Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 4807-A – Minimum lot size required
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In all areas of the State, notwithstanding any other provision of state or local law or regulation, no person shall: [PL 1973, c. 411, §1 (NEW).]
1. Dispose of waste from any single family residential unit by means of subsurface waste disposal unless such lot of land on which such single family residential unit is located contains at least 20,000 square feet; and if the lot abuts a lake, pond, stream, river or tidal area, it shall further have a minimum frontage of 100 feet on such body of water;
[PL 1973, c. 411, §1 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 4807-A
- Multiple unit housing: shall mean a structure or structures located on a single lot, which structures are designed or used to house 2 or more families. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 4807
- Other land use activity: includes any commercial or industrial uses or combination of such uses. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 4807
- Person: means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, municipality, quasi-municipal corporation, state or federal agency or any other legal entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 4807
- Single family residential unit: means any structure of any kind, including mobile homes, used or designed to house a single family, and shall include those structures used permanently and seasonally. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 4807
- Subsurface waste disposal: means any system for disposing of wastes or waste waters on or beneath the surface of the earth including, but not limited to, holding ponds, surface spraying, septic tanks, drainage fields and wells, but shall not include any discharge or the waste treatment system related thereto licensed under Title 38, section 413 or any discharge into a municipal or quasi-municipal sewer system. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 4807
- Waste: means any liquefied sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, chemical, biological or radiological materials, human body wastes, or any other refuse or effluent in a liquid form generated from domestic, commercial or industrial activities, except any wastes containing insufficient liquid to be free flowing and wastes generated from agricultural activities or animal husbandry. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 4807
2. Dispose of wastes by means of subsurface waste disposal from any multiple unit housing or any other land use activity which may generate wastes in excess of the waste disposal requirements of normal single family residential units, unless such multiple unit housing or other land use activity is located on a lot of a size and minimum frontage which is greater than the requirements stated in subsection 1 in the same proportion as the actual waste disposal requirements of the multiple unit housing or other land use activities is greater than that of a single family residential unit. For purposes of computing such proportions, the amount of sewage generated by and the waste disposal requirement of such activities or land uses shall be deemed to be:
A. Single family residential unit, 300 gallons per day; [PL 1973, c. 411, §1 (NEW).]
B. Multiple unit housing, 120 gallons per bedroom; [PL 1973, c. 411, §1 (NEW).]
C. Other land use activity, actual measurement or computation of waste generated or likely to be generated. [PL 1973, c. 411, §1 (NEW).]
[PL 1973, c. 411, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1973, c. 411, §1 (NEW).