§ 30-A §5202 — Definitions

Maine § 30-A §5202

• Jurisdiction: Maine
• Title 30-A: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES
• Part 2: MUNICIPALITIES
• Ch. 205: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
1.
Blighted area.
"Blighted area" means:
2.
Community development program.
"Community development program" means a program adopted by a municipality under this chapter which has as its primary objective the development of a viable community by providing decent housing principally for persons of low and moderate incomes, or by expanding economic opportunity by providing public facilities. This program must conform to the municipality's comprehensive plan. The program may include the following specific objectives:
3.
Disposition.
"Disposition" includes the sale or lease of the property to persons not necessarily the original owners, or the municipality's retention of the property after acquisition or after acquisition and rehabilitation or demolition.
4.
Owner.
"Owner" means any person having an estate, interest or easement in the property to be acquired, or having a lien, charge, mortgage or encumbrance on the property.
5.
Slum area.
"Slum area" means a blighted area in an extreme state of deterioration and decay.

Legislative History

PL 1987, c. 737, §§A2,C106 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,10 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 540, §4 (AMD).