MEREDA’s Landmark Permitting Predictability Law Goes Into Effect

LD 772, now Public Law 2023, Chapter 598, Took Effect on August 9, 2024

On August 9, 2024, MEREDA’s newest legislative success, Public Law 2023, Chapter 598, An Act to Limit Retroactive Application of Land Use Ordinances to Pending Permit Applications that Propose Housing, took effect. This new law protects land use applicants who have submitted their application for consideration (and which application has been deemed complete) from the retroactive application of new land use laws so long as the application includes the creation of at least one dwelling unit.

While MEREDA has previously written of its success in passing LD 772, this article dives deeper into the historical background of this issue and our advocacy efforts in Augusta.