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Zoning and site plan across Maine

What this decidesWhat a parcel allows, what review a project will face, and whether the rule is being rewritten.

The base land use rules and the review a project passes through: district boundaries and permitted uses, dimensional standards, site plan and subdivision review, variances and conditional uses.Our definition of the class.

Your own viewZoning and site plan, cut to what you need to know
60
towns on the record
630
events on the record
397
in the last 90 days
1
threads on the record

What this page is for one topic across Maine's municipalities on the public record: where it is moving, which towns carry it, the documents behind it. A subscriber sees it cut to their own towns and questions. If it does not, write to us; that is what changes the next edition.

Where it is on the record60 towns, most movement first

Every town carrying this class on the record through 2026-08-31: events in the last 90 days against the 90 before, the same 90-day count as a rolling line, whose right-hand point is that number, the latest document.
Bar Harbor53 events35 in 90 days ▲ +94.4%latest 2026-08-07, Packet for February 17, 2026.
Wiscasset61 events34 in 90 days ▲ +47.8%latest 2026-08-11, Agenda — 2026-07-27
Brewer57 events34 in 90 days ▲ +54.5%latest 2026-08-07, Planning Board Regular Meeting Agenda (PDF)
Auburn49 events34 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-31, City Committees — Final Packet to Post
Norridgewock54 events33 in 90 days ▲ +65.0%latest 2026-08-07, Minutes — Select Board
Winthrop51 events32 in 90 days ▲ +100.0%latest 2026-08-07, Agenda center file Winthrop Town Council Meeting A
Eliot48 events32 in 90 days ▲ +113.3%latest 2026-08-07, Planning Board Regular Meeting Agenda & Public Hea
Mount Desert38 events30 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-07, LUZO Advisory Committee Meeting
Freeport32 events30 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-07, Planning Board Meeting Agenda
North Yarmouth30 events30 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-07, Select Board Regular Meeting Agenda
Kittery21 events21 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-07, July 9, 2026 Housing Committee meeting agenda + pa
Falmouth16 events7 in 90 days ▲ +133.3%latest 2026-08-30, Public comment for 241A Foreside application_ Dan
Saco11 events4 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-31, Complete After the Fact 2025 0120.pdf
Biddeford4 events3 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-31, Public Notice of Shoreland Zoning Amendment
Rockport4 events3 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-26, 3. 2026.07.23 PB Minutes DRAFT
Scarborough4 events3 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-31, Ordinance Committee - Jun 10 2026 — 2026-06-10
Wilton4 events3 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-26, Planning-Board-Minutes-08-06-2026
Patten3 events3 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-24, 6A5Fb0 016Ab3B1286D4E039A5B3Ba1A704Db85
South Portland3 events2 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-31, CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA - Jul 07 2026 — 2026-0
Brunswick2 events2 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-26, Agenda — 2026-04-06
Hancock2 events2 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-20, 20260716113902003
Litchfield2 events2 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-23, Subdivision Ordinance 2024
Woolwich2 events2 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-24, Planning Ordinance
Yarmouth10 events1 in 90 dayslatest 2026-06-10, Planning Board — Public Comments Received to Date
Lewiston4 events1 in 90 days ▬ +0.0%latest 2026-08-31, CityZoning_2007
Caribou3 events1 in 90 days ▬ +0.0%latest 2026-08-24, Minutes
Portland3 events1 in 90 days ▬ +0.0%latest 2026-08-24, Housing & Economic Development Committee Meeting 2
Acton2 events1 in 90 days ▬ +0.0%latest 2026-08-05, Warrant FY26-27
Chelsea2 events1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-07-18, May 20, 2026 Special Meeting
East Millinocket1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-24, LAND USE
Madawaska1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-14, Agenda
Newport1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-06-14, Meeting_Minutes_PB_06.02.26.pdf
North Berwick1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-05, 05192026 77
Pittston1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-06-21, Notice Regarding Article 33 Land Use Ordinance - 2
Shapleigh1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-14, March 2023 WARRANT.pdf
South Berwick1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-14, FINAL South Berwick Comprehensive Plan Appendix
Warren1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-07-19, boards-committees_responsibilites_62226.pdf
Westbrook1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-30, Agenda — 2026-09-01
York1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-05, AgendaCenter agenda
Cumberland10 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-03-06, Agenda center file Town Council Meeting Agenda (PD
Belfast7 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-09, Planning Board Meeting — Agenda
Gorham4 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-05-31, Minutes — Ordinance Committee
Augusta3 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-02-28, Staff Review
Bangor2 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-01-29, Downtown Parking Advisory Committee Regular Meetin
Lisbon2 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-19, Planning Board Meeting 2026-03-12 — March 12, 2026
Presque Isle2 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-03-01, Council Meeting Agenda - Minutes — January 7, 2026
Richmond2 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-01-27, Meeting Agenda
Casco1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-05-04, Meet Packet 65232E9Abfcc4Df39495E3F4E4D3Fd03
Durham1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-11, Packet
Hollis1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-02-11, Planning and Select Boards Joint Workshop Agenda
Kennebunk1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-01-08, Agenda
Limington1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-10, Download
Lincoln1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-11, Code Master December 2025
Livermore Falls1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-19, SB Minutes 10-21-25
Manchester1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-02-25, 2026-01-22_PB_AGENDA.PDF
Naples1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-10, PB Agenda for 3 18 25(1)
New Gloucester1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-09, Agenda Packet 3 19 24 PB Public Hearing(1)
Rockland1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-02-11, Agenda center file 2026-01-05 Agenda Setting Meeti
Turner1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-10, February 2024
Waterville1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-09, Planning Board Meeting

Threads on the record1 thread

Matters in this class that have come back to a board more than once: the title, the towns, the documents by their meeting date. The reading of each is written for subscribers.
Scarborough Ordinance Committee considers amending Zoning ordinance definitionsScarborough and WestbrookOrdinance Committee
12 August Ordinance Committee10 June Ordinance Committee

Who this typically touches

Business types a matter in this class typically reaches. Our inference from the class, not the record's words; a specific organization is named on these pages only when the record itself names it.

Likely to gain: planning and civil engineering consultants (an ordinance rewrite and a site plan submission are both contracted work).

Likely affected: developers and their land use counsel (the district and the review track set what can be built and how long approval takes).

Worth watching: commercial brokers and site selectors (permitted use decides which listings are actually usable for a given tenant).

One scope up

The same class at a wider scope: Zoning and site plan in Maine · Zoning and site plan in New Hampshire · Zoning and site plan in Massachusetts · Zoning and site plan in Vermont · Zoning and site plan in Connecticut · Zoning and site plan in Kentucky · Zoning and site plan across the country.

Counts and dates are taken from the documents on the record in this window. The class and its definition are ours.