Research snapshot · Development · 31 August 2026

Zoning and site plan in Maine: 75 towns on the record, the pace easing

This page is a snapshot, cut 31 August 2026, of a topic that moves. Below is the shape of the movement, read from the towns' own meeting records, and the way to get a view of it that stays current.

Snapshot taken 31 August 2026, based on 247 dated municipal records flagged as zoning and site plan in Maine, spanning 75 municipalities. The topic moves; a later cut supersedes this page.

What this page is for one topic at state or national scope, told as a story: how it arrived, the shape of its movement, a dated snapshot of a moving record, and the door to a view of it that stays current. If it does not, write to us; that is what changes the next edition.

The story so far

The record starts in Auburn, 3 January 1970. Since then 75 Maine towns have put the topic on a meeting record, the newest of them Hancock on 16 July 2026.

The last 90 days put 24 meetings on the record, down from 38 in the 90 days before. 2 more are already on posted agendas.

It runs through the rooms where budgets and ordinances are made: Planning Board, Town Council and City Council.

The shape of the movement

Dated meetings on the record at this scope, quarter by quarter, and the same 90-day count as a rolling line, whose right-hand point is that number. Counts of documents, never a reading of what they decided.
QuarterMeetingsTowns
Sep 2025 to Nov 2025168
Dec 2025 to Feb 20265832
Mar 2026 to May 20264120
Jun 2026 to Aug 2026 (current)2513

a rolling 90-day total, so the right-hand point is that same 90-day count. The busiest stretch was Dec 2025 to Feb 2026, with 58 meetings.

The towns on the record75, earliest first

Every Maine town carrying the topic, the earliest first, each with its latest document.
Auburnearliest 1970-01-03 · 13 meetings · latest 2026-08-17 · the minutes 8-17-26 City Council Packet UPDATED
Presque Isleearliest 2013-01-07 · 16 meetings · latest 2025-07-14 · the document Site Feasibility Study
Windhamearliest 2015-02-09 · 2 meetings · latest 2015-04-02 · the agenda 12-14-09 Agenda
Clintonearliest 2020-01-01 · 1 meeting · latest 2020-01-01 · the document Do I need a permit for a shed 10-25-23
Wellsearliest 2020-06-02 · 1 meeting · latest 2020-06-02 · the document 06-02-20 Warrant
Wiltonearliest 2021-05-31 · 8 meetings · latest 2026-08-06 · the agenda Planning-Board-Agenda-08-06-26
Bridgtonearliest 2022-01-18 · 2 meetings · latest 2024-11-05 · the ordinance Land Use Ordinance
Cape Elizabethearliest 2022-03-14 · 2 meetings · latest 2023-06-08 · the ordinance Maps & Appendices Only
Lewistonearliest 2022-03-28 · 9 meetings · latest 2026-03-05 · the ordinance No. 26-04 Ordinance Pertaining to Zoning - Article IX - Appeals and Variances
East Millinocketearliest 2022-05-24 · 2 meetings · latest 2022-06-07 · the minutes June 7th, 2022 - Public Heating Minutes
Limestoneearliest 2022-06-01 · 1 meeting · latest 2022-06-01 · the minutes 1
Caribouearliest 2022-12-20 · 4 meetings · latest 2025-11-17 · the agenda Agenda/Packet
Augustaearliest 2023-01-04 · 5 meetings · latest 2026-02-05 · the document LD 1829
Sanfordearliest 2023-01-12 · 6 meetings · latest 2025-01-01 · the public notice Public Hearing Notice - Campground Moratorium Extension Opens in new window
Milfordearliest 2023-02-07 · 1 meeting · latest 2023-02-07 · the minutes 02/07/2023 Minutes

And 60 more towns on the record, in an account view.

From the record

The most recent documents behind this page, one per town. Each link opens the town's own file.

25 August 2026 · Falmouth Board of Zoning Appeals

the document, on the town's own site Public comment for 241A Foreside application_ Dan and Sandy Kerpelman_ Opposition letter and info_ 10 Old Powerhouse Roa

19 August 2026 · Scarborough Town Council Regular Meeting

the document, on the town's own site Town Council Regular Meeting - Aug 19 2026 — 2026-08-19

17 August 2026 · Auburn City Council

the minutes, on the town's own site 8-17-26 City Council Packet UPDATED

11 August 2026 · Saco Planning Board

the document, on the town's own site GC 2. Inga Browne 8.4.26.pdf

Companies on this record468 companies, 166 documents

Named in the same documents that carry this topic, read from the record itself: the firms designing, building and advising the work, each with where the record places them:
Maine DEPBrunswick, Falmouth, Hope and 2 more
Central Maine PowerBelfast, Cumberland, Pownal
Aroostook Waste SolutionsPresque Isle
Bangor Savings BankBangor, Lewiston, Wells
GPCOGNorth Yarmouth, Yarmouth
CBPC Holdings LLCFalmouth
Clapboard Island Family LLCFalmouth
Eric & Shannon JohannessenFalmouth
Golf Traditions IncFalmouth
MSEAAuburn
NDVH Maine Realty LLCFalmouth
Parks and Community ProgramsFalmouth
Philip & Cynthia TherrienFalmouth
Websters Trading CoAuburn
Army Corps of EngineersActon, Winterport
ComcastAuburn, Brunswick
Maine Forest ServiceBrunswick, Gardiner
McClure EngineeringBelfast, Milo
MEMAPresque Isle, Westbrook
OceanviewCumberland, Falmouth
ReVision EnergyBath, Wiscasset
UMaineOld Town, Orono
Auburn-Lewiston Municipal AirportAuburn
Bernal ‘Bill’ BaileyLivermore Falls
DHHSAuburn
Gorham Sand & Gravel, Inc.South Portland
Holy Redeemer ChurchBar Harbor
Ja-Lynne ParkAuburn
Keenan Excavation Co., Inc.South Portland
Maine School Administrative District #51Cumberland

And 438 more companies.

The documents naming each, and the threads they sit in, are the account view. If one of these is you, those are your projects on the record. Ask and we will show you every one, and the towns around them, as they move.

A snapshot of a moving record

Everything above is frozen at 31 August 2026; the topic is not. 146 more events on this topic carry no usable date and are counted, never dated. The counts follow where we read most: a town or a state absent here was not read at depth, and absence is not evidence the topic is absent there. A lighter-read state is not a ceiling; where you care about a region, pointing the system there is the first thing an account changes. How coverage is built, and its known limits: municipalalpha.com/methodology.

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Zoning and site plan, Maine

from the towns' own meeting records

Scope

Maine

every topic this state carries

Area

Development

every topic in this area

Towns on the record

75

with a dated document on this topic

Earliest

3 January 1970

the documents' dates

Meetings, last 90 days

24 against 38 before

dated documents

Snapshot cut

31 August 2026

this page's date

A view that stays current

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