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 Comprehensive Plan Status in Washington County Communities 
The following table provides the status of local Comprehensive Plans for all incorporated towns in Washington County. The answer (yes/no) to a plan's existence is relative to the Comprehensive Planning and Land Use Regulation Act, more commonly referred to as the Growth Management Act, originally enacted in 1989.

 

Municipality Name	Exists	Adopted	Adoption Date	Consistent	Consistent Date	Comment
Addison	yes	yes	3/17/07	yes	07/07/06
Alexander	yes	yes	3/26/07	yes	09/18/06
Baileyville	yes	yes	Unknown	yes	03/30/95
Beals	yes	yes	06/01/04	yes	03/18/04
Beddington	yes	yes	4/14/07	yes	06/12/06
Calais	yes	yes	09/09/05	yes	05/23/05
Charlotte	yes	yes	Unknown	yes	02/06/98
Cherryfield	yes	yes	03/22/04	yes	01/7/04
Columbia	yes	yes	03/15/04	yes	01/20/04
Columbia Falls	yes	yes	03/19/02	yes	4-8-03
Cooper	yes	no	no	no		submitted to SPO
Crawford	no	no	no	no
Cutler	yes	yes	07/04/91	yes	01/01/91
Deblois	no	no	no	no
Dennysville	yes	yes	03/30/04	yes	1/22/04
East Machias	yes	yes	Unknown	yes	10/14/97
Eastport	yes	yes	4-9-07	yes	02/2/07
Harrington	yes	yes	3/9/09	yes	1/16/09
Indian Twp	yes	yes	Unknown	yes	01/01/96
Jonesboro	yes	yes	12/3/08	yes	11/30/07
Jonesport	yes	yes	6-14/2010	yes	11/08/04
Lubec	yes	yes	Unknown	yes	07/16/93	Preparing Update
Machias	yes	yes	9/26/07	yes	4/13/07
Machiasport	yes	yes	unknown	yes	1-7-2010
Marshfield	no	no	no	no
Meddybemps	no	no	no	no
Milbridge	yes	yes	unknown	yes	07/05/96
Northfield	yes	yes	9/15/08	yes	1/15/08
Pembroke	yes	yes	05/07/97	yes	5/5/2010	Public Hrg Pending
Perry	yes	yes	unknown	yes	5/5/2010	Public Hrg Pending
Princeton	yes	yes	unknown	yes	01/01/96
Robbinston	yes	yes	unknown	yes	10/04/96
Roque Bluffs	yes	yes	09/20/01	yes	07/16/01
Steuben	yes	yes	01/12/02	yes	12/10/01
Talmadge	no	no	no	no
Topsfield	no	no	no	no
Vanceboro	no	no	no	no
Waite	no	no	no	no
Wesley	no	no	no	no
Whiting	yes	yes	07/06/05	yes	02/01/04
Whitneyville	no	no	no	no

Last updated: December 2009

Adoption refers to adoption by the local legislative body after a public hearing with a minimum notice period of 30 days.

Consistent (yes/no) refers to a formal finding by the State Planning Office of consistency with the Growth Management Act.

Please contact Judy East if you have any updates to the information above. In particular the adoption dates are not available in the older files when the WCCOG was the Washington County Regional Planning Commission.

WCCOG is a municipal membership organization that delivers a wide range of customized planning, advisory
and resources development services to help communities build the future of Washington County, Maine.

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