Kingfield Planning Board
Meetings are held on the second TUESDAY of each month at Webster Hall.
Current members are appointed for Five Year Terms.
- Chairman: Clay Tranten
- Richard Hawkes
- Jared Clukey
- Thaniel (Babe) Smith
- Mark Wahl
- Susan Davis
- Scott Hoisington
For more information please visit our Code Enforcement Page.
Ordinance & Permits are found here: https://kingfieldme.org/code-enforcement/
Jurisdiction of the Board/Other Assignments
In a municipality which has established a planning board, 30-A M.R.S.A. § 4403 requires the planning board to serve as the municipal reviewing authority for subdivisions requiring local approval. Title 30-A M.R.S.A. § 4324 authorizes the municipal officers to appoint the planning board as a comprehensive planning committee, but the planning board does not automatically serve in that capacity. Where a new zoning ordinance or shoreland zoning ordinance or amendment is being proposed, 30-A M.R.S.A. § 4352 (9) and (10) require the planning board to conduct a public hearing on the proposal before it is scheduled for a vote of the legislative body. When property in the shoreland zone may be considered for designation as part of a Resource Protection District, 38 M.R.S.A. § 438-A (1-B) requires notice to be provided to the affected landowners at least 14 days prior to a vote by the planning board setting a public hearing date. Although the statute doesn’t expressly require the planning board to send the notice, it is advisable for the board to familiarize itself with the requirements of this statute and coordinate compliance with it.
Most of the authority which the planning board exercises is vested in the board by one or more local ordinances, rather than by State statutes. General zoning or shoreland zoning ordinances, floodplain management ordinances, site plan review ordinances, and minimum lot size ordinances are some of the most common local ordinances requiring the planning board’s approval for a variety of land use activities.
In some communities the planning board is asked by the municipal officers to perform other tasks not required of the board by any statute or local ordinance or charter. Planning boards are often asked to take the lead in preparing new ordinances or amendments. Their help also is sometimes enlisted to conduct studies on various issues. These are functions which the board is not legally required to perform, but it may do so if its workload permits.
