Off-Grid Living in New Limerick, Maine

I'll be upfront: New Limerick, Maine is one of those small Aroostook County towns (population around 574) that just doesn't have much of an online footprint when it comes to municipal code. I went looking for a zoning ordinance, a planning board page, a code enforcement officer listing, anything hosted on eCode360, Municode, or the town's own site, and came up empty. There's a listing in Maine.gov's municipal directory with mailing info, but no ordinance text or zoning map I could verify. (Quick warning: there's a separate, unrelated Town of Limerick down in York County that does have a full website and CEO contact. That's not this town, and I've excluded it from these findings.)

So here's my honest read, dimension by dimension.

Zoning and raw land: Not confirmed whether New Limerick has adopted general zoning at all. Maine only mandates shoreland zoning statewide near water bodies, that part is certain, but I can't confirm anything beyond that for this town. You'd need to ask the town office directly.

Dwellings, tiny homes, RVs: No local ordinance found addressing minimum dwelling size, tiny homes, or RV living. Unclear.

Building permits and codes: Maine's Department of Public Safety only requires towns over 4,000 people to adopt the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code (MUBEC). New Limerick, at ~574 residents, isn't required to have it, but whether the town has locally opted in isn't something I could confirm from any official source.

Septic and composting toilets: This one I feel good about. Septic systems, including composting toilet options, are governed statewide by Maine's Subsurface Wastewater Disposal Rules, administered by Maine CDC/DHHS. That applies in New Limerick same as anywhere else in the state, though permits typically route through a local plumbing inspector or code enforcement officer, and I couldn't confirm who holds that role locally.

Greywater: Same state framework applies, greywater disposal fields need a licensed site evaluator and a permit under the state plumbing rules. No town-specific wrinkle found.

Rainwater harvesting: No New Limerick-specific rule turned up. Presumably it falls under general state plumbing code provisions for alternate water sources, but I'd call this unclear rather than confirmed.

Private wells: Governed at the state level by Maine's Water Well Commission. No additional town well ordinance found.

Off-grid utility disconnection: No ordinance either permitting or banning it that I could find. This would ultimately hinge on whatever zoning and building rules the town actually has, which I couldn't verify.

Bottom line: this is a research gap, not a green light or a red light. Small towns like New Limerick often run informally, sometimes with no zoning at all, sometimes with an ordinance that's just never been digitized. The only way to know for sure is to call the town office.