This article is intended to provide guidance for industrial, commercial and retail use to minimize the impact on the environment and abutting landowners.
The disposal of industrial wastewater must comply with the laws of the State of Maine and the Town concerning water pollution. Representatives of the Town and for the Maine Department of Environmental Protection may enter onto the premises for the purposes of gauging, sampling and testing any wastewater streams which may enter into watercourses.
All air pollution control shall comply with minimum state requirements and detailed plans submitted to the Code Enforcement Officer for approval, before a permit is granted.
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Editor's Note: Former § 181-46, Noise, was repealed 4-13-2010 by Order No. 116-08. See now Ch. 206, Noise.
Upset conditions, breakdowns or scheduled maintenance of any water and air pollution control equipment shall not be deemed to be in violation of established limits as specified above; provided, however, that such person responsible for such emission will, with all practical speed, but in any event within 60 days, initiate and complete action to correct the conditions causing such emissions to exceed said limits.
No permit shall be issued in a business district for any use which may be offensive because of noise or vibration, odors or fumes, smoke or dirt or because of fire or explosion or any other hazard or nuisance.
[Amended 9-13-2005 by Order No. 95-05]
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In addition to the permit application fee, every applicant to which this Article VI applies may also be required by the Code Enforcement Officer to pay a consulting cost fee to cover 100% of the Town's costs related to independent geotechnical, hydrologic, engineering, planning, legal and similar professional consulting services incurred in its review of the application. This fee must be paid to the Town and shall be deposited in an interest-bearing escrow account, which shall be separate and distinct from all other Town accounts. When a consulting cost fee is required, the application will be considered incomplete until evidence of payment of this fee is submitted to the Code Enforcement Officer. If the initial fee proves to be insufficient to meet the Town's legal and technical review costs, the Code Enforcement Officer may assess an additional fee(s) to cover such legal and technical review costs.
B. 
The consulting cost fee may be used by the Code Enforcement Officer only to pay reasonable costs incurred by the Planning Board, at its discretion, which relate directly to the review of the application pursuant to the review criteria. The results of the consultation or peer review for which such fees are assessed shall be available for public review, but such results shall be deemed to have been made solely for the benefit of the Town and shall remain its property. Such fees shall be assessed for the privilege of review and shall be payable without regard to consultation or peer review results or the outcome of the application.