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- Governor Janet Mills signed Legislative Document 2173, extending Maine towns’ deadline to adopt housing density rules to July 2027.
- The law relaxes density limits in environmentally sensitive areas, exempts those zones, and clarifies water and sewer definitions.
- It also allows more flexible lot sizes and housing density outside designated growth zones.
- Attorney Gray Louis said the extra time eases the burden on small towns lacking legal counsel for prior zoning overhauls.
