Summary
As a state panel moves forward with its review of the often maligned Land Use Regulation Commission, a coalition of environmental and planning groups has come up with a reasonable outline for changes to the agency. Their suggestions should be carefully considered.
The task force, which meets in Ashland on Thursday, was the result of legislative debate spearheaded by some lawmakers who argued that many of LURC's regulatory responsibilities -- such as permitting -- should be handed back to local or county governments. Rather than pass such legislation, lawmakers decided to create a committee to scrutinize LURC, which is, in essence, the planning board for the state's more than 10,000 acres of Unorganized Territory, those areas without municipal jurisdictions.See the full content of this document
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Improving Lurc
At its first meeting in Bangor last month, the group set reasonable s...
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