Legal Question in Real Estate Law in Maine

Re: growth ordiances

Your question is one that requires an indepth consultation with an attorney, augmented with copies of all of the paperwork generated in the matter to date.

As a general matter, a municipality can enact broad ordinances. However, it is also possible that a municipal official's prior actions have caused reliance on the part of a landowner, and the municipality may have to honor its prior commitments, depending on the situation. It may very well be that previously approved projects should be "grandfathered" from the lottery system. However, if you did not have an approved permit obtained by your builder before the ordinance was enacted, you may be in the same position as everyone else in Wells. You may want to focus on the timing of the approval by the municipality of your plan to build, and the terms of that permit.