[Amended 4-16-2004; 11-7-2023]
To implement the provisions of this chapter,
the Town of Wells is divided into the following districts:
AP
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Aquifer Protection District
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GB
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General Business District
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BB
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Beach Business District
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H
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Harbor District
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LI
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Light Industrial District
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QM
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Quarry Manufacturing District
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RA
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Residential A District
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RB
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Residential B District
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RC
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Residential/Commercial District
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RD
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Residential Drakes Island District
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RP
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Resource Protection District
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R
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Rural District
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MPO
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Mobile Home Park Overlay District
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SLO
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Shoreland Overlay District
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TC
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Transportation Center District
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C
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College District
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[Amended 11-7-2000; 4-16-2004]
The districts identified in §145-16 above are shown upon a map entitled "Official Zone Map Town of Wells" dated April 2004. The Official Zoning Map of the Town of Wells (hereafter referred to as "Zoning Map") shall consist of this map and shall be filed in the office of the Town Clerk. This Zoning Map is incorporated in and made a part of this chapter and shall be the final authority as to the current district locations.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The Official Zone Map of the
Town of Wells, prepared by Woodard and Curran, revised to April 2004,
has been amended as follows:
(1) 4-29-2005: to rezone a portion of the
property identified in the Tax Assessor's records as Map 34, Lot 20,
owned by Matthew Murach, from Rural to Light Industrial. This rezoning
does not affect the boundaries of the Resource Protection District
or the Shoreland Overlay District which currently also exist on the
subject parcel. This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption.
(2) 4-25-2008: to rezone the property identified
in the Tax Assessor’s records as Tax Map 60, Lot 8A, owned by
Mark Paquette, from the Residential A District to the Residential/Commercial
District. This ordinance shall take effect upon enactment by the Town
Meeting.
(3) 4-25-2008: to rezone from the Rural District
to the Residential A District the following two properties identified
in the Tax Assessor’s records: (1) Tax Map 55, Lot 22, owned
by Shirley M. Chase w/Life Estate, Scott J. Chase, and Corey M. Chase;
and (2) Tax Map 55, Lot 22B, owned by Ronald and Shirley Chase, Trustees
of the Scott, Cory, and Candace Chase Trust. This ordinance shall
take effect upon enactment by the Town Meeting.
(4) 11-2-2010: to rezone from the Light Industrial District
to the Residential A District certain property owned by TNN Realty,
LLC, identified in the Tax Assessor’s records as Tax Map 58,
Lot 1, and more particularly described in a warranty deed recorded
in the York County Registry of Deeds at Book 15085, Page 533, on February
15, 2007. This ordinance shall take effect upon enactment by the Town
Meeting.
(5) 11-6-2012: to rezone from the General Business District
to the Residential A District the following properties located in
the Bayview Terrace/Tidal Court neighborhood as identified in the
Tax Assessor’s records: Tax Map 123: Lots 64 through 72 and
74A; Tax Map 124: Lots 1, 2 and 3; Tax Map 126: Lots 20A, 20B, 24
through 29, 29-1, and 30 through 32; and Tax Map 127: Lot 2. This
ordinance shall take effect upon enactment by the Town Meeting.
Where uncertainty exists concerning district
boundaries as shown upon the above maps, the following rules shall
apply:
A.Â
Unless otherwise indicated, district boundary lines
are lot lines existing as of April 1, 1992, or the center lines, plotted
at the time of adoption of this chapter, of streets, roads, waterways
or rights-of-way of public utilities and railroads or such lines extended.
B.Â
Unless otherwise indicated, other district boundary lines which are not listed in Subsection A shall be considered as lines paralleling a street, waterway, shoreline or lot line and at distances from the center lines of such streets, waterways, shorelines or lot lines as indicated by the Zoning Map. In the absence of a written dimension, the graphic scale on the Zoning Map shall be used.
C.Â
The depictions of the Resource Protection District
and the Shoreland Overlay District are merely illustrative of their
general location. The boundaries of these districts and any district
abutting the Resource Protection District, where it so abuts, shall
be the actual location of the high-water line of the water body, the
upland edge of wetland vegetation for freshwater wetlands or the limits
of vegetation tolerant of saltwater for coastal wetlands or the location
of the sea wall adjacent to the ocean, regardless of the location
of the boundary shown on the map.
[Amended 11-6-2001]
A.Â
To allow for the fact that zoning district boundaries
cannot always follow individual lot lines, when a lot of record is
divided by a zoning district boundary, other than those specified
below, the regulations set forth in this chapter for either district
may be deemed to govern the opposite side of such zoning district
boundary to an extent not more than 100 linear feet. This provision
shall not apply to land located within or directly abutting the Resource
Protection District, Aquifer Protection District, Mobile Home Overlay
District, or the Shoreland Overlay District.
B.Â
If a lot lies within two zoning districts, the regulations
of each district shall apply to the portion of the lot located within
said district, except:
(2)Â
If a use is permitted within both districts and located
in the lower-density district, the maximum density requirements of
the lower-density district shall apply to the entire lot;
(3)Â
If a use is permitted within both districts and located
in the higher-density district, the total number of units permitted
shall be the sum of the number of units permitted in the higher-density
district and the number of units permitted in the lower-density district;
and
(4)Â
The minimum street frontage for the entire lot shall
be the greater of the minimum street frontage requirement of the district
or districts where the lot abuts a street or streets.
Overlay districts are special purpose zoning
districts in which additional regulations, beyond those set forth
in the underlying district(s), apply. The regulations of the underlying
district(s) shall remain in effect unless specified otherwise in the
overlay district(s).