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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.

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63
towns on the record
161
events on the record
37
in the last 90 days
2
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.

Source documents 3 of 68 on this page link straight to the town's own record. The rest are available on request. Ask for access.

Where it is on the record63 towns, most movement first

Every town carrying this class on the record through 2026-09-07: 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.
Falmouth17 events6 in 90 days ▲ +50.0%latest 2026-09-02, Copy of FINAL 26.27 Work Plan List_CDC.pdf
Auburn9 events4 in 90 days ▲ +100.0%latest 2026-08-31, City Committees — Final Packet to Post
Scarborough5 events4 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-09-07, Ordinance Committee - Aug 12 2026 — 2026-08-12
Wilton5 events4 in 90 dayslatest 2026-09-03, Planning-Board-Agenda-09-03-2026
Kittery4 events3 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-09-07, AgendaCenter agenda
Saco11 events2 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-31, Complete After the Fact 2025 0120.pdf
South Portland2 events2 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-31, CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA - Jul 07 2026 — 2026-0
Wiscasset9 events1 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-11, Agenda — 2026-07-27
Brewer4 events1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-09-03, Planning Board Meeting Agenda
Caribou6 events1 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-24, Minutes
Biddeford3 events1 in 90 days ▬ +0.0%latest 2026-09-06, Institutional Zone Review Committee Meeting (Live)
Brunswick4 events1 in 90 days ▼ -50.0%latest 2026-09-06, Planning_Board_Agenda_01132026.pdf
Acton3 events1 in 90 days ▬ +0.0%latest 2026-09-06, 20260617_BOS
Portland3 events1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-24, Housing & Economic Development Committee Meeting 2
Hancock1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-20, 20260716113902003
Litchfield1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-23, Subdivision Ordinance 2024
Bowdoinham1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-06-10, Land Use Ordinance_amended_6-10-2026
Hermon1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-09-02, 4.A 8-25-2026 agenda
Westbrook1 event1 in 90 daysnew on the recordlatest 2026-08-30, Agenda — 2026-09-01
Norridgewock3 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-07, Minutes — Select Board
Bar Harbor5 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-07, Packet for February 17, 2026.
Winthrop8 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-07, Agenda center file Winthrop Town Council Meeting A
Eliot2 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-07, Planning Board Regular Meeting Agenda & Public Hea
Mount Desert3 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-07, LUZO Advisory Committee Meeting
Freeport4 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-07, Planning Board Meeting Agenda
North Yarmouth1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-07, Select Board Regular Meeting Agenda
Cumberland5 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-03-06, Agenda center file Town Council Meeting Agenda (PD
Yarmouth3 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-06-10, Planning Board — Public Comments Received to Date
Belfast7 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-09, Planning Board Meeting — Agenda
Gorham2 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-05-31, Minutes — Ordinance Committee
Lewiston3 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-31, CityZoning_2007
Rockport1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-26, 3. 2026.07.23 PB Minutes DRAFT
Augusta3 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-02-28, Staff Review
Patten0 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-24, 6A5Fb0 016Ab3B1286D4E039A5B3Ba1A704Db85
Bangor2 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-01-29, Downtown Parking Advisory Committee Regular Meetin
Chelsea2 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-07-18, May 20, 2026 Special Meeting
Lisbon2 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-19, Planning Board Meeting 2026-03-12 — March 12, 2026
Presque Isle1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-03-01, Council Meeting Agenda - Minutes — January 7, 2026
Richmond1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-01-27, Meeting Agenda
Woolwich0 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-24, Planning Ordinance
Casco0 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-05-04, Meet Packet 65232E9Abfcc4Df39495E3F4E4D3Fd03
Durham1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-11, Packet
East Millinocket0 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-24, LAND USE
Hollis1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-02-11, Planning and Select Boards Joint Workshop Agenda
Kennebunk1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-01-08, Agenda
Limington0 events0 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
Madawaska0 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-14, Agenda
Manchester1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-02-25, 2026-01-22_PB_AGENDA.PDF
Monmouth1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-09-06, PB_Agenda_09.10.2026.pdf
Naples0 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-10, PB Agenda for 3 18 25(1)
New Gloucester0 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-09, Agenda Packet 3 19 24 PB Public Hearing(1)
Newport0 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-06-14, Meeting_Minutes_PB_06.02.26.pdf
North Berwick1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-05, 05192026 77
Pittston1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-06-21, Notice Regarding Article 33 Land Use Ordinance - 2
Rockland1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-02-11, Agenda center file 2026-01-05 Agenda Setting Meeti
Shapleigh0 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-14, March 2023 WARRANT.pdf
South Berwick0 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-14, FINAL South Berwick Comprehensive Plan Appendix
Turner1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-10, February 2024
Warren0 events0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-07-19, boards-committees_responsibilites_62226.pdf
Waterville1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-04-09, Planning Board Meeting
York1 event0 in 90 dayslatest 2026-08-05, AgendaCenter agenda

Threads on the record2 threads

Matters in this class that have come back to a board more than once: the title, the towns, the documents by their meeting date. Subscribers get each one read and written up as it moves.
Brunswick Planning Board weighs Golek Multifamily DevelopmentBrunswickHousing Committee, Planning Board
26 August Agenda23 June Packet9 June Packet
South Portland to update Zoning for housingSouth PortlandCity Council, Planning Board
1 September City Council4 August City Council

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.