BRIDGTON — Voters will have two town referendums on their Nov. 6 ballots, asking them whether to amend the shoreland zoning ordinance and to exempt active military members stationed or deployed out of state from excise taxes.
The shoreland zoning amendment was approved last December by voters, but the Maine Department of Environmental Protection didn’t accept the development criteria, leading to an alternative conditional approval in February.
The town’s amendment allows smaller lot sizes, reducing the minimum from 20,000 to 1,000 square feet in the General Development II Zone, on the basis of the number of bedrooms, rather than the number of residential uses, as the DEP change stated.
The other proposal would allow residents who are permanently stationed or deployed in the military to be exempt from paying excise taxes. State law allows this, but towns must pass an ordinance to carry it out. Bridgton Town Manager Mitchell Berkowitz said a member of the Board of Selectmen first raised the issue of passing the ordinance.
Registered voters can cast ballots on the referendums from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 6 at the Town Hall on North High Street.
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