Town of Lamoine, Maine

 

COMPREHENSIVE

PLAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE

 

Joan Bragdon

Donald Cooper

Steven Gabel-Richards

Margaret Hill

Charles Major, Chairman

Mary Ann Orzel

Anne Stocking

 

Adopted March 5, 1996

As entered from the original plan, April 2000

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

COMMUNITY DESCRIPTION.. 1

PART I        INTRODUCTION.. 1

A. LAMOINE LAND USE BASICS. 1

B.   A SHORT HISTORY OF LAMOINE.. 3

C.    ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES. 5

PART II DEMOGRAPHICS. 6

A. POPULATION TRENDS. 6

C.    AGE CHANGES. 9

D.    INMIGRANT INFORMATION.. 10

PART III      LAND USAGE. 15

A. SOILS AND GEOLOGY. 15

B.     LAND AND SOIL MAPPING.. 19

C.        THE LAMOINE AQUIFER. 19

D.    HOUSING.. 19

F.     LAND USAGE IN THE COMMUNITY. 24

G.    NON-RESIDENTIAL LAND USAGE.. 27

PART IV  TRANSPORTATION.. 30

A. HIGHWAY FACTS. 30

B. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.. 30

C. HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION.. 30

D.  AIR TRANSPORTATION.. 34

PART V.      PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES. 34

A. WATER SUPPLY. 34

B.  ENERGY FACILITIES. 34

C.  SEWAGE FACILITIES. 34

D.  SOLID WASTE.. 34

E.  PUBLIC SAFETY. 35

F.  COMMUNICATIONS. 35

G.  HEALTH CARE.. 35

H.  CULTURE.. 36

I.  RECREATION.. 36

J.  CEMETERIES. 37

PART VI  NATURAL RESOURCES. 37

A.  GENERAL INFORMATION.. 37

B.  DEER AND BEAR POPULATION.. 38

C.  WILDLIFE HABITAT. 38

D.  LOCAL MARINE WATER QUALITY. 39

E.  LOCAL WATER TESTING.. 42

PART VII  BUSINESS, COMMERCE AND LABOR.. 42

A.  GENERAL SURVEY. 42

B.  DAY CARE AVAILABILITY. 43

PART VIII  GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES. 43

A.  INTRODUCTION.. 43

B.  FISCAL SUMMARY. 44

C.  TOWN SCHOOL-FISCAL INTERFACE.. 44

D.  EXISTING ORDINANCES. 44

PART IX       EDUCATION.. 45

POLICIES AND POLICY IMPLEMENTATION RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE   46

1.     ORDERLY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. 46

A.  Lot Sizes. 46

2.  POPULATION GROWTH.. 50

3.  PUBLIC FACILITIES*. 50

4.  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 50

5.   SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING.. 51

6.  WATER RESOURCES. 51

7  CRITICAL NATURAL RESOURCES. 52

8.  MARINE RESOURCES. 52

9.  AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST RESOURCES. 53

10. HISTORIC AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES. 53

11.  OUTDOOR RECREATION.. 54

12  COASTAL POLICIES. 54

13.  CAPITAL INVESTMENT. 55

14  SOCIAL WELFARE. 56

15.  GENERAL TOWN GOVERNMENT.