CHAPTER 188

S.P. 355 - L.D. 1038

An Act To Improve Landowners' Access to Their Land

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §704, sub-§10 is enacted to read:

10.__Requirements waived.__The department may waive the requirements of rules adopted pursuant to this section and may issue a permit for a driveway when the property abuts no other road affording vehicular access to a person's property and the property is outside the compact area of an urban compact municipality.__The department may not deny a person the right to build on or to have vehicular access to property owned by that person unless the access is determined inconsistent with access management safety standards.