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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine Revised Statutes Index",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The official online version of the Maine Revised Statutes is maintained by the Office of the Revisor of Statutes on the Maine Legislature website.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Chapter 187: Planning and Land Use Regulation",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Title 30-A Chapter 187 of the Maine Revised Statutes governs planning and land use regulation for municipalities and counties.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Section 4301: Definition of Zoning Ordinance",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine statute defines a zoning ordinance as a type of land use ordinance that divides a municipality into districts and prescribes and reasonably applies different regulations in each district.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Section 4351: Home Rule Limitations",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Title 30-A subchapter 3 provides express limitations on municipal home rule authority regarding land use regulation.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Section 4352: Adult Entertainment Establishment Ordinance Exemption",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine statute specifies that adoption of an adult entertainment establishment ordinance does not necessitate adoption of a comprehensive plan by a municipality that has no such comprehensive plan.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Section 4352: Zoning Notice Requirements",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Before adopting a new zoning ordinance or map or amending an existing zoning ordinance or map, the municipal reviewing authority must post notice in the municipal office at least 13 days before the public hearing and publish notice at least 2 times in a newspaper of general circulation.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Section 4452: Civil Penalties for Unpermitted Construction",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The minimum civil penalty in Maine for starting construction or undertaking a land use activity without a required permit is $100, and the maximum penalty is $2,500.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Section 4452: Civil Penalties for Specific Land Use Violations",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The minimum civil penalty for a specific land use violation in Maine is $100, and the maximum penalty is $5,000.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine Revised Statutes: Absence of State-Level Sexually Oriented Business Definition",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] A search of the Maine Revised Statutes index across all titles and chapters does not contain a statewide statutory definition or licensing framework for sexually oriented businesses, leaving such definitions and zoning restrictions entirely to municipal ordinance under home rule.",
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