§ 29-2. Purpose.

The purpose of this chapter is to:

(1)

Provide for the local housing needs of the town's existing residents while accommodating Eliot's fair share of population growth in York County and the immediate sub-region.

(2)

Plan for continued residential population growth of the town at a rate which would be compatible with the orderly and gradual expansion of community services, including education, fire and police protection, road maintenance, waste disposal, health services, etc., and consistent with the town's comprehensive plan.

(3)

Avoid a situation in which the rapid completion of major subdivisions, housing many families with school-age children, could outstrip the town's capability to expand its schools and other services soon enough to avoid serious overcrowding.

(4)

Provide the rules by which the Town of Eliot can react to changing budgetary conditions within the town and financial forces outside the town.

(5)

Ensure fairness in the allocation of building permits for new residential dwelling units by establishing a growth permitting system.

(T.M. of 12-2-78; T.M. of 3-21-87, (§§ 1.1—1.5); T.M. of 3-28-98, §§ 2, 3; T.M. of 6-9-2015(2))