State Goals for Natural Resource Management, Land Use and Development
Maine Revised Statutes Title 30A, Section 4312, Paragraph 3
Note: This law was enacted in 1989. The underlining is not included in the official text, but has been added for convenience to the reader.
A. To encourage orderly growth and development in appropriate areas of each community, while protecting the State's rural character, making efficient use of a public services and preventing development sprawl;
B. To plan for, finance and develop an efficient system of public facilities and services to accommodate anticipated growth and economic development;
C. To promote an economic climate which increases job opportunities and overall economic well-being;
D. To encourage and promote affordable, decent housing opportunities for all Maine citizens;
E. To protect the quality and manage the quantity of the State's water resources, including lakes, aquifers, great ponds, estuaries, rivers and coastal areas;
F. To protect the State's other critical natural resources, including without limitation, wetlands, wildlife and fisheries habitat, sand dunes, Shoreland, scenic vistas and unique natural areas;
G. To protect the State s marine resource industry, ports and harbors from incompatible development and to promote access to the shore for commercial fishermen and the public;
H. To safeguard the State s agricultural and forest resources from development which threatens those resources;
I. To preserve the State s historic and archaeological resources; and
J. To promote and protect the availability of outdoor recreation opportunities for all Maine citizens, including access to surface waters.
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