Resources and Downloads

Publications Online

Census Information

• MCRPC Region Summary Census 80-90-00
• 2010 Summary Population-Housing Census Figures
• 2010 Detailed Population-Household-Housing Census Figures
• 2015 Summary Population-Housing-Income Estimates
  

Comprehensive Plans:  see also municipal websites

• Comprehensive Plan Review Criteria Rule
• Northport Comprehensive Plan
• Owls Head Comprehensive Plan
  
• Rockland Comprehensive Plan
• South Thomaston Comprehensive Plan
• Thomaston Comprehensive Plan
• Union Comprehensive Plan
• Video on Comprehensive Planning Process (Searsmont, Brooks, and Brooklin)
  

Land Use

• Agricultural Land Use Ordinance Provisions
• Amending Land Use Ordinances (Rezoning) Provisions
  
• Development Opportunities
• Ethics in Land Use Review
• Hillside and Ridgeline Protection Ordinance Provisions
• Hurricane Surge Inundation Maps:  Knox County-mainland, Criehaven-Matinicus, North Haven-Vinalhaven, Waldo County
  
• Low Impact Development:  Introduction  - Two Models:  Maine - Rhode Island (large file)
• Methadone Clinic/Marijuana Dispensary: Regulation Options
  
• MCRPC Regional Plan with maps
  
• Weskeag Watershed Communities Build-Out Analysis and Development Constraints Map
• Wind Power: Introduction to Regulation Options

Multi-Community Housing Assessments 

• Camden,Lincolnville,Rockland,Rockport,St.George,Thomaston Housing Assessment
• Union, Waldoboro and Washington Housing Assessment

Transportation

• Access Management Introduction
• Access Management of Municipal Roads Ordinance Provisions
• Maine DOT Bridge Inspections, Repair & Replacement 4-27-16
• Midcoast Route 3 Corridor Management Plan
  • Land Use Districts Map
  • Employment and Housing Map
  • Development in Belfast: East - West
  • Natural Resources Map
  • Scenic Resources
  • Speeds Map
  • Topography Map
  • Transportation Map
• Midcoast Route 17 Corridor Management Plan:
  • Land Use Zoning Map
  • Employment and Housing Map
  • Natural Resources Map
  • Scenic Resources Map
  • Speeds Map
  • Topography Map
  • Transportation Map
• Midcoast Transit Study for Camden, Rockland, Rockport and Thomaston
• Old County Road Micro-Corridor Management Plan
• Pedestrian and Bicycle Land Use Model Ordinance Provisions
• Regional Transportation Assessment
• Road Ordinance Provision Options
• Signage Law- Municipal Options to Regulate Variable Message Signs
  
• Strategic Investment Plan for Transportation Corridors
• Transit - Public Transportation Services in Waldo County
  
• US Route 1 Gateway 1: Corridor Action Plan

Workshop Presentations

• Architectural Trends in the Midcoast 4-23-14
  
• Aviation Planning in Maine 4-27-11
• Brownfields Program:  Assessment and Cleanup 4-23-14
• CMP Maine Power Reliability Program 4-22-09 (12 MB)
• Coastal Mountains Land Trust 10-20-16
  
• Disaster Recovery & Mitigation Planning - Knox County EMA 4-27-16
  
• Emergency Management Agency Operations - Waldo County EMA 11-8-12
  
• Engineering Feasibility Analysis 4-29-09 (6 MB)
• Floodplain Management - Flood Insurance 10-24-13
• Floodplain Mapping 10-24-13
  
• Geothermal Options 4-22-10
• GIS-Based Digital Tax Maps for Small Towns 10-28-11
• Health Demographics 4-29-09
• Historic Preservation in Maine 4-29-09 (6 MB)
• Lodging Trends and Unregulated Accommodations 10-23-14
  
• Low Impact Development Options 4-27-11 (9 MB)
• Maine DOT Bridge Inspections, Repair & Replacement 4-27-16
  
• Maine DOT Outreach-Projects and Planning 4-29-15 (12 MB)
  
• Municipal Assessing Challenges 4-27-11
• Municipal Broadband Community Gigabit Network Options 4-29-15
  
• Ocean Acidification 10-23-14 (10 MB)
  
• Orthoimagery Program for Maine GeoLibrary 10-27-11
• Pictometry - Ortho and Oblique Aerial Imagery 10-27-11 (15 MB)
• Safe Routes to School Program 4-25-12
• Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge 10-24-13 (12 MB)
• Signage Law- Municipal Options to Regulate Variable Message Signs
• Solar Energy Systems- Municipal Projects 10-22-15
  
• Small Business Planning Resources 10-27-11 
• TIGER 2 Eastern Maine Rural Transportation Options 10-27-11
• Tidelands Coalition - Ecology 10-20-16
  
• Transit - Public Transportation Services in Waldo County 10-22-15
  
• Tree Growth and Farmland Current Use Property Tax Programs 4-24-13
• Winter Weatherization - Window Dressers 10-22-15
  

Knox County

• Knox County Hazard Mitigation Plan 2012
• Base Map
• Elevation Map
• Hurricane Surge Map
  
• Land Cover Map
• Landslide Potential Map
• Steep Slope Map

Links

• Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry:  Municipal Land Use Planning Program
  
• Maine Department of Transportation
• Area Municipalities
  

Library

We offer a library with publications on most of the topics of interest to municipal officials. This includes US Census data, Maine Revised Statutes Annotated and videotapes on various topics such as code enforcement, subdivision review and water quality.