Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §4301, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. A, §45 and Pt. C, §10, is amended to read:

2. Coastal area. "Coastal areas area" means all municipalities a coastal island and any municipality or unorganized townships township contiguous to tidal waters and all coastal islands. The inland boundary of the coastal area is the inland line of any coastal town line.

Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §4301, sub-§§4-A and 4-B are enacted to read:

4-A.__Critical rural area.__"Critical rural area" means a rural area that is specifically identified and designated by a planning district's comprehensive plan as deserving maximum protection from development to preserve natural resources and related economic activities that may include, but are not limited to, significant farmland, forest land or mineral resources; high- value wildlife or fisheries habitat; scenic areas; public water supplies; scarce or especially vulnerable natural resources; and open lands functionally necessary to support a vibrant rural economy.

4-B.__Critical waterfront area.__"Critical waterfront area" means a shorefront area characterized by functionally water- dependent uses, as defined in Title 38, section 436-A, subsection 6, and specifically identified and designated by a planning district's comprehensive plan as deserving maximum protection from incompatible development.

Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §4301, sub-§6-C is enacted to read:

6-C.__Growth area.__"Growth area" means an area that is designated in a planning district's comprehensive plan as suitable for orderly residential, commercial or industrial development, or any combinations of those types of development, and into which most development projected over 10 years is directed.

Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §4301, sub-§9, as amended by PL 1993, c. 166, §1, is further amended to read:

9. Growth management program. "Local growth Growth management program" means a document containing the components described in section 4326, including the implementation program, which that is consistent with the goals and guidelines established by subchapter II and which that regulates land use