Off-Grid Living in Medway, Maine

I'll be straight with you: Medway, Maine (up in Penobscot County, not to be confused with Medway, Massachusetts, which is what most search results keep pulling up) is a tough one to research from the outside. I could not find the town's own zoning ordinance text, a planning or code enforcement staff page, or a named septic/plumbing inspector on Medway's official site. So a good chunk of this brief is "call and ask" rather than "here's the rule."

Zoning. I don't have confirmation of whether Medway has adopted a general town-wide zoning ordinance beyond the state-mandated shoreland zoning. Every Maine municipality has to administer shoreland zoning near water bodies under state law (Maine DEP oversees the program, with local Code Enforcement Officers doing the enforcement), but whether Medway also has broader zoning for the rest of its land I could not verify. Don't assume it's unzoned just because I couldn't find the ordinance; that needs a direct call to the town office.

Dwellings, tiny homes, RVs. No Medway-specific language found on how the town treats tiny homes, RVs, or seasonal camps. This is a local-ordinance question the town office would need to answer.

Building codes. Maine requires the statewide MUBEC code in towns over a certain population size, and Medway's population is small enough (roughly 1,200 people) that it may fall under an optional-adoption category rather than mandatory. I couldn't confirm from Medway's own site whether it has adopted MUBEC or has a local building code administrator.

Septic and composting toilets. Maine's subsurface wastewater rules are a state system (administered under state statute) but enforced locally, usually by a Local Plumbing Inspector who in a small town like Medway is often the same person as the Code Enforcement Officer. I couldn't find that person's name, so composting toilet and septic permitting questions go through the town office.

Greywater and rainwater. No Medway-specific restrictions turned up in my research, so these appear to follow the general state baseline, but I'd call this unclear rather than confirmed.

Wells and water. Maine Public Utilities Commission records show Medway has some municipal water service (the Town of Medway itself, and East Millinocket Water Works serving parts of the area). Outside those service areas, private wells would fall under standard state well rules, but I don't have a Medway-specific well ordinance to point to.

Utility disconnection. No ordinance addressing off-grid or utility-disconnected living was found for Medway specifically.

Bottom line: for Medway, Maine, treat this as a starting point, not a final answer, and get the Code Enforcement Officer's name and the actual zoning status before you make any land decisions.