CHAPTER 605

H.P. 1239 - L.D. 1663

An Act To Provide Assistance to Municipalities Regarding

Downtown Rehabilitation Building Codes

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

Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §3305, sub-§1, ¶D, as amended by PL 1995, c. 395, Pt. D, §1, is further amended to read:

D. Upon request provide technical assistance to local and regional planning groups in the fields of planning, public housing and urban renewal. The office shall make available to municipalities and regional planning agencies existing information from state agencies to be used in the development of comprehensive plans and land use ordinances. The director shall oversee delivery of technical assistance and resources to municipalities for the purpose of flood plain management activities and enhancing and expanding parks, open spaces and recreational opportunities as a part of comprehensive community development. Within available resources, the director shall provide technical assistance to municipalities and regional planning organizations in the development and implementation of local comprehensive land use plans and local building codes and those local building rehabilitation codes that are consistent with any model building codes adopted by the State;