John Tuttle, Jr. voted NA (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Amends Zoning Regulations to Allow Duplexes or 2-Housing Units on Any Plot Zoned for a Single-Family Home
Signed by Governor Janet Mills
Title: Amends Zoning Regulations to Allow Duplexes or 2-Housing Units on Any Plot Zoned for a Single-Family Home
Vote to pass a bill that amends zoning regulations to allow duplexes or 2-housing units be built on any plot previously zoned for a single-family home.
Alleges “an urgent need to address the availability of affordable housing in Maine” (Page 2)
Defines as unlawful housing discrimination for gov’t entities to restrict development based on character of location, overcrowding of land, concentration of population (Page 2)
Limits municipal growth ordinances, prohibits growth caps (Page 3)
Establishes Municipal Planning Assistance Grant and Incentive Program Fund (Page 4).
Establishes program to incentivize review of municipal zoning, land use ordinances (Page 4).
Requires designation of municipal “priority development zones” (Page 9).
Appropriates $4,579,762 for purposes of Act (Page 10-11).
Title: Amends Zoning Regulations to Allow Duplexes or 2-Housing Units on Any Plot Zoned for a Single-Family Home
Vote to pass a bill that amends zoning regulations to allow duplexes or 2-housing units be built on any plot previously zoned for a single-family home.
Alleges “an urgent need to address the availability of affordable housing in Maine” (Page 2)
Defines as unlawful housing discrimination for gov’t entities to restrict development based on character of location, overcrowding of land, concentration of population (Page 2)
Limits municipal growth ordinances, prohibits growth caps (Page 3)
Establishes Municipal Planning Assistance Grant and Incentive Program Fund (Page 4).
Establishes program to incentivize review of municipal zoning, land use ordinances (Page 4).
Requires designation of municipal “priority development zones” (Page 9).
Appropriates $4,579,762 for purposes of Act (Page 10-11).
Title: Amends Zoning Regulations to Allow Duplexes or 2-Housing Units on Any Plot Zoned for a Single-Family Home