AUGUSTA — The Maine Land Use Regulation Commission has voted unanimously to appoint Nicholas D. Livesay of Brunswick as its director.
The seven-member board, which handles planning and zoning for Maine’s unorganized areas, voted in favor of the appointment during its monthly meeting in Greenville. Livesay was nominated by Conservation Commissioner Bill Beardsley.
Livesay will assume the director’s position on Aug. 20 and lead LURC staff members as the commission transitions after Sept. 1 into the Land Use Planning Commission, as stipulated by legislation signed into law this past session by the Legislature.
Livesay worked previously as an environmental specialist with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and as a research analyst with the environmental consulting firm, Industrial Economics Inc. of Cambridge, Mass.
He holds a doctor of law degree from Boston University School of Law and a bachelor of arts degree, magna cum laude, from Bowdoin College.
“On behalf of my fellow commissioners, I would like to welcome Nick Livesay as our new director,” said a LURC spokesperson in a news release. “We look forward to working with him to carry out our overall legislative directive, which is ‘to extend the principles of sound planning, zoning and development to the unorganized and deorganized townships of the state.’ As a citizen board, we have strong ties to and are passionate about improving the quality of life in these very rural areas of our state.”
The release reports that Livesay looks forward to working with the members of the commission and staff to carry out the legislative charge.
LURC, under the Maine Department of Conservation, was created in 1971 to serve as the planning and zoning board for Maine’s unorganized areas, coastal islands, and numerous towns and plantations. LURC’s jurisdiction encompasses approximately 10.4 million acres, roughly half the size of Maine.
The new Land Use Planning Commission will continue this responsibility with added focus on economic development and land ownercitizen involvement in planning and oversight.
For more information about the Maine Department of Conservation, visit www.maine.gov/doc.
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