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State Urban Compact Municipalities
Schedule of “Compact Urban Line” Reviews (web page)
Urban Compact Municipalities
are those in which the population according to the last United States
census;
- Exceeds 7,500 inhabitants, or
- Is less than 7,500 inhabitants but more than 2,499 inhabitants,
and in which the ratio of people whose place of employment is
in a given municipality to employed people residing in that same
municipality is 1.0 or greater, and when the municipality has
not exercised the opt-out provision of this section.
"Compact"
or "Built-up sections" means a section
of the highway where structures are nearer than 200 feet apart for
a distance of 1/4 of a mile, unless otherwise defined; reference
MRSA
23 sub-section 754, revised July 1, 1999.
Presently there are 43
State Urban Compact Municipalities. However, the 2010 US Census has shown that four additional towns will become compact because of population numbers over 7500. They are Ellsworth, Gray, Buxton, and Waterboro. It is likely that they will transition to full compact areas by July 1, 2012. Pursuant to state law, each of these 43 municipalities have maintenance responsibilities within their defined compact areas. Those maintenance duties can be found (here).
To view the latest state urban
compact boundary description, click on the municipality's name.
The State Urban
Compact areas over 7,500 population are: Auburn,
Augusta, Bangor,
Bath, Biddeford, Brewer,
Brunswick, Cape
Elizabeth, Caribou, Falmouth,
Freeport, Gorham,
Kennebunk, Kittery,
Lewiston, Lisbon,
Old Orchard Beach, Old
Town, Orono, Portland,
Presque Isle, Rockland,
Saco, Sanford,
Scarborough, Skowhegan,
South Portland, Standish,
Topsham, Waterville,
Wells, Westbrook,
Windham, Winslow,
Yarmouth and York.
The State Urban
Compact areas over 6,000 but less than 7,500 that did not have the
opt-out option in 1999 are: Belfast,
Fairfield, Farmington,
Gardiner, Houlton,
Millinocket, Rumford.
"Winter Compact"
State Highway municipalities: any municipality eligible
to be an urban compact municipality, that had compact area state
highway winter maintenance responsibilities on January 1, 1999,
and that has opted out of summer maintenance responsibilities. These
municipalities have winter maintenance responsibilities on compact
areas of state highways.
Currently there are 14
municipalities in this category and they are: Bar Harbor, Bridgton,
Bucksport, Calais, Camden, Dexter, DoverFoxcroft, Ellsworth, Fort Kent,
Jay, Lincoln, Madawaska, Oxford and Pittsfield.
Urban Compact Areas vs Federal Urban Areas:
In comparing Urban Compact Areas in Maine to Federal Urban Areas, there is different criteria that defines the boundaries of each Area. All of the above-mentioned compact areas are also Federal Urban Areas except for the following towns which are NOT Federal Urban Areas: All 14 of the Winter Compact State Highway municipalities, Fairfield, Farmington, Kennebunk, Standish, Wells, and York.
Urban Compact Areas vs Regional Service Centers:
In comparing Urban Compact Areas in Maine to Regional Service Centers, there are different criteria that defines each entity. All of the above-mentioned compact areas are also Regional Service Centers except for the following towns which are NOT Regional Service Centers: Cape Elizabeth, Falmouth, Gorham, Kennebunk, Lisbon, Standish, Wells, Windham, Yarmouth, and York. In addition, all of the “winter compact-only” towns are Regional Service Centers except for Jay. Also, there are several Regional Service Centers which are NOT urban compact areas.
" Regional Service Centers" as defined by Maine State Planning Office
This page last updated on
10/14/11
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