Code of Maine Rules › 01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY › 001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL › Chapter 223 - RULES FOR THE OPERATION OF COMMERCIAL LARGE GAME SHOOTING AREAS IN MAINE › Section 001-223-5 - LICENSE APPLICATION FOR AN LGSA AFTER APRIL 1, 2009

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A. Persons seeking an LGSA license for a
				facility as authorized by P.L. 2009, Chapter 249 must apply in writing on an
				application form provided by the Commissioner.
B. Applications for LGSA licenses pursuant to
				P.L. 2009, Chapter 249 must be submitted no later than July 1, 2010. The
				Department will not act on any application until after the submission deadline
				passes.
C. After the submission
				deadline, as provided in section 5.B. above, the applications will be evaluated
				according to the following criteria.
1.
				Geographic location in relation to Piscataquis County and the counties in which
				other licensed LGSAs are currently operating. Preference will be given first to
				applicants located in Piscataquis County, as required by P.L. 2009 Chapter 249,
				followed by applicants for facilities in counties where licensed LGSAs are not
				currently located. Consideration will also be given to whether the proposed
				LGSA parcel is located in one of Maine's rural northern counties (Aroostook,
				Franklin, Hancock, Oxford, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset,
				Washington);
2. Whether the
				applicant already holds a license to possess farmed cervids in Maine;
3. Whether documentation is provided showing
				that the parcel in question is owned or is under valid long-term (minimum of 20
				years) lease held by the applicant;
4. Whether documentation is provided showing
				that the parcel in question is of sufficient size to meet the minimum land
				requirements for a commercial large game shooting area (i.e., 50 acres for
				cervids; 200 acres for bison or domesticated boar), in addition to land needed
				to perform other management activities on the proposed LGSA;
5. Whether verification exists, based on a
				site visit, that the parcel has the physical characteristics to enable
				appropriate fencing to be constructed and maintained so as to minimize the risk
				of escape by captive large game; and,
6. Whether documentation has been provided
				showing that the parcel in question meets all municipal and/or state zoning
				requirements pertaining to habitat alteration and firearms discharge.
7. In the event that an LGSA license issued
				pursuant to Chapter 202-A lapses, is revoked by the Department or is
				surrendered by the licensee, the Department may publish notice of the
				availability of any license which may be issued in its place pursuant to these
				rules, and may publish notice of the deadline for the submission of an
				application for any such license. The Department may withhold action on any
				application so received until the published deadline for the submission of
				applications has passed.
8. The
				preference given to license applicants who propose to locate an LGSA in
				Piscataquis County during an initial license to be issued pursuant to this
				section will not apply to any future licenses issued pursuant to a vacancy
				created by the lapse, revocation, or surrender of an LGSA license.