CHAPTER 540
S.P. 885 - L.D. 2300
An Act to Make Minor Changes to the Community Development Definitions to Maintain Compatibility with Federal Regulations
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §5201, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:
1. Existence of depressed areas. There exists in the municipalities of the State deteriorating, dilapidated, slum and blighted areas, dangerous buildings and incompatible uses of property, which constitute a serious and growing menace, injurious and inimical threat to the public health, safety, morals and or welfare of the residents of the State;
Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §5201, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is repealed.
Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §5201, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:
4. Not remediable by regulation or private enterprise. These menaces threats are beyond remedy and control solely by regulatory process in the exercise of police power and cannot be dealt with effectively by the ordinary operation of private enterprise without the aids provided in this chapter;
Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §5202, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:
1. Blighted area. "Blighted area" means:
A. An area in which there is are a predominance substantial number of buildings or improvements which that are conducive to ill health, the transmission of disease, infant mortality, juvenile delinquency or crime and are detrimental to the public health, safety, morals or welfare because of:
(1) Dilapidation, deterioration, age or obsolescence;
(2) Inadequate provision for ventilation, light, air, sanitation or open spaces;
(3) High density of population and overcrowding;
(4) The existence of conditions which that endanger life or property by fire and other causes; or
(5) Any combination of these factors; or
B. An area which that is a menace threat to the public health, safety, morals or welfare in its present condition and use because of:
(1) The predominance of inadequate Inadequate street layout, insanitary unsanitary or unsafe conditions;
(2) Tax or special assessment delinquency exceeding the fair value of the land;
(3) The existence of conditions which that endanger life or property by fire and other causes; or
(4) Any combination of these factors.
Effective August 11, 2000, unless otherwise indicated.
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