CHAPTER 323
H.P. 371 - L.D. 516
An Act to Impose a Statute of Limitations for Violations of Municipal Subdivision Ordinances
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA �4402, sub-�3, as amended by PL 1997, c. 51, �1, is further amended to read:
3. Previously recorded subdivisions. A subdivision, a plan of which had been legally recorded in the proper registry of deeds before September 23, 1971; or
Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA �4402, sub-�4, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 51, �2, is amended to read:
4. Airports with an approved airport layout plan. Any airport with an airport layout plan that has received final approval from the airport sponsor, the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration. ; or
Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA �4402, sub-�5 is enacted to read:
5. Subdivisions in existence for at least 20 years. A subdivision in violation of this subchapter that has been in existence for 20 years or more, except a subdivision:
A. That has been enjoined pursuant to section 4406;
B. For which approval was expressly denied by the municipal reviewing authority, and record of the denial was recorded in the appropriate registry of deeds;
C. For which a lot owner was denied a building permit under section 4406, and record of the denial was recorded in the appropriate registry of deeds; or
D. That has been the subject of an enforcement action or order, and record of the action or order was recorded in the appropriate registry of deeds.
Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.
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