| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §704-A, sub-§1, ¶A-1 is enacted to read: |
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| A-1.__"High-speed rural arterial highway" means an | arterial highway as defined in section 704 that is not | located in the urban compact area of an urban compact | municipality as described in section 754 and where the | posted speed limit at the time of the application for a | traffic movement permit is 40 miles per hour or greater. |
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| | Sec. 2. 23 MRSA §704-A, sub-§1, ¶D is enacted to read: |
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| D.__"Traffic demand management techniques"__means measures | taken to reduce or spread peak hour traffic over a longer | period of time.__Such measures include, but are not | limited to, on-site facilities or on-site design | considerations to support local, regional or state | bicycle, pedestrian, passenger rail, transit and ride- | sharing efforts or plans.__The department may not require | operational support of passenger transportation systems or | require parking management strategies of the permit | applicant. |
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| | Sec. 3. 23 MRSA §704-A, sub-§2, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 468, | §2, is repealed. |
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| | Sec. 4. 23 MRSA §704-A, sub-§2, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 468, | §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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| D.__If a project is located in an area designated as a | growth area in a local growth management plan that has | been found by the State to be consistent with the growth | management program in Title 30-A, chapter 187 and the | project does not have an entrance or exit located on a | high-speed rural arterial highway and the applicant for a | traffic movement permit implements traffic demand | management techniques recommended by the department, then | the required improvements are limited: |
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| (1)__To those necessary to mitigate the impact of the | project provided all safety standards are met, even | if part or all of the traffic impact occurs outside | the boundaries of the growth area; and |
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| (2)__To the entrances and exits of the project, if | the project reuses previously developed land area and | buildings with no more than a 10% increase in | building footprint regardless of the extent of | vertical development. |
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