Code of Maine Rules
94 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
089 - HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
Chapter 811 - HISTORIC PROPERTY PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION GRANTS
Section 089-811-12 - APPEAL PROCEDURE
Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024
1. Appeal Requests. An applicant may appeal against any decision by the Director. A request for an appeal shall be made in writing to the Commission Chair within 30 days of receipt of the decision which is the subject of the appeal. Any such appeal must set forth the manner in which the aggrieved claims the decision was arbitrary or unreasonable.
2. Decisions. In considering appeals, the Commission may take into account alleged errors in professional judgment or alleged prejudicial procedural errors.
3. Final Administrative Remedy . The decision of the Commission shall be the final administrative decision on the appeal. No organization or governmental body shall be considered to have exhausted its administrative remedies with respect to decisions described in this part until the Commission Chair has issued a final administrative decision in writing to the applicant in response to this section.
4. An aggrieved applicant may be awarded a grant or an increased grant amount where previously denied or limited to a lower figure only when the grant would not require the denial or decrease in a grant award of other eligible applicants which have already executed Letters of Agreement or covenants.
