Section 672-10-I-03 - MAJOR DISTRICT CLASSIFICATIONSPursuant to the provisions of 12 M.R.S. §685-A(1), the Commission will classify areas within its jurisdiction into one of the following three major districts:
A.Protection districts: Areas where development would jeopardize significant natural, recreational and historic resources, including, but not limited to, flood plains, precipitous slopes, wildlife habitat and other areas critical to the ecology of the region or State;B.Management districts: Areas that are appropriate for commercial forest product or agricultural uses or for the extraction of nonmetallic minerals and for which plans for additional development are not presently formulated nor development anticipated; andC.Development districts: Areas discernible as having patterns of intensive residential, recreational, commercial or industrial use or commercial removal of metallic minerals, and areas appropriate for designation as development districts when measured against the purpose, intent and provisions of this chapter."12 M.R.S. §685-A(1). Pursuant to the Commission's Comprehensive Land Use Plan, the above major districts are divided into various subdistricts. The definition, purpose, and activities regulated within each of the subdistricts are provided in Sub-Chapter II.
01-672 C.M.R. ch. 10, § I-03