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Coastal property owners and Save Our Shores urge planning-board review of Wells' lifetime 50% flood‑rebuilding cap
Summary
Save Our Shores Maine and local residents urged the selectmen and planning board to revisit a provision in Wells' flood ordinance that applies a lifetime 50% cap on repairs and renovations, arguing it differs from neighboring towns' reset periods and can block non‑flood repairs; the group asked the planning board to recommend a 5‑year reset to the
Representatives of Save Our Shores Maine and several Wells residents urged the selectmen to ask the planning board to review and revise a provision of the town's flood ordinance that applies a 50% lifetime cap on repairs and reconstruction to structures in mapped flood zones.
Bob Foley, president of Save Our Shores Maine and the Maine Coastal Coalition, told the board that under the town's June 2024 flood ordinance update, Wells moved from a previous 10‑year reset to a lifetime application of the "50% rule," meaning a property…
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