats
and vessels the location that they may occupy for mooring
purposes and shall change the location of those moorings from


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