In general, words and terms used in this chapter shall have their customary dictionary meanings, unless defined below or in Article 2 of Chapter 215, Zoning. These specific definitions shall control in this chapter and in Chapter 215, Zoning.
APPLICANT
The record owner, or a person having sufficient right, title or interest to have standing under Maine law.
ARTERIAL STREET/ROAD
For the purpose of this chapter, Route 302, Route 122, Route 11, Route 85, State Park Road, Quaker Ridge Road, Leach Hill Road, Mayberry Hill Road and Heath Road.
CALENDAR DAY
Includes all days of the week including Saturday, Sunday and holidays.
COMPLETE APPLICATION
An application that has been determined by the Planning Board to be complete upon a ruling that the application contains all required submission materials and a dated receipt is issued.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Any part or element of the overall plan and policy for development of the Town.
[Amended 6-14-2017 by Art. 27]
CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS
Drawings showing the location, profile, grades, size and type of drains, sewers, water mains, pavements, cross section of streets, and miscellaneous structures.
ENGINEER
Consulting engineer licensed by the State of Maine.
FINAL SUBDIVISION PLAN
The final drawings on which the subdivider's plan of the subdivision is presented to the Planning Board for approval and which, if approved, shall be filed for record with the Town and the Cumberland County Registry of Deeds.
HIGH-INTENSITY SOIL SURVEY
A soil survey conducted by a Maine certified soil scientist, meeting the standards of the National Cooperative Soils Survey, which identifies soil types down to 1/8 acre or less at a scale equivalent to the subdivision plan submitted.
LEGISLATIVE BODY
Town Meeting.
MAJOR SUBDIVISION
Any subdivision containing five or more lots.
MINOR SUBDIVISION
Any subdivision containing not more than four lots.
MUNICIPALITY or THE TOWN
Town of Casco, Maine.
NET RESIDENTIAL AREA
The net area of a parcel or site that is generally suitable, in its natural state, for residential development. The net residential area shall be determined by subtracting unsuitable or marginal areas from the gross area of the parcel.
A. 
The following land areas shall be considered unsuitable for development and 100% of these areas shall be deducted from the gross land area:
(1) 
Land with sustained slopes of 25% or more.
(2) 
Land that is cut off from the main parcel by a road, by existing land uses or where no means of access has been provided, so that the land is isolated and unavailable for building purposes or common uses.
(3) 
Land situated below the normal high-water line of any water body or of any inland wetland.
[Amended 6-14-2017 by Art. 27]
(4) 
Land within the one-hundred-year floodplain as identified by federal Flood Boundary and Floodway Maps or federal Flood Insurance Rate Maps.
(5) 
Land where topsoil has been removed without a permit, or where topsoil removal has taken place without acceptable reclamation procedures.
(6) 
Land within a Resource Protection Subdistrict.
(7) 
Land which has been created by filling or draining a pond or wetland.
(8) 
Land subject to rights-of-way or easements, excluding gas pipeline or power line utility rights-of-way but including easements or rights-of-way necessary for required improvements.
(9) 
Land area consisting of unreclaimed gravel pits.
(10) 
Land that has been clear-cut as defined in Chapter 215, Zoning.
[Amended 6-14-2017 by Art. 27]
(11) 
Very poorly drained soils as measured from a high-intensity soils map (see Subsection E) prepared by a Maine certified soil scientist in accordance with the National Cooperative Soil Survey Classification. These soils include but are not limited to the following (previously used mesic soil names in parentheses):
Biddeford
Searsport (Scarboro)
Burnham
Sebago
Chocorua
Togus
Halsey
Vassalboro
Medomak (Saco)
Washburn
Ossipee
Washkish
Peacham (Whitman)
Whately
Rifle
B. 
The following land areas shall be considered marginally suitable for development and 50% of these areas shall be deducted from the balance of Subsection A above:
(1) 
Poorly drained soils and somewhat poorly drained soils as measured from a high-intensity soils map (see Subsection E) prepared by a Maine certified soil scientist in accordance with the National Cooperative Soil Survey Classification. These soils include but are not limited to the following (previously used mesic soil names in parentheses):
Atherton
Moosilauke (Walpole)
Aurelie
Naskeag
Brayton (Ridgebury)
Naumberg (Au Gres)
Cabot
Roundabout (Raynham)
Charles (Limerick)
Rumney
Colonel
Scantic
Easton
Swanton
Fredon
Swanville (Canandaigua)
Lamoine
Telos
Lyme (Leicester)
Westbury
Monarda
C. 
Fifteen percent of the area remaining after subtracting Subsections A and B above from the gross land area shall be deducted as an allowance for roads and parking, whether or not the actual area devoted to roads is greater or less than 15%.
D. 
No building or structure shall be sited in areas treated as 100% deductions from the parcel's net residential area. Siting of structures in areas treated as 50% deductions shall be discouraged but permitted where the applicant/developer demonstrates that measures will be taken to minimize erosion, sedimentation, and seasonal wetness, that these areas are stable for the siting of structures, and that the proposed subsurface waste disposal systems will comply with the Maine State Plumbing Code.
E. 
In cases where the requirement of a high-intensity soils map is waived, deductions for unsuitable soils shall be determined in the following manner:
(1) 
One hundred percent of land areas with a water table within six inches of the surface for three or more months a year shall be deducted. In making this determination, the Planning Board shall consult medium-intensity soils maps, perform site visits, consult experts and review other available information.
(2) 
If the applicant wishes to contest the Planning Board's determination of unsuitable soils on the site using the above method, the applicant may submit for the Board's consideration a high-intensity map prepared by a registered soil scientist in accordance with the National Cooperative Soil Survey Classification.
NET RESIDENTIAL DENSITY
The number of dwelling units allowed per net residential area.
OFFICIAL SUBMITTAL DATE
The date upon which the Planning Board issues a receipt indicating a complete application has been submitted.
OPEN SPACE
Land set aside for passive and/or active use, including recreation purposes, preservation of environmentally sensitive areas, common open space in cluster subdivision, undevelopable land and buffers.
PERSON
Includes a firm, association, organization, partnership, trust, company or corporation as well as an individual.
PLANNING BOARD
The Planning Board of the Town created under 30-A M.R.S.A. § 3001, as amended.
[Amended 6-14-2017 by Art. 27]
PREAPPLICATION
The initial stage before the formal submission of a subdivision application whereby the subdivider submits a sketch plan and the Planning Board makes an on-site visit and asks questions regarding the proposed subdivision.
PRELIMINARY SUBDIVISION PLAN
The preliminary drawing indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision to be submitted to the Planning Board for its consideration.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
Roads, utilities, and other infrastructure.
[Added 6-18-1994 by Art. 69]
RESUBDIVISION
The division of an existing subdivision or any changes in the plan for an approved subdivision which affect the lot lines, including land transactions by the subdivider not indicated on the approved plan.
SIDEWALK
A paved way for pedestrian traffic which is constructed parallel to a road.
SKETCH PLAN
A drawing indicating the proposed layout of the subdivision to be submitted to the Planning Board as part of the preapplication conference.
STREET CLASSIFICATIONS
A. 
MAJOR STREETSStreets that serve subdivisions with 10 or more lots/units or which serve as connectors/collectors between major or minor streets.
B. 
MINOR STREETSStreets that serve as internal roads within subdivisions with nine or fewer lots/units.
C. 
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL STREETSStreets that serve commercial or industrial developments.
D. 
ARTERIAL STREETA street or road that is used primarily for fast or heavy traffic, including State Routes 302, 121, 85 and 11 as well as the State Park Road, Point Sebago Road, Leach Hill Road, Quaker Ridge Road, Mayberry Hill Road and the Heath Road.
STREET or ROAD
For the purpose of this chapter and for determining minimum road frontage requirements, a road is considered to be any public way maintained by public authority, excluding a limited access highway; a private way 50 feet in width; or a private way shown on a recordable plan, approved by the Planning Board. Approval of private or minimum road frontage requirements shall in no way be construed to imply acceptance by the Town of Casco for the purposes of maintenance, improvement or other Town services.
STRUCTURE
Anything built for the support, shelter or enclosure of persons, animals, goods or property of any kind, exclusive of vegetation, boundary walls, fences, mailboxes, lampposts, birdhouses, antennas, or similar construction. An outdoor swimming pool is a structure.
SUBDIVISION
The division of a tract or parcel of land into three or more lots or dwelling units within any five-year period, including dividing a built-upon parcel to create a new lot, which period begins after September 22, 1971, whether accomplished by sale, lease, development, buildings or otherwise. The following shall not be considered to create a lot for the purposes of this chapter: division by devise; division by condemnation; division by order of court; division by gift to a person related to the donor by blood, marriage or adoption, unless the intent of such gift is to avoid the objectives of this chapter; and division by transfer of any interest in land to the owner of land abutting thereon.
A. 
In determining whether a tract or parcel of land is divided into three or more lots, the first dividing of such tract or parcel shall be considered to create the first two lots and the next dividing of either of said first two lots, by whomever accomplished, shall be considered to create a third lot, unless both such dividings are accomplished by a subdivider who shall have retained one of such lots for his own use as a single-family residence for a period of at least five years prior to such second dividing.
B. 
For the purposes of this chapter, a tract or parcel of land is defined as all contiguous land in the same ownership, provided that lands located on opposite sides of a public or private road shall be considered each a separate tract or parcel of land unless such road was established by the owner of the land on both sides thereof.
WORKING DAY
Includes days when the Casco Town office is open for business.