Some lot owners in Eliot, Maine, have been waiting for years for permission to build on their land. The town’s voters in November defeated an effort to repeal a restrictive growth ordinance so more homes could be built each year. All of 2015’s single-family building permits were awarded to the first three people in line when town offices opened 6:30 a.m. on Jan. 2. Some permit-seekers said they had camped out in front of the building for two days.
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