[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.
Where uncertainty exists concerning district
boundaries as shown upon the above maps, the following rules shall
apply:
A. 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. 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. 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.
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).