Resolve, To Revise Requirements of the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission Pertaining to Maple Sugarhouses

Sec. 1. Rulemaking; setbacks and recording deed restrictions. Resolved: That the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission shall amend its rules pertaining to maple sugar processing subdivisions to:

1. Eliminate the minimum 1,000-foot setback from public roads, shorelines of great ponds and major flowing waters and any other type of residential or commercial development;

2. Allow any 2 leased lots in a maple sugar processing subdivision to abut each other while requiring the abutting lots and any nonabutting lots to be separated from all other leased lots in that subdivision by a minimum of 1,000 feet in order to allow for multiple pairings of abutting leased lots in a maple sugar processing subdivision when the topography is favorable for such location; and

3. Require the deed restrictions for leased lots in a maple sugar processing subdivision to be recorded with the registry of deeds at the time the subdivision is created.