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Town of Kennebunkport, ME
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Part II Zoning Ordinances
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Chapter 240 Land Use
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Chapter 240
Land Use
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Kennebunkport
3-6-1972
; as amended through
11-6-2018
. Subsequent amendments noted where applicable.]
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Table of Dimensional Requirements
Attachment 2 - Goat Island Light Contract Zone
Article 1
General
§ 240-1.1
Short title.
§ 240-1.2
Purposes.
§ 240-1.3
Authority and general requirements.
§ 240-1.4
Applicability.
§ 240-1.5
Conflict with other provisions.
§ 240-1.6
Validity and severability.
§ 240-1.7
Availability.
§ 240-1.8
Omitted uses.
§ 240-1.9
When effective.
Article 2
Terminology
§ 240-2.1
Word usage.
§ 240-2.2
Definitions.
Article 3
Establishment of Zones
§ 240-3.1
Zoning districts.
§ 240-3.2
Official Zoning Map.
§ 240-3.3
Description of zone boundaries.
Article 4
Zone Regulations
§ 240-4.1
Permitted uses.
§ 240-4.2
Prohibited uses.
§ 240-4.3
Village Residential Zone.
§ 240-4.4
Village Residential East Zone.
§ 240-4.5
Dock Square Zone.
§ 240-4.6
Riverfront Zone.
§ 240-4.7
Cape Arundel Zone.
§ 240-4.8
Goose Rocks Zone.
§ 240-4.9
Cape Porpoise East and Cape Porpoise West Zones.
§ 240-4.10
Cape Porpoise Square Zone.
§ 240-4.11
Free Enterprise Zone.
§ 240-4.12
Farm and Forest Zone.
§ 240-4.13
Uses permitted without a permit: Shoreland and Resource Protection Zones.
§ 240-4.14
Uses permitted: Shoreland Zone.
§ 240-4.15
Uses permitted: Resource Protection Zone.
§ 240-4.16
Shoreland Zoning lot standards.
§ 240-4.17
Shoreland structures and setbacks.
§ 240-4.18
Goat Island Light Contract Zone.
Article 5
Shoreland and Resource Protection Performance Standards
§ 240-5.1
Purpose.
§ 240-5.2
Agriculture.
§ 240-5.3
Campgrounds.
§ 240-5.4
Clearing or removal of vegetation for activities other than timber harvesting.
§ 240-5.5
Construction of beaches.
§ 240-5.6
Erosion and sedimentation control.
§ 240-5.7
Essential services.
§ 240-5.8
Historical and archaeological sites.
§ 240-5.9
Mineral exploration and extraction.
§ 240-5.10
Parking areas.
§ 240-5.11
Structures and uses extending over or below normal high-water line or within wetland and shore stabilization.
§ 240-5.12
Roads and driveways.
§ 240-5.13
Septic waste disposal.
§ 240-5.14
Soils.
§ 240-5.15
Stormwater runoff.
§ 240-5.16
Water quality.
§ 240-5.17
Timber harvesting.
§ 240-5.18
Hazard trees, storm-damaged trees and dead tree removal.
§ 240-5.19
Exemptions to clearing and vegetation removal.
§ 240-5.20
Revegetation requirements.
§ 240-5.21
Individual private campsites.
§ 240-5.22
Photographic record required.
Article 6
Town-Wide Regulations
§ 240-6.1
General provisions.
§ 240-6.2
Height restrictions.
§ 240-6.3
Soil suitability.
§ 240-6.4
Water quality.
§ 240-6.5
Dust, fumes, vapors and gases.
§ 240-6.6
Explosive materials.
§ 240-6.7
Construction in flood hazard areas.
§ 240-6.8
Outdoor display.
§ 240-6.9
Off-street parking and loading, nonresidential.
§ 240-6.10
Residential parking standards.
§ 240-6.11
Sanitary and potability provisions.
§ 240-6.12
Signs and billboards.
§ 240-6.13
Tillage of soil.
§ 240-6.14
Road construction, filling and grading.
§ 240-6.15
Entrance to public ways.
§ 240-6.16
Sound pressure levels.
§ 240-6.17
Blasting.
§ 240-6.18
Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code.
§ 240-6.19
Dwellings.
Article 7
Performance Standards for Specific Activities, Land Uses and Zones
§ 240-7.1
Accessory apartments.
§ 240-7.2
Automobile service stations.
§ 240-7.3
Campgrounds.
§ 240-7.4
Cluster development.
§ 240-7.5
Elder-care facilities.
§ 240-7.6
Home occupation.
§ 240-7.7
Hotels, motels, bed-and-breakfasts and inns.
§ 240-7.8
Kennels.
§ 240-7.9
Mobile homes.
§ 240-7.10
Mobile home parks.
§ 240-7.11
Multiplex.
§ 240-7.12
Retail sales.
§ 240-7.13
Residential mixed use.
§ 240-7.14
Residential rental accommodations.
§ 240-7.15
Affordable housing.
Article 8
Nonconformance and Vested Rights
§ 240-8.1
Purpose.
§ 240-8.2
General.
§ 240-8.3
Expansion of nonconforming structures.
§ 240-8.4
Change of use of nonconforming structure.
§ 240-8.5
Nonconforming due to lack of required parking or loading space.
§ 240-8.6
Conversion of use.
§ 240-8.7
Nonconforming lots.
§ 240-8.8
Nonconforming uses.
§ 240-8.9
Vested rights.
Article 9
Zoning Board of Appeals.
§ 240-9.1
Appointment and composition.
§ 240-9.2
Powers and duties.
§ 240-9.3
Appeals procedure.
Article 10
Planning Board Site Plan Review
§ 240-10.1
General requirement.
§ 240-10.2
Site plan approval required.
§ 240-10.3
Shoreland zoning review.
§ 240-10.4
Powers and duties.
§ 240-10.5
Variance required.
§ 240-10.6
Submissions and requirements.
§ 240-10.7
Performance standards.
§ 240-10.8
Procedure for site plan review.
§ 240-10.9
Procedure for Shoreland reviews not needing site plan review.
§ 240-10.10
Guidelines for decisions.
§ 240-10.11
Conditions attached to site plan review.
§ 240-10.12
Performance guarantees.
§ 240-10.13
Conditional uses.
§ 240-10.14
Amendments to site plans.
Article 11
Administration
§ 240-11.1
Code Enforcement Officer.
§ 240-11.2
Permit required.
§ 240-11.3
Permit not required.
§ 240-11.4
Permit procedure.
§ 240-11.5
Suspension and revocation of permits.
§ 240-11.6
Fees.
§ 240-11.7
Expiration of building or use permits and approvals.
§ 240-11.8
Certificate of occupancy.
§ 240-11.9
Violations and legal action.
§ 240-11.10
Violations and penalties.
§ 240-11.11
Publication of building permits.
§ 240-11.12
Growth management permit required.
Article 12
Amendments
§ 240-12.1
Procedure.
§ 240-12.2
Shoreland or Resource Protection Zone amendments.
§ 240-12.3
Enactment dates.
Article 13
Contract Zoning
§ 240-13.1
Authority and purpose.
§ 240-13.2
Application review process.
§ 240-13.3
Contract zoning agreement.
§ 240-13.4
Failure to act.
