Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 57 – Variance
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 57
- Farmland: means any tract or tracts of land used for commercial farming:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 52Incompatible use: means the development or use of abutting land for a well, drinking water spring or water supply intake point when that use is initiated on abutting land that is within 50 feet of farmland after that farmland has been registered under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 7 Sec. 52 Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. Real estate: includes lands and all tenements and hereditaments connected therewith, and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
An owner of real estate may apply to the municipal zoning board of appeals or other municipal body hearing zoning appeals, or, in the case of areas within its jurisdiction, the Maine Land Use Planning Commission, for a variance permitting an inconsistent development upon or incompatible use of land that is otherwise prohibited under section 56. Notwithstanding Title 30?A, section 4353, subsection 4, a variance may be issued if adherence to section 56 renders a parcel of land subdivided prior to registration of the farmland unusable for residential purposes. Any variance granted for such a purpose must be conditioned to provide the maximum feasible setback from the abutting registered farmland. [PL 2011, c. 608, §16 (AMD); PL 2011, c. 682, §38 (REV).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1989, c. 478, §1 (NEW). PL 2011, c. 608, §16 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 682, §38 (REV).