All words not defined herein shall carry their customary and
usual meanings. Words used in the present tense shall include the
future. Words used in the singular shall include the plural. The words
shall and will shall be used interchangeably. References to the City,
specific departments or department heads including as example only
the Fire Department, Planning Department, Public Works Director; districts
including by example only the Water or Sewerage District; locations
including by way of example only City Hall, downtown; maps, plans,
documents, or codes including by example only Assessor's Map, Comprehensive
Plan, Code of Ordinances; and organizations including by way of example
only the Historical Society shall mean those departments, department
heads or their designees, districts, locations, maps, plans, documents,
codes, and organizations which are part of City government or are
located in and provide services to the City.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A slaughterhouse, including the wholesale and retail sale
of meat processed on the premises, and containing less than five-thousand
(5,000) square feet of gross floor area.
Any lot which is physically contiguous with the subject lot
even if only at a point and any lot which is located directly across
a street or right-of-way from the subject lot such that the extension
of the side lot lines of the subject lot would touch or enclose the
abutting property.[1]
A detached, subordinate building the use of which is clearly
incidental and related to that of the principal building or use of
the land and which is located on the same lot as that of the principal
building or use.
A self-contained dwelling unit located within, attached to, or detached from a principal dwelling structure located on the same parcel of land. An ADU shall conform to the standards in § 280-15-13.
[Added 1-16-2024 by Order No. 23-516-01]
A use or structure which is incidental and subordinate to
the principal use or structure. Accessory uses, when aggregated shall
not subordinate the principal use of the lot. A deck or similar extension
of the principal structure or a garage attached to the principal structure
by a roof or a common wall is considered part of the principal structure.
Land that has been used for agriculture, horticulture, and/or
animal husbandry for at least two (2) consecutive years immediately
preceding the calendar year for which the development of a commercial
solar system or utility solar system is proposed in the Rural Residential
Zone (RR). Land used as rotational farmland, permanent hay land, improved
pasture, unimproved pasture, or other land supporting farming activities
are defined as active farmland. For the purpose of this definition,
permanent hay land includes hay land used in rotation with row or
closegrown crops for more than two (2) years. It also includes hay
land managed for the production of forage crops. It does not include
fields that are mowed annually to keep the area from reverting to
woody vegetation and does not result in baled or harvested vegetation.
[Added 4-7-2020 by Order
No. 19-772-01; amended 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01]
A use that generates many visits, in particular pedestrian
visits, over an extended period of the day. An active use may include,
but not be limited to, a shop, café, service, and/or a social
use as outlined in the Table of Land Uses.[2]
[Added 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01; amended 9-20-2022 by Order No.
22-440-01]
Any business, regardless of its category of use, a substantial
or significant portion of which involves providing goods or services
which appeal to prurient interests or which display, depict, simulate
or describe the following:
Activities involving the human genitals in a state of sexual
stimulation or arousal;
Acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse, or sodomy;
Activities involving the fondling or other erotic touching of
human genitals, the pubic region, buttocks, or female breasts; or
Activities involving the live display of female breasts and/or
male or female genitals.
Adult business establishments include, but are not limited to,
the following types of uses:
Stores that sell sexual devices or films or rent films for viewing
on the premises that involve or depict any of the activities listed
above.
Theaters or cabarets that feature movies that depict any of
the activities listed above or entertainers, such as topless dancers,
strippers, male or female impersonators, or erotic dancers, who exhibit
or perform any of the activities listed above.
Relaxation spas that provide unlicensed massage services.
A licensed facility designed to provide older adults and
adults with disabilities with community based services including structured
social, recreational and therapeutic activities, limited health services,
meals, supervision, support services, personal care services, information
and referrals and respite for caregivers. Adult day services promote
personal independence through a variety of activities offered to participants
based on individual needs and interests.
[Added 8-21-2018 by Order
No. 18-348-01]
An owner of land whose property is directly or indirectly
affected by the granting or denial of a permit or variance under this
chapter; a person whose land abuts land for which a permit or variance
has been granted; or any other person or group of persons who have
suffered particularized injury as a result of the granting or denial
of such permit or variance.
A building or structure currently used for agricultural purposes
in conjunction with an agricultural use or which was formerly used
for agricultural purposes and has not been converted to another use.
[Added 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
An agricultural business that files a Schedule F as part
of its federal income tax return that is involved in the cultivation
of the soil, production of crops, and/or raising of livestock or a
commercial greenhouse.
[Added 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
A commercial agricultural use may include the following activities:
Animal husbandry as defined in this chapter;
The processing of products raised or grown as part of the commercial
agricultural use, including processing carried out pursuant to a home
food manufacturing license issued by the Maine Department of Agriculture;
The sale of agricultural products raised or produced as part
of the commercial agricultural use;
The sale of other foodstuffs, including processed food products
such as jams, jellies, pickles, sauces or baked goods, not grown or
produced as part of the commercial agricultural use; and
The sale of handmade handicrafts and similar homemade items
produced on or off the premises.
The sale of products shall occur within an existing agricultural
building, within a farm stand with a gross floor area of not more
than two-thousand (2,000) square feet, or in an outside area immediately
adjacent to the indoor sales space. Not more than thirty percent (30%)
of the sales area shall be outside. The floor area devoted to the
sale of processed foodstuffs and/or handicrafts not produced by the
commercial agricultural use shall not exceed seventy-five percent
(75%) of the total sales area.
The Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport.
The final report of the Sanford Municipal Airport Master
Plan Update, dated December 1987, or any subsequent updated plan which
has been accepted by vote of the municipal officers.[3]
A park or business operated by an entity other than a unit
of government, with a predominance of outdoor games and activities
for entertainment, including but not limited to motorized rides, water
slides, miniature golf, batting cages, and the like.
The commercial breeding and raising of livestock, including
the keeping of horses and similar animals. Animal husbandry does not
include a kennel, which is defined separately, nor the keeping of
pigs, chickens, or fowl for commercial purposes.
An establishment, attached to or located on a single family
home lot, engaged in retailing antiques, except motor vehicles such
as automobiles, RVs, motorcycles, and boats; motor vehicle parts;
tires; and mobile homes. An antique, for the purpose of this chapter,
shall be a work of art, piece of furniture, decorative object or the
like, of or belonging to the past, and at least thirty (30) years
old.
[Amended 1-21-2020 by Order No. 19-580-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 9-20-2022 by Order No. 22-440-01]
The person applying for a permit or other approval required
under this chapter.
The commercial raising of fish or seafood in pens, tanks,
or other artificial environments.
A geologic unit consisting of rock, gravel, sand, silt, or
clay which stores and yields significant quantities of groundwater
to wells, springs, and streams.
A facility, whether indoors or outdoors, for bow and arrow
shooting in a controlled and supervised environment.
A public street or road identified in the Comprehensive Plan
as an arterial roadway, including Route 202, Route 109 from the Oak
Street/Bridge Street intersection in Springvale to the Wells town
line, Route 4, Route 11A and Route 224 and other roads that are major
elements of the highway network, including Route 99.
The average number of vehicles per day that enter and exit
the premises or travel over a specific section of road.
The process whereby the extracted material is reduced to
particles which can be separated into mineral and waste, the former
suitable for further processing or direct use. These activities are
primarily mechanical, such as grinding, washing, magnetic separation,
and centrifugal separation.
A part of a property or an entire property which is specifically
intended to screen and/or separate and thus minimize the effects of
land use activity on adjoining uses, water bodies, and/or wildlife,
including but not limited to, noise, dust, visibility, glare, on adjacent
areas.
Any permanent structure, having one (1) or more floors and
a roof, that is used for the housing or enclosure of persons, animals
or property. When any portion thereof is separated by a division wall
without opening, then each such portion shall be deemed a separate
building.[4]
An economic unit where goods, services, and/or industrial
operations are performed and exchanged for another or for money, trade,
or other goods. Multiple businesses and/or establishments may be included
on a single lot of land.[5]
[Added 3-5-2019, confirmed 7-9-2019 by Order No. 18-553-01; amended 9-20-2022 by Order No. 22-440-01]
Any area or tract of land to accommodate two (2) or more
parties in temporary living quarters, including but not limited to
tents, recreational vehicles, or other shelters.
The base unit of luminous intensity in the International
System of Units that is equal to the luminous intensity in a given
direction of a source which emits monochromatic radiation of frequency
five-hundred-forty by ten to the twelve power (540 x 1012) hertz and has a radiant intensity in that direction
of one-six-hundred-eighty-third (1/683) watt per unit solid angle.
[Added 12-19-2017 by Order
No. 17-163-01]
A person or facility that has received a certificate from
the Department of Health and Human Services. There are three (3) classes
of child-care providers:
[Amended 8-21-2018 by Order No. 18-348-01]
FAMILY CHILD CAREAn owner-occupied residence licensed with the State of Maine that provides care and instruction for fewer than thirteen (13) children.
CHILD CARE CENTER AND NURSERY SCHOOLA facility licensed by the State of Maine that provides care and/or instruction. There are two (2) classes of child care center and nursery school:
A place of worship, regardless of denomination.
City of Sanford.
Any registered professional engineer hired or retained by
the City, either as staff or on a consulting basis.
A subdivision meeting the requirements of § 280-15-4, in which the lot sizes are reduced below those normally required in the zoning district in which the development is located in return for the provision of permanent open space.
A public street or road identified in the Comprehensive Plan
as a collector roadway and not defined by this chapter as an arterial,
including River Street, High Street, Route 109 from the Oak Street/Bridge
Street intersection to the Shapleigh town line, Riverside Avenue,
William Oscar Emery Drive, North Avenue, Grammar Road, New Dam Road,
Pioneer Street, Rushton Street, Hanson Ridge Road, Brook Street, June
Street, Grammar Street, School Street, Emery Street, Lenox Street,
Twombley Road, Berwick Road, Jagger Mill Road and Old Mill Road.[6]
Commercial or industrial zone includes the Urban Zone, Industrial
Business Zone, Industrial Reuse Zone, and the Airport Development
Zone.[7]
Streets serving industrial or commercial uses.
Land, not individually owned or within an individual lot,
which is designed and intended for the common use or enjoyment of
the residents of the development or the general public, it may include
complementary structures and improvements typically used for maintenance
and operation of the open space, such as for outdoor recreation.
Mounting structures for telecommunications antennas, such
as, but not limited to, clock towers, bell steeples, utility and light
poles, stacks, water towers, and rooftop mechanical facilities, that
conceal the presence of the communications antenna from view from
public streets and adjacent properties and which are used primarily
for purposes other than to support an antenna.
[Added 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
A nonpossessory interest in real property imposing limitations
or affirmative obligations, the purposes of which include retaining
or protecting natural, scenic or open space values of real property,
assuring its availability for agricultural, forest, recreational or
open space use, protecting natural resources, or maintaining air or
water quality.
Any substance whose concentration in surface or ground water
exceeds the background level or the current public health drinking
water standards for Maine or standards for aquatic toxicity, whichever
is more stringent.
For purposes of this chapter, this term is defined in Chapter 149: Licensing.
A business that provides building construction or similar
services on a contract basis at the client's site and in which all
material or equipment storage at its place of business is contained
within a building or other fully enclosed area.
A facility in which nursing care and medical services are
performed under the general direction of persons licensed to provide
medical care in the State of Maine for the accommodation of convalescent
or other persons who are not in need of hospital care but who do require,
on a twenty-four (24)-hour basis, nursing care and related medical
services. A convalescent, rest home or nursing home is distinct from
a boarding or congregate care facility, which is separately defined
in this section.[8]
A street with only one (1) outlet and having the other end
for the reversal of traffic movement.
The process of planting, tending, improving, or harvesting
of crops or plants, including tilling land and preparing soil.
[Added 3-5-2019, confirmed 7-9-2019 by Order No. 18-553-01]
The opening along the curbline or street right-of-way line
at which point vehicles may enter or leave the street.
As defined in Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act and state
administrative rules.[9]
[Amended 2-20-2018 by Order No. 17-188-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
The number of dwelling units per acre of land.
Numerical standards relating to spatial relationships, including
but not limited to setback, lot area, frontage and height.
That portion of the watershed that drains directly to a great
pond without first passing through an upstream great pond. For the
purposes of these regulations, the watershed boundaries shall be as
delineated in the Comprehensive Plan. Due to the scale of the map
in the Comprehensive Plan, there may be small inaccuracies in the
delineation of watershed boundary. Where there is a dispute as to
the exact location of a watershed boundary, the Planning Board, or
its designee, and the applicant shall conduct an on-site investigation
to determine where the drainage divide lies. If the Planning Board
and the applicant cannot agree on the location of the drainage divide
based on the on-site investigation, the burden of proof shall lie
with the applicant to provide information from a registered engineer
showing where the drainage divide lies.
A physical or mental disability under 5 M.R.S.A. § 4553-A.
[Added 5-7-2019 by Order
No. 19-258-01]
The accidental or intentional injection, dumping, spilling,
leaking, incinerating, or placing of hazardous materials upon or into
any land or waters.
A commercial establishment primarily for the sale or dispensing
of liquor. It includes nightclubs, lounges, bottle clubs, and similar
establishments.
A portion of a business or a structure which allows the distribution
of products through an access point to serve clients in motor vehicles.
A vehicular accessway serving two (2) or fewer dwelling units.
A group of rooms within a dwelling designed and equipped
as living quarters for a person or for a family, including provisions
for living, sleeping, cooking, bathing, and eating.
A building used for residential occupancy by three (3) or
more families, each living independently of the others in separate
dwelling units.
[Amended 2-20-2018 by Order No. 17-188-01; 4-3-2018 by Order No. 18-193-01; 5-15-2018 by Order No. 18-244-01]
A building used for residential occupancy by not more than
one (1) family. The term shall include manufactured housing as defined
in this section. Where an accessory apartment is allowed, it shall
not be deemed to turn a single-family detached dwelling into a two-family
dwelling.
[Amended 2-20-2018 by Order No. 17-188-01]
A building used for residential occupancy by two (2) families
living independently of each other in separate dwelling units.
[Amended 2-20-2018 by Order No. 17-188-01]
A place for the serving of prepared food and beverages to
the public in which most of the food is consumed on the premises and
there are no specially designated takeout or drive-through facilities.
A place for the serving of prepared food and beverages to
the public in which food may be obtained through the use of a drive-up/drive-through
windows.
A place for the serving of prepared food and beverages to
the public in which food is offered to be taken from the premises
or eaten in motor vehicles.
A closet, room, building, greenhouse, or other enclosed area
that is equipped with locks or other security devices that permit
access only by the individual authorized to grow, cultivate, process,
store, and distribute marijuana in conformance with the Maine Medical
Use of Marijuana Act,[10] Marijuana Legalization Act,[11] and state administrative rules, as appropriate.
[Amended 2-20-2018 by Order No. 17-188-01; 3-5-2019, confirmed 7-9-2019 by Order No. 18-553-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
An increase of the building footprint and/or increase in
the height of the structure beyond its present highest point (see
definition of height for an explanation of how the highest point is
determined). Alterations of existing buildings which are required
in order to meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA) and/or the State Fire Code are not considered to be enlargements
or expansions of the structures and are not required to meet otherwise
applicable setback requirements, provided the alterations are the
minimum necessary to satisfy the ADA and/or State Fire Code.
Any intensification of use in time, volume, or function,
whether or not resulting from an increase in the footprint, height,
floor area, land area or cubic volume occupied by a particular use.
Increases which are required in order to meet the requirements of
the Americans with Disabilities Act and/or the State Fire Code are
not considered to be enlargements or expansions of use. Also, please
note that for a change of use, use is separately defined in this article.[3]
The following facility, provided it serves primarily the
City or a neighborhood or structure within the City: steam, fuel,
gas, communication, internet, transportation, electric power, or water
transmission or distribution lines and related equipment; telephone
cables or lines, poles and related equipment; gas, oil, water, slurry
or other similar pipelines; sewage lines or collection or supply systems;
and associated storage tanks. Such systems may include poles, wires,
mains, drains, pipes, conduits, cables, fire alarms and police call
boxes, traffic signals, hydrants, and similar accessories but shall
not include pumping stations or transmitter towers or buildings which
are necessary for the furnishing of such services. See also the definitions
of public utility and transmitter tower. Essential services shall
not be subject to the space and bulk standards of this chapter.
[Amended 1-21-2020 by Order No. 19-580-01; 4-7-2020 by Order No. 19-772-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
See definition of "business or establishment."
[Added 3-5-2019, confirmed 7-9-2019 by Order No. 18-553-01]
A business that provides earth or site work or building construction
services on a contract basis at the client's site and that stores
construction equipment, heavy trucks, or building materials and supplies
outside at its place of business.[12]
An increase in the floor area or volume of a structure, including
all extensions, such as, but not limited to, attached decks, garages,
porches and greenhouses.
The process of extracting or synthesizing concentrates from
marijuana using water, lipids, gases, solvents or other chemical processes.
[Added 3-5-2019, confirmed 7-9-2019 by Order No. 18-553-01]
A place where an activity occurs.
[Added 3-5-2019, confirmed 7-9-2019 by Order No. 18-553-01]
One (1) or more persons, including domestic employees, occupying
a dwelling unit and living as a single, nonprofit housekeeping unit.
A community living facility, defined as a state-licensed housing facility
for eight (8) or fewer persons in need of and receiving social services,
such as but not limited to mentally handicapped or developmentally
disabled persons, living as a housekeeping unit shall also be considered
to house a single family.
The final drawings on which the applicant's plan is presented
to the Planning Board for approval and which, if approved, shall be
recorded at the York County Registry of Deeds.
A business or nonprofit organization providing retail financial
services, including but not limited to banks, credit unions, financial
exchanges, and check cashing facilities.
City of Sanford Fire Department's authority having jurisdiction,
including his/her designee.
A facility, whether indoors or outdoors, for the firing of
handguns, rifles, or shotguns in a controlled and supervised environment.
The sum of the horizontal areas of the floors of a structure
enclosed by exterior walls.
Floor area ratio or FAR is the gross floor area of all buildings
and structures on a lot divided by the total lot area.[13]
Timber cruising and other forest evaluation activities, management
planning activities, insect and disease control, pruning and other
stand improvement, regeneration of forest stands, and other similar
associated activities, but not the construction of roads or timber
harvesting.
The supporting substructure of a building or other structure,
including but not limited to basements, slabs, sills, posts, or frost
walls.
Area that is inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater
at a frequency and for a duration sufficient to support, and which
under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of wetland vegetation
typically adapted for life in saturated soils and that are not part
of a great pond, coastal wetland, river, stream or brook. Freshwater
wetlands may contain small stream channels or inclusions of land that
do not do not conform to the above criteria.[14]
[Amended 1-21-2020 by Order No. 19-580-01; 4-7-2020 by Order No. 19-772-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
Building used for the preparation of the dead for burial
or cremation, the storage of the dead prior to internment, and the
display of the deceased, including ceremonies connected therewith
before burial or cremation. Crematories shall not be included as part
of a funeral home.
[Amended 1-21-2020 by Order No. 19-580-01; 4-7-2020 by Order No. 19-772-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
Any inland body of water that in a natural state has a surface
area in excess of ten (10) acres, and any inland body of water artificially
formed or increased which has a surface area in excess of thirty (30)
acres. For the purposes of these regulations, no artificially formed
or increased pond will be considered a great pond if it is completely
surrounded by land held by a single owner.
All of the water found beneath the surface of the ground.
For purposes of aquifer protection, this term refers to the subsurface
water present in aquifers and recharge areas.
A product or waste or combination of substances that, because
of quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics,
poses a substantial present or potential hazard to human health, safety,
or welfare and the natural environment. This term applies to any materials
or substances designated as hazardous by the United States Environmental
Protection Agency and/or the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.
An outpatient establishment furnishing medical services to
humans, including the offices of physicians, dentists, and other health
practitioners, clinics, medical laboratories, outpatient surgery,
and blood banks.
The vertical distance measured from the adjoining curb level
to the highest point of ceiling of the top story in the case of a
flat roof, to the deck line of a mansard roof, and to the mean height
level between eaves and ridge of a gable, hip, or gambrel roof; provided,
however, that where buildings are set back from the street right-of-way
line, the height of the building may be measured from the average
elevation of the finished lot grade at the front of the building.
As defined in 7 M.R.S.A. § 2231 or state administrative
rules.
[Added 3-5-2019, confirmed 7-9-2019 by Order No. 18-553-01]
That line that is apparent from visible markings, changes
in the character of soils due to prolonged action of the water, or
changes in vegetation that distinguish between predominantly aquatic
and predominantly terrestrial land. In the case of wetlands adjacent
to rivers, streams, brooks, or ponds, the normal high-water mark is
the upland edge of the wetland and not the edge of the open water.[15]
An occupation conducted in a dwelling unit or accessory structure,
provided that:
No more than two (2) employees, or full-time equivalents, other
than residents of the premises, shall be engaged in such occupation;
however, no more than one (1) vehicle for employees who reside outside
of the premises shall be allowed at any time;
[Amended 1-21-2020 by Order No. 19-580-01; 4-7-2020 by Order No. 19-772-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
The use of the premises for the home occupation shall be clearly
incidental and subordinate to its use for residential purposes by
its occupants;
There shall be no change in the outside appearance of the building or premises or any visible evidence of the conduct of such home occupation other than signs in conformance with § 280-14-13E(1) which shall not be illuminated, exceed six (6) square feet in area per street frontage, or extend more than six (6) feet above the ground.
[Amended 12-19-2017 by Order No. 17-163-01; 1-21-2020 by Order No. 19-580-01; 4-7-2020 by Order No. 19-772-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
No traffic shall be generated by such home occupation in greater
volumes than would be expected in the neighborhood, and any need for
parking generated by the conduct of such home occupation shall be
met off the street and other than in a required front yard;
No equipment or process shall be used in such home occupation
which creates noise, vibration, glare, fumes, odors, or electrical
interference detectable to the normal senses off the lot, if the home
occupation is conducted in a single family detached dwelling, or outside
the dwelling unit if conducted in any other form of dwelling. In the
case of electrical interference, no equipment or process shall be
used which creates visual or audible interference in any radio or
television receiver off the premises or causes fluctuations in line
voltage of the premises;
[Amended 1-21-2020 by Order No. 19-580-01; 4-7-2020 by Order No. 19-772-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
There shall be no stock-in-trade regularly maintained or any new commodity sold on the premises. Exceptions for food or food products for direct producer-to-consumer transactions as defined in the food sovereignty exemptions in Chapter 149: Licensing;
[Amended 4-2-2019 by Order
No. 18-540-01]
If the home occupation is proposed to be conducted within a
residence which is not owned by the resident, the resident shall have
the written consent of the property owner before commencing the home
occupation;
The home occupation shall undergo an initial inspection by the Code Enforcement Department and the Fire Chief to verify that the home occupation meets all applicable requirements of the City's building, electrical, fire, and other health safety and technical codes, including but not limited to Chapters 90: Building and Building Regulation and 128: Fire Prevention. The applicant shall request an inspection with the Code Enforcement Department and the Fire Chief a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours in advance and shall not receive a Certificate of Occupancy until after the scheduled inspection. When an inspection is conducted for a use that is sensitive to contamination of its processes or products, as identified by the operator of the home occupation, the Code Enforcement Officer and/or Fire Chief shall follow the protection from contamination protocols described in Chapter 149: Licensing; and
[Amended 1-21-2020 by Order No. 19-580-01; 4-7-2020 by Order No. 19-772-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
The following are specifically excluded as home occupations:
businesses that generate more than two (2) clients coming to the home
at any single time; convalescent or nursing home, tourist home, animal
hospital, restaurant, doctors' and dentists' offices, small engine
repair, and automotive tune-up.
[Amended 1-21-2020 by Order No. 19-580-01; 4-7-2020 by Order No. 19-772-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
An exhibition of horses that usually includes competition
in riding, driving and jumping of horses.
An institution providing health services and medical or surgical
care of the sick or injured, including, as an integral part of the
institution, such related facilities as laboratories, outpatient departments,
training facilities, central service facilities, and staff offices.
The amount of time it takes for a leachable material to travel
through subsurface material from one point to another.
Items which are not permitted to be accepted at material
re-use facilities but which incidentally or accidentally appear in
loads of otherwise acceptable materials received by the facilities.
The handling of these materials will be addressed in the operations
manual for the specific operation.
Any inflatable material used as part of the outdoor advertising
for a commercial use that exceeds 18 inches in any dimension.
A yard, field, or other outside area used to store, dismantle
or otherwise handle:
Discarded, worn-out or junked plumbing, heating supplies, electronic
or industrial equipment, household appliances or furniture;
Discarded, scrap and junked lumber; and
Old or scrap copper, brass, rope, rags, batteries, paper trash,
rubber debris, waste and all scrap iron, steel and other scrap ferrous
or nonferrous material.
An establishment operated as a business to house dogs or
other domesticated animals and where such animals are groomed, bred,
boarded, trained, or sold.[17]
A substance that, when introduced into the environment, has
the ability to travel through subsurface soil or unconsolidated materials.
A description of the operating conditions a driver will experience
while traveling on a particular street or highway, calculated in accordance
with the provisions of the Highway Capacity Manual, 1991 Edition,
published by the National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Research
Board. There are six levels of service ranging from Level of Service
A, with free traffic flow and no delays, to Level of Service F, with
forced flow and congestion resulting in complete failure of the roadway.
One of eight tracts or lots of land in existence as of December 13, 2018 and described in the property tax assessor's records as of October 2, 2018, including J30-44, R15-12B, R15-92B, R15-125, R15-126, R19-204, R19-206, and R19-307, which have been licensed by the City Council under Chapters 161: Marijuana and 149: Licensing. The purpose of designating a licensed marijuana property is to explicitly identify properties where marijuana may be cultivated and processed and where marijuana products may be manufactured and/or sold. A marijuana retail store is allowed as a permitted use on tracts or parcels J30-44, R15-12B, and R15-126 and as a conditional use on tracts or parcels R19-204 and R19-206, which are licensed marijuana properties. Only one (1) marijuana retail store shall be allowed on each of the five (5) licensed marijuana properties where a marijuana retail store is allowed. A licensed marijuana property may include a complex, center, and/or one or more buildings, structures, or businesses. A licensed marijuana property that has not been licensed in compliance with this chapter and Chapter 149 within thirty-six (36) months of October 2, 2018 shall no longer be entitled to any vested right to develop, build, or operate a marijuana property. Marijuana properties that cease to operate and are unlicensed for more than a twelve-month period are no longer entitled to any vested right to operate a marijuana operation.[18]
[Added 3-5-2019, amended 7-9-2019 by Order No. 18-553-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01; 4-19-2022 by Order No. 22-151-01; 9-20-2022 by Order No. 22-440-01]
A public street or road, which is not identified as an arterial
or collector, or a proposed public or private street shown on an approved
and recorded subdivision or private way plan.
[Amended 8-20-2019 by Order No. 19-397-01]
An overnight accommodation with sleeping arrangements provided
for a fee. For the purposes of this chapter, the following types of
lodging have specific meanings:
HOTEL or MOTELA building or group of buildings built or converted to accommodate for a fee travelers who are staying for a limited duration. A hotel or motel may include restaurant facilities where food is prepared and meals served to its guests and other customers. A motel is distinguished from a hotel only in that the sleeping rooms of a motel are accessed from the exterior of the building or from exterior hallways, parking is typically adjacent to the sleeping rooms, and occupancy is oriented to the automobile traveler.
INN/BED-AND-BREAKFASTA single building containing fewer than 20 sleeping rooms and built or converted to accommodate for a fee travelers who are staying for a limited duration. An inn may provide dining services to its guests and may host special functions, such as weddings, but does not include a restaurant to serve the public at large, unless restaurants (eating places) are otherwise allowed in the district.
RENTING OF ROOMS AND FURNISHING OF BOARDThe provision of not more than two (2) rooms for rent in a building of residential character, which is used principally as a single family dwelling, in which the family or person residing permanently in the home acts as proprietor and in which meals may be taken.
[Amended 1-21-2020 by Order No. 19-580-01; 4-7-2020 by Order No. 19-772-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
Area of land described in a deed or depicted on a plan.
[Added 9-20-2022 by Order No. 22-440-01]
The area of land enclosed within the boundary lines of a
lot, minus land below the normal high-water line of a water body or
upland edge of a wetland and areas beneath roads serving more than
two lots.
The horizontal distance between the lot lines of a lot measured
along the setback line as established by this chapter or, if no setback
line is established, the distance between the side lot lines measured
along the front lot line.
A business involved in milling or distribution of lumber
and/or the retail or wholesale sale of lumber and building materials.
State statute contained in Title 22 M.R.S.A. Chapter 558-C
which, in combination with state administrative rules contained in
10-144 CMR Chapter 122,[19] authorizes and provides guidance on the cultivation, production,
possession, storage, distribution, and use of medical marijuana.
State Administrative Rules contained in 10-144 CMR Chapter
122[20] which, in combination with the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana
Act,[21] authorizes and provides guidance on the cultivation, production,
possession, storage, distribution, and use of medical marijuana.
[Amended 2-20-2018 by Order No. 17-188-01]
Structure, transportable in one (1) or more sections, which
was constructed in a manufacturing facility and is transported to
a building site and designed to be used as a dwelling when connected
to the required utilities, including the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning
and electrical systems contained therein.
[Amended 1-21-2020 by Order No. 19-580-01; 4-7-2020 by Order No. 19-772-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
A business engaged in the mechanical or chemical transformation
of materials or substances into new products, including the assembling
of component parts, the manufacturing of products, the creation of
new products, and the blending of materials, such as oils, plastics,
resins, or liquors, whether new products are finished or semifinished
as raw material in some other process. All production operations shall
occur within a fully enclosed building or structure. See also "medical
marijuana manufacturing facility."
[Added 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
A road or drive located outside of the road right-of-way
and parallel to the roadway which provides access to multiple lots
or uses.
[Amended 9-20-2022 by Order No. 22-440-01]
As defined in Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act, Marijuana
Legalization Act, and state administrative rules, as appropriate.[22] Marijuana includes hemp as defined in 7 M.R.S.A. § 2231.
Marijuana includes both adult use marijuana and medical marijuana
unless otherwise specified.
[Amended 2-20-2018 by Order No. 17-188-01; 3-5-2019, confirmed 7-9-2019 by Order No. 18-553-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
State law contained in 7 M.R.S.A. Ch. 417 as amended.[23]
[Added 2-20-2018 by Order
No. 17-188-01]
As defined in Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act, Marijuana
Legalization Act, and state administrative rules, as appropriate.
[Added 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; amended 11-24-2020 by Order No.
20-149-01]
Equipment, products, or materials defined as paraphernalia
in Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act[24], Marijuana Legalization Act, and state administrative
rules, as appropriate.
[Amended 2-20-2018 by Order No. 17-188-01; 3-5-2019, confirmed 7-9-2019 by Order No. 18-553-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
A facility used for cultivation, processing, and/or storage of marijuana and distribution of medical marijuana located in one (1) of the eight (8) licensed marijuana properties in conformance with standards described in § 280-15-10C, the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act, Marijuana Legalization Act, and state administrative rules, as appropriate. Cultivation, processing, storage and/or distribution shall be considered a commercial use.
[Added 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; amended 11-24-2020 by Order No.
20-149-01]
A facility located on a licensed marijuana property in a
zone that allows retail sales and is licensed by the City Council
to purchase adult use marijuana, immature marijuana plants, and/or
seedlings from a marijuana production and/or marijuana manufacturing
facility, collect and transport marijuana and/or marijuana products,
immature marijuana plants, and seedlings to consumers. See licensed
marijuana property.
[Added 4-19-2022 by Order No. 22-151-01]
Stems, stalks, roots, and other materials used in the growth,
cultivation, production, and storage of marijuana. Marijuana waste
and/or residue does not include an incidental amount of marijuana
or excess prepared marijuana as defined in the Maine Use of Medical
Marijuana Act, Marijuana Legalization Act, and state administrative
rules, as appropriate.
[Added 2-20-2018 by Order
No. 17-188-01; amended 3-5-2019, confirmed 7-9-2019 by Order No. 18-553-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; .]
A water-dependent facility that makes available to members
of the public space for berthing watercraft. The facility also may
store, service, supply, and fuel watercraft and may sell boats and
related equipment.
A facility for the retail sale and repair of watercraft and
related equipment and supplies.
A yard, field, or other outside area used to store, dismantle,
recycle, separate, or otherwise handle wood, debris, construction
and demolition materials, scrap and junk lumber, and waste materials
for commercial purposes. A materials re-use facility shall operate
and abide by an approved operations manual reviewed and approved by
the Planning Board. This use may be considered as an accessory use
or may be a stand-alone business. Materials re-use facility activities
shall not include acceptance of soluble solid materials, bio-degradable
materials, or municipal solid waste, and does not include activities
applicable to garbage dumps, solid or liquid waste dumps, burning
facilities, sanitary landfills, automobile graveyards, or unlicensed
junkyards as defined by Maine State statutes.
Marijuana that is acquired, possessed, cultivated, manufactured,
used, delivered, transferred or transported to treat or alleviate
a qualifying patient's debilitating medical condition or symptoms
associated with the qualifying patient's debilitating medical condition.
An entity registered under 22 M.R.S.A. § 2428 or
7 M.R.S.A. Ch. 417[25] that acquires, possesses, cultivates, manufactures, delivers,
transfers, transports, sells, supplies, or dispenses marijuana or
related supplies and educational materials to cardholders. This land
use is a subset of NAICS No. 62149.
[Added 3-5-2019, confirmed 7-9-2019 by Order No. 18-553-01]
A home occupation that is conducted by a registered primary caregiver who resides in the dwelling as his/her primary residence in conformance with standards described in §§ 280-15-10A and 280-15-10B and (1) is performed within a single-family dwelling or within an accessory building to that single-family dwelling or within a unit in a multifamily structure; (2) is for the purpose of assisting one (1) or more qualifying patients with the medical use of marijuana who do not reside in the dwelling and are not family members of the primary caregiver; and (3) complies with the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act,[26] the Marijuana Legalization Act,[27] and state administrative rules, as appropriate.
[Amended 2-20-2018 by Order No. 17-188-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01.]
Growing, cultivating, processing, and/or storing medical marijuana by a medical marijuana qualifying patient or patients at his/her/their primary residence as an accessory use in conformance with standards described in § 280-15-10A through § 280-15-10B, the Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act and Rules.[28] This use shall be considered an accessory use to a legally
permitted residential dwelling unit.[29]
[Amended 2-20-2018 by Order No. 17-188-01]
As defined in Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act and state
administrative rules.[30]
[Amended 2-20-2018 by Order No. 17-188-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01]
As defined in Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act and state
administrative rules.[31]
[Amended 2-20-2018 by Order No. 17-188-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
An establishment primarily engaged in (1) manufacturing uncompounded
medicinal chemicals and their derivatives (i.e., generally for use
by pharmaceutical preparation manufacturers) and/or (2) grading, grinding,
and milling uncompounded botanicals.
[Amended 3-5-2019, confirmed 7-9-2019 by Order No. 18-553-01]
An establishment with medical staff primarily engaged in
providing outpatient services related to the diagnosis and treatment
of mental health disorders and alcohol and other substance abuse.
This establishment generally treats patients who do not require inpatient
treatment. It may provide a counseling staff and information regarding
a wide range of mental health and substance abuse issues and/or refer
patients to more extensive treatment programs, if necessary.
[Amended 1-21-2020 by Order No. 19-580-01; 4-7-2020 by Order No. 19-772-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
Hand sampling, test boring, or other methods of determining
the nature or extent of mineral resources which create minimal disturbance
to the land and which include reasonable measures to restore the land
to its original condition.
Any operation which removes soil, topsoil, loam, sand, gravel,
clay, rock, peat, or other like material from its natural location,
except in conjunction with approved construction, and transports the
product removed away from the extraction site. The operation may also
involve the beneficiation of the product and the processing of both
on-site and imported material. All activity and/or operations will
cease to be approved with the exception of reclamation when the removal
of the material is no longer active.[32]
An establishment primarily engaged in one (1) or more of
the following: (1) growing crops, except oilseeds and/or grains, vegetables
and/or melons, fruits and/or tree nuts, greenhouse, nursery, and/or
floriculture products, tobacco, cotton, sugarcane, hay, sugar beets,
or peanuts; (2) growing a combination of crops, except a combination
of oilseed and grain, and a combination of fruit and tree nuts, with
no one (1) crop or family of crops accounting for one-half (1/2) of
the establishment's agricultural production (i.e., value of crops
for market); or (3) gathering tea or maple sap.
[Amended 3-5-2019, confirmed 7-9-2019 by Order No. 18-553-01]
A building or structure that contains at least one (1) floor
devoted to allowed nonresidential uses and at least one (1) devoted
to allowed residential uses.
[Added 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
A unit, single width or otherwise, which the manufacturer
certifies is constructed in compliance with the State of Maine's Manufactured
Housing Act[33] and regulations, meaning a structure, transportable in
one (1) or more sections, which is not constructed on a permanent
chassis and is designed to be used as dwellings on permanent foundations
when connected to required utilities, including the plumbing, heating,
air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein.
[Amended 1-21-2020 by Order No. 19-580-01; 4-7-2020 by Order No. 19-772-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
A lot of land under unified ownership designed and/or used
to accommodate three (3) or more manufactured housing units.
[Amended 9-20-2022 by Order No. 22-440-01]
A unit, single width or otherwise, which the manufacturer
certifies is constructed in compliance with the state's Manufactured
Housing Act[34] and regulations, meaning a structure, transportable in
one (1) or more sections, which is not constructed on a permanent
chassis and is designed to be used as a dwelling on permanent foundation
when connected to required utilities, including the plumbing, heating,
air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein.
[Amended 1-21-2020 by Order No. 19-580-01; ; 4-7-2020 by Order No. 19-772-015-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
A business which provides services to motor vehicles which
involve body work, painting, engine rebuilding, or structural repairs
or alterations.
[Amended 1-21-2020 by Order No. 19-580-01; 4-7-2020 by Order No. 19-772-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
The use of any building or land area for the display and
sale of new or used automobiles, trucks, vans, trailers and recreation
vehicles, and including repair facilities for such vehicles. Does
not include vehicles defined as "power sport vehicles."
[Amended 1-21-2020 by Order No. 19-580-01; 4-7-2020 by Order No. 19-772-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
A business which provides service, maintenance, and minor
repairs for motor vehicles, including the accessory sale of gasoline,
parts, and supplies. This use includes service stations, muffler,
transmission, and brake shops, car washes, tune-up centers, and similar
uses but shall not include operations involving body work, painting,
engine rebuilding, or structural repairs or alterations.
[Amended 1-21-2020 by Order No. 19-580-01; 4-7-2020 by Order No. 19-772-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
A subdivision that contains three (3) or more dwelling units
on land in common ownership such as apartment buildings, condominiums,
or mobile home parks.
A use undertaken or a building occupied by a local governmental
body, agency or organization or by a quasi-municipal agency or organization
carrying out a recognized public purpose.
An institution for the acquisition, preservation, study,
and exhibition of works of artistic, historical, or scientific value.
The net area of a lot of land usable for determining the
maximum allowable density of a site. Net development area shall be
determined by subtracting the following from the gross site area:
[Amended 9-20-2022 by Order No. 22-440-01]
The area located within the full width of the right-of-way of
any proposed public or private street or access drive. If a right-of-way
is not delineated, an area equal to a minimum fifty (50)-foot right-of-way
shall be deducted.
Any portion of the site which is cut off from the main portion
of the site by an existing road, water body, or similar physical condition
which interrupts the continuity of the site.
Any land area which is regularly covered by water, including
lakes, ponds, and rivers.
Any land area identified as a Class 1 wetland.
Any land located within utility easements or rights-of-way,
if the restrictions preclude use of the land for development.
The total number of dwelling units permitted per forty-thousand
(40,000) square feet of net development area.
Those units constructed after June 15, 1976, which the manufacturer
certifies are constructed in compliance with the United States Department
of Housing and Urban Development standards, meaning structures transportable
in one (1) or more sections which, in the traveling mode, are fourteen
(14) body feet or more in width and are seven-hundred-fifty (750)
square feet or more, which are built on a permanent chassis and designed
to be used as dwellings when connected to the required utilities,
including plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems
contained therein, and which has a pitched roof and exterior siding
which is residential in appearance and is located on a permanent foundation.
ALL OTHER MOBILE HOMESAll other mobile homes and trailers are terms that may be used interchangeably and mean any factory-built home which fails to meet the definition of "modular home" or "mobile home." It shall include any mobile home constructed prior to June 15, 1976, and mobile homes constructed after that date which do not have pitched, shingled roofs and exterior siding that is residential in appearance.
A structure that does not meet one (1) or more of the following
dimensional requirements: the minimum setback, maximum lot coverage,
or maximum height standards of the zone in which it is located. It
is allowed solely because it was in lawful existence at the time this
chapter or subsequent amendment took effect.
A single lot of record which, at the effective date of this
chapter, does not meet the lot area, frontage, or width requirements
of the zone in which it is located.
Use of buildings, structures, premises, land or parts thereof
which is not permitted in the zone in which it is situated, but which
is allowed to remain solely because it was in lawful existence at
the time this chapter or subsequent amendments took effect and, if
established after 1953, which has been issued a valid certificate
of occupancy.
Facility for a nonprofit social and fraternal organization,
including accessory facilities for use as meeting rooms, function
halls, and similar uses that may be rented to outside users.[35]
[Amended 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
A nonprofit organization which provides and promotes sports
facilities with a broad range of programs such as sports and games,
personal fitness, child care, adult day services, overnight camping,
employment readiness programs, conference centers and educational
activities.
[Amended 8-21-2018 by Order No. 18-348-01]
A structure containing not more than five-hundred (500) square
feet of total floor area associated with a natural, historic, or similar
resource to provide information about the resource.
A numerical identification system developed to provide a
consistent framework for the collection, analysis and dissemination
of industrial statistics used by government policy analysts, academics
and researchers, the business community, and public. NAICS provides
a definition for activities that are not single family and two (2)
family residential uses.
[Amended 1-21-2020 by Order No. 19-580-01; 4-7-2020 by Order No. 19-772-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
Any structure, growth or other object, including a mobile object, which exceeds a limiting height as set forth in § 280-11-10B.
A place of business where activities such as general management,
bookkeeping, accounting, telephone sales, and telecommunications take
place but where no consumer retail services are performed. This shall
include businesses involved in real estate sales and management, insurance
sales, and similar activities not involving the sale of physical products
on the premises.
[Added 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
(North American Industry Classification System No. 621330)
The office of independent mental health practitioners engaged in the
diagnosis and treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders
and/or the diagnosis and treatment of individual or group social dysfunction
brought about by such causes as mental illness, alcohol and substance
abuse, physical and emotional trauma, or stress. These practitioners
operate private or group practices in their own offices or in the
facilities of others, such as hospitals or HMO medical centers. No
medications shall be directly disbursed at the office, although prescriptions
to be filled at another location shall be allowed.
[Added 1-19-2021 by Order No. 20-206-01]
The office of a person engaged in architecture, engineering,
law, medicine, dentistry, or other activity in which specialized services
to clients are performed by persons possessing a degree from a recognized
institution of higher learning demonstrating successful completion
of a prolonged course of specialized intellectual instruction and
study, or its equivalency, and also possessing evidence of professional
capability, such as membership in a professional society.
[Added 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
The highest level of flooding that, on the average, has a
one percent (1%) chance of occurring in any given year.
[Amended 1-21-2020 by Order No. 19-580-01; 4-7-2020 by Order No. 19-772-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
Outdoor recreation activity operated by an entity other than
a unit of government, whether operated for profit or not, including
but not limited to cross-country ski centers, ball fields, parks and
playgrounds, livery, and ski tows, provided they fulfill state and
City public health requirements, but not including campgrounds, outdoor
movies, and outdoor dine and dance facilities, or games and activities
as described in the definition of amusements.
A program or facility operated for the purpose of and specializing
in the care, treatment and/or rehabilitation of persons suffering
with addictions, including but not limited to gambling, alcohol or
controlled-substance addictions. This includes, but is not limited
to, substance abuse treatment programs licensed by the State of Maine
Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services Office of Substance
Abuse. An outpatient addiction treatment clinic does not include an
inpatient or residential addiction treatment program, or a program
consisting solely of support group activities without treatment by
licensed health practitioners, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics
Anonymous, and similar programs.
Parking demand management programs are a layer of policies,
programs, information, services, and tools that together constitute
comprehensive management strategies focused on changing or reducing
parking demand. Parking demand management programs encourage widespread
use of options that may include, but not be limited to, ridesharing,
car and/or van pools, bicycling, walking, telecommuting and/or alternative
work schedules, flex hours, staggered shifts, job sharing, removing
subsidies/adding costs for parking, as alternatives to driving alone,
which requires a greater number of parking spaces to accommodate workers
and exacerbates the demand for parking during peak work hours, times,
or special events. With the right incentives, or disincentives, employees
and visitors to facilities that employ a parking demand management
program may be influenced to use transportation systems in a way that
contributes to less parking demand.
A facility for the parking of licensed motor vehicles for
a fee or to serve another use that is not located on the same lot.
[Added 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01; amended 9-20-2022 by Order No.
22-440-01]
An individual, corporation, governmental agency, municipality,
trust, estate, partnership, association, two (2) or more individuals
having a joint or common interest, or other legal entity.[36]
Oil, gasoline, petroleum products and by-products, and all
other hydrocarbons which are liquefied under normal atmospheric conditions.
The staff person responsible for the management of the Department
of Planning and Development, his/her designee, or other person designated
by the City Council to be responsible for development review.
A roofed or unroofed open structure projecting from a building.
A porch for the purpose of this chapter is considered part of a building
and may not project into any required yard.
This activity refers to the sales and/or repair of motorcycles,
motor scooters, motor bikes, mopeds, off-road all-terrain vehicles
(ATVs), personal watercraft, snowmobiles and/or powered golf carts.
The activity is limited to structures with a gross footprint, including
attached porches and patios, no larger than five-thousand (5,000)
square feet and an unattached outdoor display area of one-thousand
(1,000) square feet. The use of the unattached outdoor display area
is limited to hours when the facility is open for business.
A lot or tract of land, or a combination of contiguous lots
and/or tracts of land which is under single ownership as reflected
in the City's assessing records.
[Added 12-19-2017 by Order
No. 17-163-01; amended 9-20-2022 by Order No. 22-440-01]
As defined in Maine Medical Use of Marijuana Act[37], Marijuana Legalization Act, and state administrative
rules, as appropriate.
[Amended 2-20-2018 by Order No. 17-188-01; 3-5-2019, confirmed 7-9-2019 by Order No. 18-553-01; 1-21-2020 by Order No. 19-580-01; 4-7-2020 by Order No. 19-772-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
An individual's main residence or dwelling where he or she
usually lives, typically a house or a unit in a multifamily structure.
A individual can only have one (1) primary residence at a given time,
though he or she may share the residence with other individuals.
[Amended 2-20-2018 by Order No. 17-188-01]
A residential structure having one or more dwelling units
which abides by all zoning regulations and may have an accessory structure
on the same premises.
[Added 1-16-2024 by Order No. 23-516-01]
A building other than one (1) which is used for purposes
wholly incidental or accessory to the use of another building or use
on the same premises.
A use other than one (1) which is wholly incidental or accessory
to another use on the same premises.
A minor street meeting the requirements of Article XVI: Site Plan Review.
A series of operations, usually in a continuous and regular
or succession of actions, taking place or carried on in a definite
manner. For the purposes of this chapter, processing does not include
the chemical transformation of materials or substances into new products
or the blending and combining of gases and liquids. Manufacturing
is considered a separate use.
[Added 3-5-2019, confirmed 7-9-2019 by Order No. 18-553-01]
A professional engineer registered in the State of Maine.[38]
See definition of "local street."
[Added 1-21-2020 by Order No. 19-580-01; amended 4-7-2020 by Order No. 19-772-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
A private organization, subject to governmental regulation,
that provides an essential service or commodity, such as water, electricity,
transportation, communication, or Internet to the public and which
is intended to serve primarily populations or activities outside of
the City. This term also includes buildings and pumping stations which
are necessary for the furnishing of essential services, as defined
in this chapter, whether local or greater in scope.
A water supply system that provides water to at least fifteen
(15) service connections or services water to at least twenty-five
(25) individuals daily for a least thirty (30) days a year.
Area composed of permeable, porous material through which
precipitation and surface water infiltrate and directly replenish
groundwater in aquifers.
Scaled, detailed drawings of the proposed, completed or encountered
existing infrastructure within a public right-or-way or easement.
The plans shall be prepared and organized in a form that is consistent
with the design plans submitted for Planning Board during the review
process or engineering review by the City Engineer. The plans shall
be drawn and noted with field measurements, i.e., three (3)-way ties,
made by the contractor installing the infrastructure. The plans shall
note the infrastructure materials, widths, diameters, elevations,
service connection locations at the main and the right-of-way line,
ledge profile, permanent reference benchmark, and other appropriate
data necessary to show the completed or encountered existing infrastructure.
The record drawing plan set shall include a copy of the signed plan.
An original of the final plan, suitable for recording at
the York County Registry of Deeds, that shows only information relevant
to the transfer of an interest in the property and which does not
show other information presented on the plan, including but not limited
to sewer and water line locations and sizes, culverts, and building
line.
A commercial facility that provides recreational opportunities
that do not involve motorized vehicles or amusements, such as tennis
clubs, riding stables, and similar uses.
[Added 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
A place enclosed by walls, roof, and floor, designed and
equipped for the conduct of indoor sports, leisure time activities,
and other customary and usual recreational activities, and operated
by an entity other than a unit of government. These include, by way
of example only, skating rinks, gymnasiums, bowling alleys, video
arcades, and the like.
[Added 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
Businesses providing for the repair of personal and business
property, such as radios and televisions; electrical and electronic
equipment; watches, clocks, and jewelry; furniture and upholstery;
sporting equipment; small engines and equipment; and similar items
but not including the repair of motor vehicles, boats, or heavy equipment.
Retail sales of parts and supplies shall be allowed provided such
sales are accessory to the repair service.
Activities intended to restore an existing building or structure
to a sound condition without changing the size or use of the building
or structure. Repairs do not include:
An enlargement of the building or structure.
The enclosing of decks, porches, and similar areas.
The reconstruction of a building or structure which has been
damaged, destroyed, or removed.
The modification of structural elements of the building or structure
unless required to comply with code requirements.
A laboratory or other facility for carrying on investigation
in the natural, physical, or social sciences or engineering and development
of end products as an extension of such investigation. Such a facility
does not engage in the manufacture or sale of products, except as
incidental to the main purpose of research and investigation. A marijuana
research and development facility shall be located on a licensed marijuana
property.
[Amended 3-5-2019, confirmed 7-9-2019 by Order No. 18-553-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
Residential facilities which provide lodging and shared community
space to their occupants. These types of facilities may or may not
provide medical care or supervision and house residents who are capable
of living independently. These facilities may consist of either:
Residential zone includes the Single Family Residential Zone
and the Residential Development Zone.
An establishment that sells goods or commodities directly
to the consumer or other end user. For the purposes of this chapter,
the term "retail store" shall include sales rooms or showrooms but
not yard sales, motor vehicle sales, either new or used, gas stations,
or eating places.
Retail store with five-thousand (5,000) square feet or less
of gross floor area, including sales, storage, and support areas but
excluding yard sales as defined in this chapter.
Rural zones include the Rural Residential Zone and Rural
Mixed Use Zone.
A business which provides instruction or training in vocational,
recreational, or athletic areas, including but not limited to business
or computer institutes, martial arts studios, schools for dance, music,
riding, gymnastics, photography, driving, craft schools and trade
schools.
[Added 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
An activity that supplies a direct service to businesses,
including by way of example, advertising, credit reporting and collection,
mailing and reproduction, care of buildings, personnel supply, computer
and data processing, market research, and management and public relations.
[Added 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
Establishments primarily engaged in providing services involving
the nonmedical care of a person or of his or her apparel, as exemplified
by beauty shops, barbershops, shoe repair, photographic studios, coin-operated
laundries, fitness studios, and similar establishments.
[Added 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
A nonprofit organization which provides and promotes sports
facilities with a broad range of programs such as sports and games,
personal fitness, child care, adult day services, overnight camping,
employment readiness programs, conference centers and educational
activities.
[Added 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
An open area extending the entire width of a lot from lot
side line to lot side line and extending in depth at a right angle
from the street right-of-way to such depth as specified. Such area
shall be unoccupied and unobstructed by any building from the ground
upward. In the case of a corner lot that abuts two (2) or more streets,
a front setback shall be maintained adjacent to each street right-of-way.
Where the required setback is based upon a uniform setback relationship,
a building on a corner lot shall maintain the established setback
relationship on all streets where such a relationship exists.
An open area extending the entire width of a lot from lot
side line to lot side line and extending at a right angle from the
rear property line of such lot to such depth as specified. Such area
shall be unoccupied and unobstructed by any building from the ground
upward.
An open area extending along each side line of a lot between
the front setback and the rear setback on such lot and extending at
a right angle from the side lines of such lot to such depth as specified.
Such area shall be unoccupied and unobstructed by any building from
the ground upward. In the case of a corner lot, a side setback shall
be maintained along any lot line that is not a street right-of-way.
The length of an unobstructed view from a particular access
point to the farthest visible point of reference on a roadway. It
is used in these regulations as a reference for unobstructed road
visibility.
Any object, device, plaque, display, structure, or part thereof,
situated outdoors or indoors, which is used to advertise, identify,
display, direct, or attract attention to an object, person, institution,
organization, business, product, service, event, or location by any
means, including words, letters, figures, designs, symbols, fixtures,
colors, illumination, or projected images. Sign does not include the
flag or emblem of any organization or nation, state, city, or religious,
fraternal, or civic organization; also merchandise and pictures or
models of products or services incorporated in a window display, works
of art which in no way identify a product, or scoreboards located
on athletic fields. A sign may be temporary or permanently installed.
[Amended 12-19-2017 by Order No. 17-163-01; 12-3-2019 by Order No. 19-540-01]
ABANDONED SIGNA sign whose message describes the availability of goods or services at a location where such goods and services are no longer available and have ceased to be available for a period of more than one (1) year or, in the alternative, a sign which is non-commercial in nature and the content of the sign pertains to a time, event or purpose which has elapsed or expired in the preceding three-hundred-sixty-five (365) days. Such abandonment includes intentional conduct, such as failure to pay taxes or permit fees, or to maintain the sign, or a negligent failure to do so.
AWNING SIGNA building mounted sign that provides additional functionality as shelter. An awning or canopy which contains lettering or other commercial identification shall be considered to be a sign. That portion of the awning or canopy bearing the commercial message shall be counted as a sign face in calculating cumulative sign area.
BANNERA sign made of fabric or other non-rigid material with no enclosing framework. A banner includes a vertical banner erected on a pole. A banner is one type of temporary sign.
BUILDING SIGNAny wall sign, projecting sign, suspended sign, awning sign, any sign painted on a wall surface, or any sign attached to an exterior part of a building. Interior window displays, such as products or other items on display, are not considered building signs and are not included in the maximum calculation of cumulative sign area.
CUMULATIVE SIGN AREASee "sign area."
DISPLAYThat portion of the surface area of a changeable sign that is, is designed to be, or is capable of being periodically altered for the purpose of conveying a message.
ELECTRONIC AND CHANGEABLE DISPLAYSAn on the premises sign created, designed, manufactured or modified in such a way that its message may be electronically, digitally or mechanically altered by the substitution or replacement of one (1) display by another. This definition includes time and temperature signs.
FREESTANDING SIGNA sign supported by structures or supports that are placed on or anchored in the ground and that are independent from any building or other structure.
GRAPHICA sign which is an integral part of a building facade and/or window. The sign shall be painted directly on, carved in, or otherwise permanently embedded in the facade and/or window.
INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED SIGNA sign that has the light source enclosed within it so the source is not visible to the eye.
MOVING SIGNA sign which has moving parts or is lit in such a manner as to flash including, but not limited to, inflatable devices designed for movement by the wind or mechanical means.
NONCONFORMING SIGNAny sign that does not conform to all or part of the provisions of this chapter and was in existence and maintained and was lawfully erected, altered, or displayed prior to December 3, 2019.
OFF THE PREMISES SIGNA sign located on a premises other than the location at which the business or activity is located, an official business directional sign, a sign which is part of a publicly erected informational board or center.
OFFICIAL BUSINESS DIRECTIONAL SIGNAny sign, approved, erected, altered, displayed, or maintained by the City or the State to indicate to the traveling public the route and distance to public accommodations, facilities, commercial services for the traveling public, and points of scenic, historical, cultural, recreational, educational, or religious interest.
ON THE PREMISES SIGNA sign erected and maintained on the property on which the business, facility, or point of interest advertised by the sign is located.
PROJECTING SIGNA sign which is attached to and projects from a structure or building face. The sign face of a double-faced projecting sign is calculated by measuring one (1) face of the sign only.
PUBLIC SAFETY SIGNA sign that is erected by a governmental body which is necessary for the public safety and welfare or as required by law, ordinance, or government regulation.
SANDWICH BOARD SIGNA self-supporting, freestanding sign located on the sidewalk or in the esplanade directly in front of the business advertised.
SUSPENDED SIGNA sign hanging from a marquee, awning, or porch.
TEMPORARY SIGNA sign not permanently attached to the ground or a permanent structure or a sign designed to be transported including, but not limited to, signs on A- or T-frames, sandwich board signs, inflatable signs, or large scale tethered balloons.
WINDOW SIGNA sign that is painted on, permanently or temporarily attached to, or suspended directly inside a window or the glass portion of a door.
The entire surface area of the sign, not including the supporting
structure or bracing of the sign unless the supporting structure or
bracing is made part of the sign. Where a sign has two (2) faces back
to back, the area of only one (1) face shall be considered part of
the cumulative sign area. When a sign has more than one (1) face,
all areas which can be viewed simultaneously shall be considered the
cumulative sign area. When a sign provides no border or frame, the
sign area shall be the areas of the smallest rectangle which encompasses
all characters and elements of the sign area.
[Added 12-19-2017 by Order
No. 17-163-01; 12-3-2019 by Order No. 19-540-01]
A use that involves a motor vehicle service facility, a motor
vehicle repair facility, and/or motor vehicle sales and service that
involves a building or structure of two-thousand (2,000) square feet
or less of gross floor area and the exterior storage or display of
fewer than ten (10) vehicles. Does not include vehicles defined as
power sport vehicles.
A solar collection system used to capture, convert, and supply
electrical energy or thermal power, and consisting of one (1) or more
freestanding, ground, roof, or wall mounted, solar arrays or modules,
or solar related equipment, intended to reduce consumption of utility
and/or fuel-generated power.
[Added 3-7-2017 by Order
No. 17-31.07; amended 4-7-2020 by Order No. 19-772-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
RESIDENTIAL SOLAR SYSTEM (RSS)Intended for residential uses, an RSS may be up to two-thousand (2,000) square feet in surface area with a rated nameplate capacity of up to twenty (20) kilowatts (kW).
COMMERCIAL SOLAR SYSTEM (CSS)Intended for a multifamily dwelling, multifamily dwelling above the ground floor of a mixed use development, mobile home park, convalescent, rest, or nursing home, residential care or congregate care facility, institutional use, recreational use, commercial or industrial use, or rural use, a CSS may be up to twenty thousand (20,000) square feet in surface area with a rated nameplate capacity of up to two-hundred-fifty (250) kilowatts (kW) The Planning Board may waive the size limits for surface area and nameplate capacity if the applicant demonstrates to the Board's satisfaction that the additional surface area and/or nameplate capacity is needed to meet the energy requirements for intended onsite use.
UTILITY SOLAR SYSTEM (USS)Intended for off-site utility grid use, a USS is larger than twenty-thousand (20,000) square feet in surface area with no limit on the rated nameplate capacity.
For the purposes of this chapter, staff shall consist of
the City's Code Enforcement Officer, City Engineer, Assistant City
Engineer, Planning Director, and any other professional identified
by the Planning Board for the purposes of reviewing land use applications.
That portion of a building included between the surface of
any floor and the surface of the floor next above it. A basement shall
be counted as a story for the purpose of height measurement where
more than one-half (1/2) of its height is above the ground. A half
story is a story with at least two (2) of its opposite walls situated
in a sloping roof, the floor area of which as measured four (4) feet
above the floor level does not exceed two-thirds (2/3) of the floor
immediately below it.
The distance between the side lines of a lot as measured
along the front lot line at the street right-of-way limits.
Any exterior change which would prolong the life of the supporting
members of a building or structure, such as bearing walls, columns,
beams, or girders.
Anything constructed or erected which requires location on
the ground or attached to something having a location on the ground,
but not including a tent, vehicle, road, path, or trail.
A building or portion of a building used as a place of work
by an artist, photographer, or person similarly skilled in the production
of a particular product. Unless otherwise indicated, a studio may
include the retail sale of items produced on the premises.
For purposes of this chapter, this term is defined in 30-A
M.R.S.A. § 4401
Any subdivision containing ten (10) or more lots or dwelling
units or any subdivision requiring any new street or municipal facilities.
Any subdivision containing nine (9) or fewer lots or dwelling
units. All lots shall be located on an existing accepted public street,
and no new public services or extensions of municipal facilities shall
be required.
A business, whether within another business, or freestanding,
whose primary purpose is the chemical, biological, electronic, or
mechanical analysis or testing of products for conformance to industrial
specifications or to public regulations. Such businesses include,
but are not limited to assaying automobile and emissions testing,
calibration and certification, food testing, medical testing, and
marijuana testing that operates in conformance with Maine Medical
Use of Marijuana Act[39], Marijuana Legalization Act, and state administrative
rules, as appropriate. A testing facility within a building primarily
devoted to manufacturing shall be considered accessory to the manufacturing.
[Amended 3-5-2019, confirmed 7-9-2019 by Order No. 18-553-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
The cutting and removal of trees from their growing site
and the attendant operation of mobile or portable chipping mills and
of cutting and skidding machinery, including the creation and use
of skid trails, skid roads, and haul roads.
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 lot of land unless such road
was established by the owner of the land on both sides thereof.
[Amended 9-20-2022 by Order No. 22-440-01]
An establishment occupied by a craftsperson or a person in
a skilled trade, including, by way of example only, plumbing, carpentry,
or electrical work. The term also shall include establishments engaged
in the repair of electrical goods and appliances, watches, jewelry,
equipment, furniture, or other goods, exclusive of motor vehicles,
where such services are the primary use and not accessory to another
use, such as retail sales. The shop may include work space, storage
space, and office space but may not exceed two-thousand (2,000) square
feet of total floor area.
A facility for the location of telecommunications antennas
and/or Internet equipment. This includes radio, radar, television,
cellular telephone, or radio-telephone transmitting, repeating or
broadcasting towers and necessary accessory structures but not studios
or offices for such activities.
That part of the street used for the movement of vehicles
and/or pedestrians, including the part of the street reserved for
vehicles, sidewalks, and bicycle and parking lanes.
[Added 12-19-2017 by Order
No. 17-163-01]
Facilities for the short-term storage and transshipment of
materials or goods, including common carriers, oil terminals, moving
companies, and similar operations.
The average of the setbacks of nine (9) lots, two (2) on
either side of the subject lot and five (5) on the opposite side of
the street from the lot, or the number of existing lots on each side
of the subject lot, all located on the same block, whichever is less.
If one (1) or more of the nine (9) lots are undeveloped, it shall
not be included in calculation. Furthermore, if the setback of one
(1) of the nine (9) lots is greater than the average setback of the
other lots, it shall not be included in the calculation.
[Amended 9-20-2022 by Order No. 22-440-01]
The purpose for which land or a building is arranged, designed,
or intended or for which either land or a building is or may be occupied
or maintained.
A relaxation of the terms of this chapter where such variance
would not be contrary to the public interest and where, owing to conditions
peculiar to the property and not the result of the actions of the
applicant, a literal enforcement of this chapter would result in unnecessary
or undue hardship. A financial hardship shall not constitute grounds
for granting a variance. The crucial points of the variance are undue
hardship and unique physical circumstances applying to the property.
All live trees, shrubs, ground cover, and other plants, including,
without limitation, trees both over and under four (4) inches in diameter,
measured at four and one-half (4 1/2) feet above ground level.
A facility where animals or pets are given medical or surgical
treatment or where animals and pets are groomed and in which the boarding
of animals is short term and incidental to the medical care or grooming.
Any self-storage building housing individual storage units
or lockers, each of which is accessible through a private entrance
and rented to the public for storage of personal or business belongings.
[Added 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01]
A tract of land which contains a number of existing or proposed
wells for supplying water.
The specific location of a well and/or any structure built
over or extending from a well.
Trade that involves the sale of merchandise, in bulk or large
quantities, to retailers for resale or to industrial, commercial,
or institutional users.
Areas identified by a governmental agency, such as the Maine
Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, as having significant
value as habitat for birds or animals.
The sale of tangible personal property from any given lot,
whether conducted indoors or outdoors, and occurring not more than
four (4) calendar days in a calendar year. Activities occurring more
than four (4) calendar days in one (1) calendar year are considered
a retail store or limited retail store as defined in this chapter.
"Yard sale" shall include the term "garage sale," "barn sale," "lawn
sale," "rummage sale" or "moving sale" or other such similar sales
or activities.
An open space extending the entire width of a lot from lot
side line to lot side line and extending in depth at a right angle
from the street boundary of such lot to such depth as specified. Such
front yard is unoccupied and unobstructed by any building from the
ground upward.
An open space extending the entire width of a lot from side
line to side line and extending at a right angle from the rear line
of such lot such depth as specified. Such rear yard is unoccupied
and unobstructed by any building from the ground upward.
An open space extending along each side line of a lot between
the front yard and the rear yard on such lot and extending at a right
angle from the side line of such lot to such depth as specified. Such
side yard is unoccupied and unobstructed by any building from the
ground upward.
[1]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "accessory apartment,"
which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 1-16-2024
by Order No. 23-516-01, as amended.
[2]
Editor's Note: The Land Use Table is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[3]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "alternative communication
tower," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 11-24-2020 by Order No.
20-149-01.
[4]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "business office,"
which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 11-24-2020 by Order No.
20-149-01.
[5]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "business service,"
which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 11-24-2020 by Order No.
20-149-01.
[6]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "commercial agriculture,"
which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 11-24-2020 by Order No.
20-149-01.
[7]
Editor's Note: The former definitions of "commercial parking
facility," as amended, and "commercial school," which immediately
followed this definition, were repealed 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01.
[8]
Editor's Note: See the definition "residential care or congregate
care facilities."
[9]
Editor's Note: See 22 M.R.S.A. § 2421 et seq. in
combination with 18-691 CMR Ch. 2.
[10]
Editor's Note: See 22 M.R.S.A. § 2421 et seq.
[11]
Editor's Note: See 28–B M.R.S.A. § 101 et
seq.
[12]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "existing agricultural
building," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 11-24-2020 by Order No.
20-149-01.
[13]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "for-profit nonmotorized
outdoor recreation," as amended, which immediately followed this definition,
was repealed 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01.
[14]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "fully enclosed place
of recreation," which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 11-24-2020 by Order No.
20-149-01.
[15]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "home business," which
immediately followed this definition, was repealed 1-21-2020 by Order No.
19-580-01; 4-7-2020 by Order No. 19-772-01; 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01; and 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01.
[16]
Editor's Note: This order also redesignated former Subsection
I as Subsection J.
[17]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "laboratories," which
immediately followed this definition, was repealed 3-5-2019 by Order
No. 18-533-01.
[18]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "light manufacturing,"
as amended, which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 11-24-2020 by Order No.
20-149-01.
[19]
Editor's Note: See now 18-691 CMR Ch. 2.
[20]
Editor's Note: See now 18-691 CMR Ch. 2.
[21]
Editor's Note: See 22 M.R.S.A. § 2421 et seq.
[22]
Editor's Note: See 22 M.R.S.A. § 2421 et seq. in
combination with 18-691 CMR Ch. 2.
[23]
Editor's Note: Chapter 417 of Title 7 M.R.S.A was repealed
effective 5-2-2018. See now 28–B M.R.S.A. § 101 et
seq.
[24]
Editor's Note: See 22 M.R.S.A. § 2421 et seq.
[25]
Editor's Note: Chapter 417 of Title 7 M.R.S.A was repealed
effective 5-2-2018. See now 28–B M.R.S.A. § 101 et
seq.
[26]
Editor's Note: See 22 M.R.S.A. § 2421 et seq. in
combination with 18-691 CMR Ch. 2.
[27]
Editor's Note: See 28–B M.R.S.A. § 101 et
seq.
[28]
Editor's Note: See 22 M.R.S.A. § 2421 et seq. in
combination with 18-691 CMR Ch. 2.
[29]
Editor's Note: The definitions of "medical marijuana manufacturing
facility, added 3-5-2019, confirmed 7-9-2019 by Order No. 18-553-01; and medical marijuana production facility, as amended,
which immediately followed this definition, were repealed 5-5-2020 by Order No. 19-874-01 and 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01.
[30]
Editor's Note: See 22 M.R.S.A. § 2421 et seq. in
combination with 18-691 CMR Ch. 2.
[31]
Editor's Note: See 22 M.R.S.A. § 2421 et seq. in
combination with 18-691 CMR Ch. 2.
[32]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "mini storage warehouse,"
which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 11-24-2020 by Order No.
20-149-01.
[33]
Editor's Note: See 10 M.R.S.A. § 9001 et seq.
[34]
Editor's Note: See 10 M.R.S.A. § 9001 et seq.
[35]
Editor's Note: The former definitions of "nonprofit medical
marijuana dispensary" and "nonprofit service organization," which
immediately followed this definition, were repealed 3-5-2019 by Order
No. 18-553-01 and 11-24-2020 by Order No. 20-149-01, respectively.
[36]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "personal service,"
which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 11-24-2020 by Order No.
20-149-01.
[37]
Editor's Note: See 22 M.R.S.A. § 2421 et seq.
[38]
Editor's Note: The former definition of "professional office,"
which immediately followed this definition, was repealed 11-24-2020 by Order No.
20-149-01.
[39]
Editor's Note: See 22 M.R.S.A. § 2421 et seq.
