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ME LD1864
Bill
Status
6/9/2025
Primary Sponsor
Matthea Larsen Daughtry
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AI Summary
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Exempts petitioners from the "reasonable return" variance standard (Title 30-A, section 4353, subsection 4, paragraph A) when seeking variances from municipal shoreland zoning or floodplain management ordinances for storm-damaged commercial fisheries infrastructure
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Applies to docks, piers, wharves, fish houses, and other functionally water-dependent structures damaged by severe storms and flooding that occurred January 9-13, 2024, which triggered a federal disaster declaration on March 20, 2024
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Requires damaged structures to be reconstructed or replaced "in kind" and maintain functionally water-dependent use to qualify for the exemption
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Variance petitions must be determined complete for processing by December 31, 2027
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Enacted as emergency legislation, taking effect immediately upon the Governor's approval on June 12, 2025, to meet federal assistance deadlines approaching in September 2025
Legislative Description
An Act to Facilitate the Reconstruction of Storm-damaged Commercial Fisheries Facilities and Infrastructure
Land Use
Last Action
PASSED TO BE ENACTED - Emergency - 2/3 Elected Required, in concurrence.
6/9/2025