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1974 Maine Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1974)

handle is hein.sag/sagme9002 and id is 1 raw text is: Juary 2 . Birbti 'State Planning Bhn &1.2. ~Atto;ney General 1 ~n Statufe, 30 M.R.S.A. § 4956 X, OetObQ 316 ' 1973 comenting on the above sta4Uandum issued by this office in 1972 was otwaskTI oin for not having responded earlier to a Iamsite.you can appreciate, we have had 9mpi'4 matista to -which we have been requied to- respond any paale your comments and suggestions. your ;remarks regarding the interpretation aio~'tec subdivision as found in §4956. I Vdo~i '4.ntent f, our Advisory Mlemrandum to excude ZIRm the. dafinition of subdivision, t am sure ee.that .the interpretation given to that is a -ather broad interpretation and there is, at we are right. Indeed, there is. a sub- Bir in Maine that. disagrees with the views of t av considared your suggestion of updating and revi. 1ig a.Q3~ Lfl~ Avisz Mde~Mor iadum and I would anticipate that at some timefEnttre we 'will d just that. In the meantime, we hae* ri lish a procedure for answering the numerous- inquiri w th. t regarding interpretation of that sta- u et aaryfin;alized an$. agreement with the Maina Municipal -asso@at4$ ~lo'wing lines. Any inquiry from a land owner ting an.interpretation of the subdivision statute referred to the local planning board. The purpose of t insure that the local planning board is aware that a Lx reganig some development in their community and to znsuxtif an$ gr bichwe render is based on all the facts, in- 1VmtI-ia '-the developer chooeas to advise us of and those of oa 4. is aware but which would othezwise not,.ccme.. t* the event that the planning board is una'le to o r the, developer or attorney, the planning board qies on td..the Maine Munidipal Association-. This seco ut of regog n of the fact that the Maine Municipal 6as legal assistance to all 495 communites*in the Attorney General is ncit the attorney for each muni- eState, In addition, the Attorney General' s office. and X.: Association have worked closely in the past in formu- on to the subdivision statute and we thin it is at they continue to play a significant role in the event that a question arises which the Maine Municipal deems significant enough to refer to our, office, the MMA ..Oct* the question to us for an answer. We would, in turn,, ansi the Maine Municipal Association. Once the details o. t have been finalized it is our intention to advise al mu, ~oites of this agreement and the State and county ar In addition, we would hope that the Maine Municipal Digitized from Best Copy Available

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