Land Use Ordinance Rewrite Consultant Services

The government authority located in Augusta, Maine, seeks a professional consulting firm to rewrite its land use ordinance to align with state law and its 2023 comprehensive plan. The buyer requires the contractor to expand administrative staff review authority to accelerate permitting timelines, potentially covering minor residential shoreland zoning projects, minor amendments to planning-board-approved projects, and parking lot reconstructions. The scope also entails evaluating base zoning districts and land uses for possible consolidation and boundary changes, as well as improving the interface with the technical standards handbook while removing duplicate information. The buyer restricts eligibility to USA-based onshore organizations and requires offsite work performance. The buyer is currently looking for proposals and has not provided specific budget figures. Interested bidders must submit all questions by September 14, 2026.