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ABOUT THE COMMISSION
The Maine Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC or the Commission) was created by the Maine Legislature in 1971 to serve as the planning and zoning authority for areas that do not have the capacity to administer land use controls (principally, townships and plantations ). The Commission administers zoning and issues permits for most development activities, including individual dwellings.
The jurisdiction encompasses more than 10.4 million acres and is the largest contiguous undeveloped area in the Northeast. While the area has an extensive network of private roads used principally for forestry, it has few public roads and is sparsely populated. Forestry and natural resource-based activities dominate the region and are important to the state's economy. Click here for a map of areas within the Commission's jurisdiction.
