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Maine State overlays

All 10 tracked preemption laws for Maine.

Overview

All tracked preemption laws for Maine. Click any law for its trigger predicate, preempted fields, and source citation.

Laws tracked
10
Preempted fields
35
Required city attrs
10
Last reviewed
2026-05-20
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Tracked laws

Maine Short-Term Rental Framework — 30-A M.R.S. §4364 (2024 Amendments)2 fields
Effective
2024-07-01
Authority
state · scope: state:ME
ID
ME_STR_AUTHORITY_30A_4364_2024
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Maine LD 2003 / 30-A M.R.S. §4364 — Statewide ADU Mandate7 fields
Effective
2023-07-01
Authority
state · scope: state:ME
ID
ME_LD2003_ADU_30A_4364
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Maine LD 2003 / 30-A M.R.S. §4364-A — 2-4 Unit Middle Housing Floor6 fields
Effective
2023-07-01
Authority
state · scope: state:ME
ID
ME_LD2003_2to4UNIT_30A_4364A
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Maine LD 2003 / 30-A M.R.S. §4358 — Affordable Housing 2.5x Density Bonus3 fields
Effective
2023-07-01
Authority
state · scope: state:ME
ID
ME_LD2003_AFFORDABLE_BONUS_30A_4358
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Maine 30-A M.R.S. §4358(2) — Manufactured Housing Protection3 fields
Effective
1991-01-01
Authority
state · scope: state:ME
ID
ME_MANUFACTURED_HOUSING_30A_4358_2
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Maine Growth Management Act — Comprehensive Plan Consistency Requirement2 fields
Effective
1988-10-01
Authority
state · scope: state:ME
ID
ME_COMP_PLAN_CONSISTENCY_30A_4314
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Maine 30-A M.R.S. §4326 — Growth / Rural / Transition Area Tripartite Designation2 fields
Effective
1988-10-01
Authority
state · scope: state:ME
ID
ME_GROWTH_AREA_DESIGNATION_30A_4326
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Maine Mandatory Shoreland Zoning Act — 38 M.R.S. §§435-4494 fields
Effective
1971-09-23
Authority
state · scope: state:ME
ID
ME_SHORELAND_ZONING_TITLE38_435_449
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Maine Land Use Planning Commission — Unorganized Territory Zoning Authority3 fields
Effective
1971-01-01
Authority
state · scope: state:ME
ID
ME_LUPC_UNORGANIZED_TERRITORY_12_681
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Maine Federal & Tribal Land Carve-outs (Acadia NP, Wild & Scenic, Indian Settlement Act)3 fields
Effective
1916-08-25
Authority
federal · scope: state:ME
ID
ME_FEDERAL_CARVEOUTS
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Required city attributes

Required city attributes

The evaluator needs these city-level facts present to resolve whether a given law's predicate fires.

  • population
  • has_zoning_ordinance
  • state_approved_comp_plan
  • comp_plan_approval_year
  • has_designated_growth_areas
  • in_unorganized_territory
  • served_by_public_water_sewer
  • in_shoreland_zone
  • in_acadia_np_boundary
  • on_indian_settlement_land