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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 427H.P. 281House of Representatives, February 4, 2025
An Act to Prohibit Mandatory Parking Space Minimums in State
and Municipal Building Codes
Reference to the Committee on Housing and Economic Development suggested and
ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative ROEDER of Bangor. Page 1 - 132LR1088(01)
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2 as amended by PL 2021, c. 524, ยง4, is further
3 amended to read:
4 subsections 7 and 8, this section does
5 not prohibit the adoption or enforcement of an ordinance of any political subdivision that
6 sets forth provisions for local enforcement of building codes. If such an ordinance does
7 not provide for a process to appeal decisions made by building officials administering and
8 enforcing the Maine Uniform Building Code, the Maine Uniform Energy Code or the
9 Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code, an appeal may be taken in the same manner as
10 provided under Title section 4103, subsection 5. This section does not prohibit the
11 adoption or enforcement of an ordinance of any political subdivision that sets forth the
12 swimming pool fencing standards, without amendment, contained in Appendix G of the
13 2nd edition of the 2009 International Residential Code.
14 A. The requirements of the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code do not apply
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16 (1) Log homes or manufactured housing as defined in chapter 951;
17 (2) Post and beam or timber frame construction; or
18 (3) Warehouses or silos used to store harvested crops.
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21 any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, the State or a municipality may not adopt
22 or enforce any provision of a building code, including the Maine Uniform Building Code,
23 the Maine Uniform Energy Code or the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code, that
24 imposes a minimum parking requirement for a new development, land use or occupancy of
25 land or a building. The State or a municipality may make a recommendation of a minimum
26 amount of parking for a development, land use or occupancy of land or a building.
27 is enacted to read:
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29 to the contrary, the State or a municipality may not adopt or enforce any rule, code or
30 ordinance that imposes a minimum parking requirement for a new development, land use
31 or occupancy of land or a building. The State or a municipality may make a
32 recommendation of a minimum amount of parking for a development, land use or
33 occupancy of land or a building.
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35 This bill prohibits the State or a municipality from imposing a minimum parking
36 requirement for any new development, land use or occupancy of land or a building, but
37 allows the State or the municipality to make a recommendation of a minimum amount of
38 parking.
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