Uses of common open space may include:
A. Passive recreation, such as hiking, walking, running, biking, snowshoeing,
cross-country skiing, picnicking, bird-watching and other low-impact
recreational activities that do not significantly alter the natural
common open space;
B. Operation of snowmobiles or ATVs on existing snowmobile or ATV trails;
C. Agriculture, horticulture, silviculture or pasture uses, provided
that all applicable best management practices as defined by the Manual
of Best Management Practices for Maine Agriculture, dated January,
2007, as amended, are used to minimize environmental impacts;
D. Nonstructural stormwater management, such as rain gardens;
E. Easements for drainage, access, and underground utility lines; and
F. Other conservation-oriented uses, such as a community garden, compatible
with the purposes of this chapter, as determined by the Planning Board
in consultation with the Cumberland Lands and Conservation Commission.
The following are prohibited in the common open space:
A. Roads, parking lots and impervious surfaces, except as specifically
authorized in this chapter;
B. Subsurface wastewater disposal systems and wells;
C. Dumping or disposal of any type of yard waste, household waste, hazardous
waste or other debris, organic or inorganic;
D. Cutting vegetation, except for:
[Amended 10-24-2022]
(1) An
annual mowing to prevent undesirable shrub brush from overtaking protected
fields, or
(2) Removing
forest cover and vegetation damaged or destroyed by forces of nature,
or
(3) Removing
invasive vegetation.
F. Altering approved common open space;
G. Additional structures being placed on the common open space without
prior Planning Board approval; and
H. Other activities as determined by the applicant and recorded on an
instrument providing for permanent protection such as deed restrictions.