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Saco staff brief council on pending state housing bills that would reshape impact fees, density and ADU rules
Summary
City staff told the council a package of state bills (including LD 1498 and LD 1829) could require municipalities to encumber impact fees within a year, allow smaller lot sizes and change ADU rules; staff said they will await state rulemaking and return with draft local ordinance redlines and legal guidance.
City staff summarized several pending Maine housing bills and told the Saco City Council on Dec. 8 that the measures — notably LD 1498 and LD 1829 — could force substantive changes to local impact-fee practices, density requirements and accessory-dwelling-unit rules.
At a pre-meeting workshop, staff said LD 1498 would require that municipal impact fees be encumbered to a project or to a capital plan within one year, which could change when and how the city collects and uses those fees. Staff cautioned that state rulemaking remains pending and that the city will need to review its…
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