This chapter is enacted pursuant to home rule powers as provided for in Article VIII-A of the Constitution of the State of Maine and under the authority granted to the Town by the statutes of the State of Maine, 30-A M.R.S.A. § 3001.
The provisions of this chapter shall be administered by the Town of Wales Planning Board and enforced by the Town of Wales Code Enforcement Officer (CEO) and Selectmen.
This chapter shall be effective upon its adoption by vote of the eligible voters of the Town of Wales, Maine in Town Meeting.
A. 
This chapter applies to soil, mineral and rock extraction, handling, storage and processing activities as defined as "mineral extraction" in Chapter 166, Shoreland Zoning, and Chapter 171, Site Plan Review, that occur within the boundaries of the Town of Wales, Maine, except as provided in Article III of this chapter. Mineral extraction activities are herein after referred to as "activities" or the "activity," and sites on which they occur are referred to as the "site," "sites," or "activity sites."
B. 
This chapter applies to activities which are:
(1) 
Five acres or less.
(2) 
Active but not permitted by DEP.
(3) 
New or proposed; "new" is defined as activity occurring in areas where activities have not previously occurred.
(4) 
Recurring: activities in areas in which activities had ceased, or contiguous land in the same ownership, or under common scheme of development. Any application submitted to the Planning Board for any portion of the affected area shall be classified for size and treated as if it included all the previously exempt, unreclaimed, inactive area.
(5) 
Expansions of activity plans previously permitted by the Planning Board, except as provided in Article III of this chapter.
(6) 
Handling, storage, processing, or other accessory uses.
Should any section of this chapter be declared by the courts of the State of Maine or by the courts of the United States to be invalid, such decisions shall not invalidate any other section or provision of this chapter.
This chapter shall in no way impair or remove the necessity of compliance with any other rule, regulation, bylaw, permit or provision of law. Where this chapter imposes a greater restriction upon the use of the land, buildings or structures than any other rule, regulation, bylaw, permit or provision of law, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail.