[Amended 3-28-2009 ATM by Art. 21]
The Resource Protection District is created
as one of the Shoreland Zones, pursuant to the Department of Environmental
Protection Shoreland Zoning Guidelines. This district contains those
areas mandated in the DEP rules as well as locally designated areas.
The purpose of this district is to protect these critical natural
resource areas and the surface water quality from the adverse impacts
of development, and to protect productive habitat, biological ecosystems,
and scenic and natural values.
[Amended 5-11-1998 ATM by Art. 3; 3-28-2009 ATM by Art. 21]
The location and boundaries of the Resource
Protection District are established as shown on the Official Zoning
Map and are a part of this chapter. The intent of this Map is to include
in the Resource Protection District, various areas throughout the
Town of Alfred, which meet the following criteria:
B.
That area, within 250 feet, horizontal distance, of
the upland edge of freshwater wetlands, and wetlands associated with
great ponds and rivers, which are rated "moderate"- or "high"-value
waterfowl and wading bird habitat, including nesting and feeding areas,
by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIF&W)
that are depicted on a Geographic Information System (GIS) data layer
maintained and updated by that Department. For the purposes of this
paragraph "wetlands associated with great ponds and rivers" shall
mean areas characterized by non-forested wetland vegetation and hydric
soils that are contiguous with a great pond or river, and have a surface
elevation at or below the water level of the great pond or river during
the period of normal high water. "Wetlands associated with great ponds
or rivers" are considered to be part of that great pond or river;
C.
All one-hundred-year floodplains, as shown on the
Flood Insurance Rate Map of the Town of Alfred, dated May 18, 1998;
with any subsequent amendments; or areas inundated by the flood of
record; or in the absence of these, areas characterized by soil types
identified as recent floodplain soils.
D.
Areas of two or more contiguous acres, with sustained
slopes of 20% or greater, or with -unstable soil subject to slumping,
mass movement, or severe erosion;
E.
Land areas along rivers subject to severe bank erosion,
undercutting, or river bed movement.
F.
Land areas within the Massabesic Experimental Forest.
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The standards of this district also apply to
any structure built on, over or abutting a dock, wharf or pier, or
other structure extending or located below the normal high-water line
of a water body or within a wetland.
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There are no density standards for the Resource
Protection District because most activities are prohibited. In addition,
no portion of any lot created after the original effective date of
this standard and lying within the Resource Protection District may
be used to meet the dimensional requirements of other districts in
which the remainder of the lot is situated.
The permitted uses are those indicated in Article V of this chapter.
