Kittery Officials Consider Zoning Changes for Vacant Business Park
A 90-acre business park in Kittery, Maine, has remained vacant for years. Local officials are now considering new zoning ordinances to encourage development, with competing proposals from the housing committee and conservation commission being presented to the planning board.
Portland Auburn, ME, October 22, 2026 —
Local officials in Kittery, Maine, are considering new zoning ordinances intended to encourage development at a 90-acre business park that has remained vacant for years.
Competing proposals from the town’s housing committee and conservation commission are being presented to the planning board. The proposals put forward different approaches to zoning at the site, although details about their specific provisions were not provided.
The available information does not identify the business park’s name, explain why it has remained vacant, or specify what kinds of development either proposal would allow or encourage. It also does not state when the planning board will consider the proposals, whether the board will make a recommendation, or when any zoning decision could be made.
The proposals are under consideration; no approval or final change to the zoning ordinances was reported. The information provided does not describe the positions of individual officials, residents or property owners, or outline any public response.
The planning board’s consideration is the next stated step in the process. Further details about the proposals and the board’s deliberations were not included in the information available. For now, the reported issue is whether changes to local zoning could help advance development at the long-vacant site, with the housing committee and conservation commission offering competing proposals for review.
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