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	Podcast:		Maine Things Considered
	Episode:		Conservationists and Others Voice Concern Over Development Proposals For Rural Maine
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:03:55
	Publish Date:		2018-06-20 16:53:13
	Description:		For more than 40 years, development proposals in Maine's unorganized townships have been handled in a fairly straightforward way: new construction had to be located within one road mile of a similar existing development, such as a group of cabins for rent or a canoe rental shop. But rule changes before the state's Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC) could affect more than two million acres of land in northern and western Maine. Nearly 100 people packed a private banquet hall in Brewer Wednesday for the only public hearing LUPC has scheduled prior to an expected vote on the plan this fall. The so-called one mile adjacency rule has worked well, according to many residents of the unorganized territories. But developers who are eager to profit from increased recreational activity in the Katahdin, Jackman and Monson areas would prefer to see different measures used. They propose new developments be allowed 10 miles from rural hubs and two miles from public roads. “This is going to sequester
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