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Title 30-A: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, @2 (new))
  Part 2: MUNICIPALITIES (HEADING: PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, @2 (new))
    Subpart 6-A: PLANNING AND LAND USE REGULATION (HEADING: PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. A, @45 (new))
      Chapter 187: PLANNING AND LAND USE REGULATION (HEADING: PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. A, @45 (new))
        Subchapter 4: SUBDIVISIONS (HEADING: PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. A, @45 (new))
          
§4402. Exceptions

    This subchapter does not apply to:  [1989, c. 104, Pt. A, §45 and Pt. C, §10 (new).]

     1. Previously approved subdivisions. Proposed subdivisions approved by the planning board or the municipal officials before September 23, 1971 in accordance with laws then in effect; [1989, c. 104, Pt. A, §45 and Pt. C, §10 (new).]

     2. Previously existing subdivisions. Subdivisions in actual existence on September 23, 1971 that did not require approval under prior law; [1997, c. 51, §1 (amd).]

     3. Previously recorded subdivisions. A subdivision, a plan of which had been legally recorded in the proper registry of deeds before September 23, 1971; [1997, c. 323, §1 (amd).]

     4. Airports with an approved airport layout plan. Any airport with an airport layout plan that has received final approval from the airport sponsor, the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration; or [1997, c. 323, §2 (amd).]

     5. Subdivisions in existence for at least 20 years. A subdivision in violation of this subchapter that has been in existence for 20 years or more, except a subdivision:
 
A. That has been enjoined pursuant to section 4406;  [1997, c. 323, §3 (new).]
 
B. For which approval was expressly denied by the municipal reviewing authority, and record of the denial was recorded in the appropriate registry of deeds;  [1997, c. 323, §3 (new).]
 
C. For which a lot owner was denied a building permit under section 4406, and record of the denial was recorded in the appropriate registry of deeds; or  [1997, c. 323, §3 (new).]
 
D. That has been the subject of an enforcement action or order, and record of the action or order was recorded in the appropriate registry of deeds.  [1997, c. 323, §3 (new).]
[1997, c. 323, §3 (new).]


Section History:
PL 1989,  Ch. 104,   §A45,C10 (NEW).
PL 1997,  Ch. 51,   §1,2 (AMD).
PL 1997,  Ch. 323,   §1-3 (AMD).

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