Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning
of terms used in this chapter shall be as follows:
Any lot that is physically contiguous with the subject lot
even if only at a point, and any lot which is located directly across
the street or right-of-way from the subject lot such that the extension
of the sidelines of the subject lot touch or enclose the abutting
property.
A separate dwelling unit which is located within and subordinate to a single-family detached dwelling, which dwelling was in existence on March 6, 1972, as permitted under Chapter 240, Land Use, of the Code of the Town of Kennebunkport.
A business establishment having nine or fewer guest rooms
in which lodging is offered to guests for compensation and meals may
be offered for compensation only to the lodgers.
The duly elected Board of Selectmen of the Town of Kennebunkport.
The quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation
of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five days
at 20° C., expressed in milligrams per liter.
Any structure arranged, designed, intended or used for the
shelter, housing or enclosure of persons, animals, processes, equipment
or property of any kind.
That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a drainage system
which receives the discharge from soil, waste and other drainage pipes
inside walls of the building and conveys it to the building sewer.
The building drain extends eight feet outside the inner face of the
building wall.
The extension from the building drain to the public sewer
or other place of disposal. The building sewer is the responsibility
of the owner of the building from the building to the sewer main in
the street or from the building to the grinder pump chamber.
A business establishment operated as a recreational site
for tents, trailers, recreational vehicles or other forms of temporary
shelter.
The change from an existing use to another use, including,
without limitation, the addition of a new use to an existing use.
A building or group of buildings arranged, designed, intended
or used for the conduct of religious services, and accessory uses
associated therewith.
Any voluntary association of persons organized for fraternal,
social, religious, benevolent, recreational, literary, patriotic,
scientific, or political purposes whose facilities are open to members
but not the general public, and which is principally engaged in activities
which are not customarily carried on for pecuniary gain.
A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and stormwater
or surface water.
Any industrial or commercial establishment with a liquid
waste discharge.
A charge established for the connection of any building or
property to a sanitary, combined or interceptor sewer within the Town.
The purpose of the connection fee is to ensure that new users and
current users with change of use or increased flows bear a reasonably
proportionate share of the cost of capital expenditures necessary
to replace and upgrade sewer facilities in order to maintain excess
capacity within the system.
Shall have all the duties and powers of the Director of Public
Works when he or she is unavailable.
The Director of the Public Works Department for the Town
of Kennebunkport, or his or her duly authorized deputy, agent, representative
or inspector.
Any building or structure or portion thereof containing one
or more dwelling units, but not including a motel, hotel, inn, or
similar unit.
One or more habitable rooms arranged, designed or intended
to be used, or used as a complete housekeeping unit for one or more
individuals living together as a family with independent living, cooking,
sleeping, bathing and sanitary facilities.
An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned
by others.
One or more persons occupying a dwelling unit and living
together as a single housekeeping unit where all occupants use and
have access to all living and eating areas, bathroom and food preparation
and serving areas.
The supporting substructure of a building or other structure,
including but not limited to basements, slabs, posts or frost walls.
Shall exist if the public sewer line passes between the side
lot lines of the property in question, as determined by drawing perpendicular
lines across the roadway from the points of intersection of the property
side lot lines.
Solid waste from the domestic and commercial preparation,
cooking, and dispensing of food, and from the handling, storage, and
sale of produce.
The wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of
foods that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles
will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing
in public sewers, with no particle greater than 1/2 inch (1.27 centimeters)
in any dimension.
A business establishment selling fuel and related products
for motor vehicles.
A building or group of buildings having 10 or more guest
rooms in which lodging or meals and lodging are offered for compensation,
including motels, tourist courts, motor lodges and cabins.
The liquid waste from industrial manufacturing processes,
trade, or business as distinct from sanitary sewage.
A business establishment having nine or fewer guest rooms
in which lodging is offered to guests for compensation and meals may
be offered for compensation only to lodgers and to the general public.
An area of land in one ownership, or one leaseholder with
ascertainable boundaries established by deed or other instrument of
record, or a segment of landownership defined by lot boundary lines
on a subdivision plan approved by the Planning Board and recorded
in the York Country Registry of Deeds.
The horizontal distance measured in a straight line connecting
the intersection of the front lot line with the side lot lines.
The property lines bounding a lot as defined below:
FRONT LOT LINEOn an interior lot, the line separating the lot from the street or private road. On a corner or through lot, the line separating the lot from each street or right-of-way.
REAR LOT LINEThe lot line opposite the front lot line. On a lot pointed at the rear, the "rear lot line" shall be an imaginary line between the side lot lines parallel to the front lot line, not less than 10 feet long, lying farthest from the front lot line. On a corner lot, the rear lot line shall be opposite the front lot line of least dimension.
SIDE LOT LINEAny lot line other than the front lot line or rear lot line.
See "hotel."
Any outlet into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake, or other
body of surface water or groundwater.
The person or persons, natural or corporate, in whom for
the time being title is vested in real property situated in the Town.
Any individual, firm, company, association, society, corporation
or group.
The logarithm of the reciprocal of the weight of hydrogen
ions in grams per liter of solution.
Includes but is not limited to dredged spoil, solid waste,
junk, sewage sludge, munitions, chemicals, biological or radiological
materials, oil, petroleum products or by-products, heat, wrecked or
discarded equipment, rock, sand, dirt, and industrial, municipal,
domestic, commercial, or agricultural waste of any kind.
A common sewer in which all owners of abutting properties
have equal rights and is controlled by public authority. The term
"public sewer" shall include the Town of Kennebunkport Wastewater
Treatment Plant and Public Sewer System main line only, not the house
services.
An establishment where food and drink are prepared and served
to the public and where no food or beverages are served directly to
the occupants of motor vehicles.
A person residing in and paying rent for a room in a single-family
dwelling whether or not the person eats meals on the premises.
A sewer which carries sewage and to which stormwater, surface
water, and groundwaters are not intentionally admitted.
The duly elected members of the Town of Kennebunkport Board
of Selectmen.
A combination of the water-carried wastes from residences,
business buildings, institutions, and industrial establishments.
Facilities for collecting, pumping, treating, and disposing
of sewage.
A pipe or conduit for carrying sewage.
Any addition to the public sewers of the Town of Kennebunkport whether located in a public way or on private property and whether constructed at public or private expense, provided that the term "sewer extension" shall not include building sewers and connections governed by Article V.
The source of sewage classified by land use and activity
calculated to determine sewer connection fees and service charges.
Is mandatory; "may" is permissive.
Any discharge of water, sewage, or industrial waste which,
in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow,
exceeds for any period of duration longer than 15 minutes more than
two times the average twenty-four-hour concentration of flows during
normal operation.
A sewer which carries stormwater and surface waters and drainage,
but excludes sewage and industrial wastes other than unpolluted cooling
water.
Solids that either float on the surface of or are in suspension
in water, sewage, or other liquids, which are removable by laboratory
filtering as prescribed in "Standard Methods for the Examination of
Waste and Wastewater" published by the American Public Health Association
and referred to as "nonfilterable residue."
The Town of Kennebunkport, County of York, State of Maine.
A channel in which a flow of water occurs, either continuously
or intermittently.
The arrangement of devices and structures used for treating
sewage and sludge (wastewater treatment plant).
