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LR 1887
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §704-A, sub-§1, ¶A-1 is enacted to read:

 
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.

 
Sec. 2. 23 MRSA §704-A, sub-§1, ¶D is enacted to read:

 
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.

 
Sec. 3. 23 MRSA §704-A, sub-§2, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 468,
§2, is repealed.

 
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§2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
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:

 
(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

 
(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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