SP0360
LD 1108
First Regular Session - 123rd Legislature - Text: MS-Word, RTF or PDF LR 1534
Item 2
Bill Tracking Chamber Status

Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:

‘An Act To Change the Calculation of the Municipal Rate of Growth Ordinance Limit’

Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:

Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §4360, sub-§3, ¶B,  as enacted by PL 2005, c. 597, §3 and affected by §4, is amended to read:

B. The ordinance sets the number of building or development permits, not including permits for affordable housing, at 105% or more of the mean number of permits issued within the municipality during the 10 years immediately prior to the year in which the number is calculated. The mean is determined by adding together the total number of permits issued , excluding permits issued for affordable housing, for each year in the prior 10 years and then dividing by 10;’

summary

The amendment provides that the building permit limit is calculated by excluding permits issued for affordable housing and also differs from the bill in that it applies to all towns in the State.


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