Town of Falmouth, MA
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2023-11-14
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Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 240 Zoning
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Article 8 Special Use District
- The Charter
- Ch C Falmouth Home Rule Charter
- The Code
- Division 1: Town Meeting Enactments
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Aging, Council on
- Ch 9 Assessors
- Ch 13 Auditing
- Ch 21 Boards
- Ch 25 Cemeteries
- Ch 27 Code Book
- Ch 29 Committees and Commissions
- Ch 35 Elections
- Ch 36 Falmouth Historic District
- Ch 38 Finance, Department of
- Ch 42 Housing Authority
- Ch 49 Meetings, Town
- Ch 53 Officers and Employees
- Ch 58 Personnel
- Ch 60 Security Posted in Connection With Licenses, Permits and Approvals
- Ch 65 Selectmen, Board of
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 75 Alarm Systems
- Ch 79 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 83 Animals
- Ch 87 Beaches
- Ch 91 Boats and Boating
- Ch 95 Building Construction
- Ch 99 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 103 Camping and Tenting
- Ch 105 Collection Containers
- Ch 107 Demolition
- Ch 110 Disaster and Emergency Management
- Ch 119 Fees
- Ch 123 Fire Prevention
- Ch 135 Environmental Hazards
- Ch 136 Secondhand Dealers and Secondhand Collectors
- Ch 137 Revolving Funds
- Ch 140 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 144 Loitering
- Ch 150 Noise
- Ch 156 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 160 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 164 Property, Damage to
- Ch 168 Public Records, Access to
- Ch 172 Rental Property
- Ch 174 Right to Farm
- Ch 176 Sales, Special
- Ch 178 Scenic Roads
- Ch 180 Sewers and Septic Systems
- Ch 184 Signs
- Ch 191 Solid Waste
- Ch 195 Smoking
- Ch 199 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 201 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 203 Swimming Pools
- Ch 207 Town Property, Use of
- Ch 208 Trailers
- Ch 213 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 219 Vending Machines
- Ch 223 Water
- Ch 227 Watershed Protection
- Ch 231 Waterways
- Ch 235 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 237 Nitrogen Control
- Ch 240 Zoning
- Ch 240 Art 8 Special Use District
- § 240-8.1 Areas of critical environmental concern (ACEC)
- § 240-8.1A ACEC
- Division 2: Board of Selectmen Regulations
- Ch 248 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 251 EEO/Affirmative Action
- Ch 255 Ambulance Service
- Ch 268 Mobile Food Servers
- Ch 269 Mooring Regulations
- Ch 275 Shellfish and Herring
- Ch 277 Stormwater Management Rules and Regulations
- Ch 280 Vehicles for Hire
- Division 3: Planning Board Regulations
- Ch 300 Special Permits and Site Plan Reviews
- Ch 305 Subdivision Regulations
- Ch 310 Zoning Board of Appeals Procedural Rules
- Ch 311 Zoning Board of Appeals Comprehensive Permit Rules
- Division 4: Miscellaneous Regulations
- Ch FHR Falmouth Health Regulations
- Ch FPWR Falmouth Department of Public Works Regulations
- Ch FWR Wetlands Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch A315 Acceptances of General Laws
- Ch A320 Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
(1)
Purpose - This district is established to affirm and strengthen the intent of state legislation establishing areas of critical environmental concern ("ACEC"), namely, to protect environmental values significant to flood control, the prevention of storm damage, the protection of waters containing shellfish and fisheries, and other public interests protected by the Wetlands Protection Act (MGL c. 131, §§ 40 and 40A) and Chapter 235 of the Town Code (the Falmouth Wetlands Protection Bylaw).
(2)
Geographic applicability - Section 240-8.1 shall apply to any ACEC within the Town and to a buffer zone extending 50 feet landward from the edge of the ACEC. For those lots or land parcels totally encompassed by the ACEC, applicability of § 240-8.1 will be limited to 100 feet landward of the edge of wetlands, as defined by MGL c. 131, §§ 40 and 40A.
(3)
Regulation of construction - Within the above described areas, there shall be no construction of structures other than accessory buildings as defined in Article 3 - Definitions. Section 240-8.1 shall not apply to the issuance of building permits for principal structures on lots shown on a plan endorsed by the Planning Board on or before April 4, 1983.
(4)
Alteration of vegetation and wildlife habitats - Within the area described in § 240-8.1A(2), there shall be no clear cutting of existing vegetation or alteration of wildlife habitats, except to provide access to permitted structures. However, this section shall not apply in cases where the Conservation Commission determines that its application would adversely affect the purposes of MGL c. 131, § 40, or Chapter 235 of the Town Code (the Falmouth Wetlands Protection Bylaw).
