Maine Revised Statutes
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 30, § 2452 (2026)
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SECTION HISTORY
PL 1965, c. 285, §3 (AMD). PL 1965, c. 481, §3 (RPR). PL 1987, c. 737, §§A1,C106 (RP). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,C10 (AMD).
Notes of Decisions
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cases, 1969–1991 · leading case: Lynch v. Town of Kittery, 473 A.2d 1277 (Me. 1984).
Lynch v. Town of Kittery, 473 A.2d 1277 (Me. 1984). “Despite the existence of these prior approvals, the Town Council, acting pursuant to 30 M.R.S.A. §§ 2452 and 2454, denied plaintiff’s permit application because of concerns expressed by local residents at the public hearing that the proposed junkyard would cause water pollution,…”
Spain v. City of Brewer, 474 A.2d 496 (Me. 1984). “Specifically, the statute provides that no permit shall be issued for any automobile graveyard or junkyard located within a certain distance from, and in view of, any highway unless the facility is adequately screened by natural objects, vegetation or fences in a manner which is…”
Town of Kittery v. Dineen, 591 A.2d 236 (Me. 1991). “30 M.R.S.A. § 2452. Section 2451-B defined an automobile graveyard as a yard, field or other area used as a place of storage, other than temporary storage by an establishment or place of business which is engaged primarily in doing auto body repair work for the purpose of making…”
State v. Smith, 256 A.2d 580 (Me. 1969). “§ 2458 which provides the penalty for the operation and maintenance of a junkyard without the necessary municipal permit under 30 M.R.S.A. § 2452, (P.L.1965, c. 285, § 3).”
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