The Director of the Maine State Housing Authority or the director's designee may not vote on an application for certification as an affordable neighborhood development if the applicant is seeking financing from the authority.

B.__Appointed members of the board serve 3-year terms or until a successor is named, whichever is later, as long as they continue to hold positions that qualify them for appointment.__A quorum is 4 members.

C.__Members of the board who are employed by State Government serve without pay.__Other members of the board are entitled to receive $75 per day for their attendance at meetings and to reimbursement for reasonable expenses, including travel, to be paid by the Maine State Housing Authority.

D.__Within 60 days of receiving a written request for approval of a precertified development along with a complete plan, the board, by a vote of a majority of the members present and voting, shall issue a written finding:

(1)__Certifying that the plan meets the design guidelines established in this section for an affordable neighborhood development; or

(2)__Denying certification that the plan meets the design guidelines for an affordable neighborhood development and giving the reasons for the denial.__ An applicant whose request for certification is denied may resubmit a new complete plan at a later date.

5.__Regulation of affordable neighborhood development.__A municipality in which an affordable neighborhood development is proposed:

A.__Except as required under Title 38 or an ordinance adopted pursuant to Title 38, may not require a single- family house lot within a precertified development be larger than 6,500 square feet or have frontage of more than 50 feet on any road, except that it may require that the average frontage of all lots in that development be at least 70 feet, and may not require dimensional standards for lots, buildings or roads in excess of the design guidelines established pursuant to subsection 6;