An Act To Clarify the Municipal Jurisdiction "of a Portion of Saco Bay
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1119
Committee: State and Local Government
Sponsors: HOGAN

Legislative Document 
No.1 
H.P.774 
House of Representatives, March 20, 2009 
. An Act To Clarify the Municipal Jurisdiction "of a Portion of Saco 
Bay 
Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative HOGAN of Old Orchard Beach. 
Printed 011 n:cyc1cd pOop!:r 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. P&SL 1883; c. 248. §1, as amended by P&SL 2005, c. 68, §1,is further 
amended to read: 
Sec. 1. Boundaries extended .. All that part of the city of Saco lying within the 
following 'described lines and boundaries, namely; commencing at the easterly corner 
between the said city of Saco and the town of Scarborough; thence by the line between 
said city of Saco and said town of Scarborough northwesterly to a stone in the sea wall; 
thence N 42°55' W by a set line 693 rods, to a granite stone placed at a point where the 
lim: between said city of Saco and said town of Scarborough intersects with a' line in the 
said city of Saco known as the Granger line; thence S 47°12'W 5,416 feet, more or less, 
to a granite stone inscribed "S" on the northwest side and "0" on the southeast side found 
set in the ground on the southwesterly side of the old location of the "East Old Orchard" 
Road; thence continuing on the sa,me course 4,252.10 feet to a point located N 43°42'45" 
W 4.50 feet from a granite monument with drill hole found set in the ground; thence N , 
43°42'45" W 31.54 feet to a granite monument with drill hole found set in the ground; 
thence N 46°40'30"E 273.94 feet to the base of an old loose granite monument found set 
in the ground; thence N 47°11 '45!'W 148.88 feet to a granite monument with drill hole 
found set in the ground; thence S .55°19'45" W 1,451.87 feet to an iron pipe found driven 
into the ground; thence S 47°57'30" E389.34 f~et to a point located N 47°57'30" W 1.97 , 
feet from a granite monument with drill hole found set in the ground; thence S 47°12'00" 
W 862.86 feet to a granite monument with iron rod inscribed "S" on the northwest side 
and "0" on the southeast side found set in the ground on the "Middle Line" so-called; 
thence continuing on the same course 3,850 feet, more or less, to a granite stone on the 
bank of Goose Fair Brook in said city of Saco; thence southeasterly by said Goose Fair 
Brook to the sea; thence southeasterly, on the same course 1,000 feet 3 miles to a point; 
thence northeasterly, parallel to and' 1,000 feet 3 miles distant from the shore to a point 
1,000 feet 3 miles southeasterly from the boundary fIrst above named; thence 
northwesterly 1,000 feet 3 miles to the boundary fIrst above named, or to such distance as 
the city of Saco may have owned or controlled prior to February 20, 1883; with all the sea 
shore and flats and all other interests in said land lying between the medial line of said 
Goose Fair Brook extended and said easterly corner of the .city of Saco; and also that 
parcel ofland described as follows: Beginning at a capped iron rod set (PLS #2190) on 
the northwesterly sideline of a private way known as Trotter Lane and the existing town 
line of Old Orchard Beach and city of Saco as of May 10, 2006 at the corner ofland now 
or formerly of Ronald Patoine; said point of beginning being N 37° 07' 57" W a distance 
of 59.85 feet from ,a capped iron rod found (PLS#2190) in the town of Old Orchard 
Beach at the intersection of the southeasterly sideline of said Trotter Lane and the 
northwesterly sideline of the cul-de-sac ofPatoine Place, so-called, at the easterly corner 
of land of Ronald Patoine;' thence from said point of beginning S 49° 46' 25" Wacross 
the land of Ronald Patoine and along the existing Old Orchard Beach and city of Saco 
town line as of May 10, 2006 a distance of 210.17 feet to a point and land now or 
formerly of Ronald and June LaPointe; thence N 37° 07' 57" W along the land of said 
LaPointe a distance of 149.81 feet to a capped iron rod found (PLS #1235) and land now 
or formerly of Biddeford & Saco Water Company; thence N 57° 55' 58" E along the land 
of Biddeford & Saco Water Company a distance of 594.18 feet to a capped iron rod to be 
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set (PLS #2190) and land now or fomlerly of Richard and Ronald.Patoine; thence S 41
07' 26" E along the land of Richard and Ronald Patoine a distance of 65.27 feet to a 
capped iron rod found (PLS #1293) and the northwesterly sideline of said Trotter Lane 
and the existing town line of Old Orc4ard Beach and city of Saco as of May 10, 2006; 
thence S 49
46' 25" W along the northwesterly sideline of said Trotter Lane and along 
the existing town line of Old Orchard Beach and city of Saco as of May 10, 2006 a 
, distance of 387.11 feet to the point of beginning is hereby incorporated into a separate 
town by the name of Old Orchard Beach and the inhabitants thereof are hereby invested 
with all the powers and privileges and are made subject to all the duties and liabilities 
incident fo other towns within this state. Provided the tovln of Old Orchard Beach pay to 
the city of Saco, at? damages, such an amount as a committee, comPosed of the chairs of 
the boards of assessors of said Saco _and of said. Old Orchard Beach and one. other 
disinterested Berson bv them selected. mav determine is iust and eauitable. 
SUMMARY 
This bill extends the municipal boundary between the Town of Old Orchard Beach 
and the City of Saco by extending the current easterly boundary of the Town of Old 
Orchard Beach to 3 miles seaward. 
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