[Ord. No. 28-1997, § 606.1, 3-4-1997; Ord. of 8-3-2010(2); 12-5-2017; 1-7-2020; amended 2-7-2023(16)[1]]
Permitted uses requiring Code Enforcement Officer review in the Residential 15 District are as follows:
(1) 
Residential, single-family dwelling. Manufactured housing units are prohibited.
(2) 
Residential, two-family dwelling. Manufactured housing units are prohibited.
(3) 
Residential, one or two bedroom accessory dwelling unit in a detached structure. Manufactured housing units are prohibited.
(4) 
Public parks.
(5) 
Municipal uses deemed necessary by the City Council, but, prior to taking action thereon, the Council shall hold a public hearing for which 10 days' public notice shall be given.
(6) 
Domesticated chickens, subject to requirements of Chapter 10, Animals.
(7) 
Accessory uses to principal uses to which the Code Enforcement Officer can issue a permit, including yard sales on no more than 10 days in any calendar year.
(8) 
Accessory structures to principal structures for which the Code Enforcement Officer can issue a permit.
(9) 
Solar energy systems, small-scale and medium-scale, ground-mounted and roof-mounted, all areas within the Residential 15 District. (Reference Article IV, District Descriptions, Section 102-256, Residential 15 District, for area descriptions.)
(10) 
Solar energy systems, large-scale, roof-mounted, all areas within the Residential 15 District. (Reference Article IV, District Descriptions, Section 102-256, Residential 15 District, for area descriptions.)
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also changed the name of the Zoning District from "Residential II" to "Residential 15."
[Ord. No. 28-1997, § 606.2, 3-4-1997; Ord. No. 1-1999, 7-6-1999; Ord. No. 21-2006, 2-7-2006; 10-16-2018[1]; 1-7-2020; 2-7-2023(16)]
Permitted uses with Planning Board review in the Residential 15 District are as follows:
(1) 
Bed and breakfast, including class 1, class 2 and class 3.
(2) 
Health service offices and professional offices.
(3) 
Essential services.
(4) 
Funeral homes.
(5) 
School, day nursery, or institution of an educational, religious, philanthropic, fraternal, political or social nature.
(6) 
Non-municipal public and quasi-public uses.
(7) 
Residential planned unit development.
(8) 
Congregate retirement residential housing.
(9) 
Health care facilities.
(10) 
Home occupations, class 1 and class 2.
(11) 
Stealth telecommunications facilities.
(12) 
Significant water intake or significant water discharge or outfall pipes.
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Editor's Note: This ordinance further provided that this amendment "shall expire and no longer be in effect if a person (applicant) does not submit an initial use permit and site plan permit application to construct a land based salmon aquaculture farm to the Belfast Planning Board by December 31, 2019. If the identified permit applications are not submitted by December 31, 2019, the provisions of Article IV and Article V associated with these amendments shall revert to the respective zoning regulations that were in effect on -- (Note to Public: date to be established pursuant to Council October 2018 vote). Notwithstanding the expiration clause for the amendments identified above, the City Council, upon an affirmative vote of at least three voting members, may vote to extend the expiration date of December 31, 2019, for good cause."
[Ord. No. 28-1997, § 606.4, 3-4-1997; Ord. No. 24-1998, 10-20-1998; amended 2-7-2023(16)]
(a) 
The general standards of performance in Article IX of this Chapter shall be observed in the Residential 15 District.
(b) 
The following standards shall also apply:
(1) 
Minimum lot size for one-family dwelling structures and a one family dwelling with a detached accessory dwelling unit is as follows:
a. 
Public sewer and water: One dwelling structure per one-third acre: 14,520 square feet.
b. 
Unsewered structure: One dwelling structure per 1/2 acre: 21,780 square feet.
(2) 
Minimum lot size for two-family dwelling structures is as follows:
a. 
Public sewer and water: One dwelling structure per one-third acre: 14,520 square feet.
b. 
Unsewered structure: One dwelling per acre: 43,560 square feet.
(2.5) 
Minimum lot size for a property on which a nonresidential structure or use is located shall be 1/2 acre, 21,780 square feet, provided the property is served by public water and public sewer. A property must be connected to public water and public sewer to be used for a nonresidential use.
(3) 
Minimum lot frontage is 60 feet.
(4) 
The minimum rear and side setback for structures is 15 feet for all buildings.
(5) 
Maximum building height is 38 feet. The Planning Board may approve a steeple or cupola-like architectural enhancement which has no usable floor area which exceeds the height limitation of this section.
(6) 
The minimum front setback for structures shall be 15 feet. All front structure setbacks shall be measured from the property line.
[Ord. No. 28-1997, § 606.5, 3-4-1997; amended 2-7-2023(16)]
In the case of a residential planned unit development in the Residential 15 District, the standards in Section 102-424 may be modified in accordance with the special provisions of Article VI of this Chapter. In addition, a residential planned unit development shall be reviewed pursuant to the City's Subdivision Ordinance (Chapter 94, not codified).
[Ord. No. 28-1997, § 606.6, 3-4-1997; amended 2-7-2023(16)]
Only those uses specifically listed as permitted uses or permitted uses requiring Planning Board review are allowed within the Residential 15 District. All other uses are excluded.