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Land Use Links:

State Planning Office

Maine Association of Planners

National Flood Map Online Store

Smart Growth Toolbox

Union River
Watershed Coalition

Urban Land Institute

Initiatives:

Planning for Prosperity

Amherst
Aurora
Bar Harbor
Blue Hill
Brooklin
Brooksville
Bucksport
Castine
Cranberry Isles
Dedham
Deer Isle
Eastbrook
Ellsworth
Franklin
Frenchboro
Gouldsboro
Great Pond
Hancock
Hancock County
Isle Au Haut
Lamoine
Lucerne in Maine
Mariaville
Mount Desert
Orland
Osborn
Otis
Penobscot
Sedgwick
Sorrento
Southwest Harbor
Stonington
Sullivan
Surry
Swans Island
Townships - UT
Tremont
Trenton
Verona Island
Waltham
Winter Harbor

 Hancock County
Planning Commission
Land Use Planning Services

HCPC Provides an array of land use services to towns in Hancock County.

Programs at HCPC:

Land Use and Planning Law
Contact person: Tom Martin)
Our staff helps towns interpret state legislation such as the Growth Management Act, Mobile Home Park Law, Shoreland Zoning, Stormwater Management Law, the Natural Resources Protection Act, and the State Subdivision Law. We follow legislative changes in all land use laws and assess the impact of relevant court cases. We have a wealth of ordinances on file from around the county and elsewhere in Maine. We can also tap the resources of the Maine Municipal Association and the American Planning Association, both of which have extensive libraries. We help towns in the actual drafting of ordinances. Also, we have extensive experience helping towns prepare comprehensive plans.

Lake Watersheds
(Contact person: Tom Martin)
We have worked with several towns in preparing watershed management plans for lakes and rivers. We can share this information with interested towns. We also help towns obtain funding for more detailed studies of their own.

Coastal Zone
(Contact person: Tom Martin)
We are an information source for a variety of coastal zone issues such as harbor management and dredging, mooring plans, floodplain management, and clam flat restoration.

Growth Management

(Contact person: Tom Martin)
We help towns with all phases of Maine's Growth Management Act, including seeking planning and implementation grants and developing work programs to guide towns through the growth management process. We also provide local land use planning assistance through support from the the state planning office programs for smart growth.

Code Enforcement
(Contact Person: Tom Martin)
We help develop or refine local code enforcement programs. We also provide staff services to the regional code enforcement officer/local plumbing inspector (CEO/LPI) association.

Programs with the State Planning Office

  • Comprehensive Planning,
  • Watershed Management Planning,
  • Harbor Planning,
  • Zoning Ordinances,
  • Code Enforcement,
  • Coastal Zone Planning, and more...

Dark Sky Research and Light Pollution Management