At a Special Town Meeting, the Community Bill of Rights Ordinance was adopted by voters, 86 to 40. This marks the first Community Bill of Rights Ordinance to protect a municipality from infrastructure projects built without the consent of voters anywhere in the country, and the fourth Rights-Based Ordinance for the state of Maine.

Sangerville voters approved the Rights Based Ordinance to assert, “the community’s Right to Sustainable Infrastructure which is integrated into the community as part of the Town’s planning processes, which benefits the Town, and does not damage the natural environment.”

The Ordinance bans “land acquisition for, or construction of, transportation and distribution corridors” within the Town and makes it illegal for corporations and government to deny the rights of residents secured by the Ordinance.