Town of Boothbay Harbor, ME Land Use

Town of Boothbay Harbor, ME

Lincoln County

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Part I: Administrative Legislation
Ch 1 General Provisions
Ch 2 Administration of Government
Ch 3 (Reserved)
Ch 5 Assessor
Ch 9 Budget
Ch 17 Emergency Management Agency
Ch 20 (Reserved)
Ch 39 (Reserved)
Ch 42 Parking Committee
Ch 44 Planning Board
Ch 46 (Reserved)
Ch 49 (Reserved)
Ch 52 (Reserved)
Ch 54 (Reserved)
Ch 61 (Reserved)
Part II: General Legislation
Ch 67 Adult Entertainment
Ch 73 Amusement Devices, Coin-Operated
Ch 74 Amusements
Ch 76 Animals
Ch 79 Bottle Clubs
Ch 82 Building Construction
Ch 86 Businesses, Operation of
Ch 89 Curfew
Ch 94 Firearms
Ch 96 (Reserved)
Ch 99 Gambling
Ch 102 General Assistance
Ch 124 Outdoor Events
Ch 128 Peace and Good Order
Ch 130 Peddling and Soliciting
Ch 133 Port Regulations
Ch 136 Public Health
Ch 144 Shellfish Conservation
Ch 146 Signs
Ch 151 Streets and Sidewalks
Ch 160 Vehicles and Traffic
Ch 162 Victualers
Ch 170 Land Use
Ch 170 Art I General Provisions
§ 170-1 Title.
§ 170-2 Legislative authority.
§ 170-3 Purpose
§ 170-4 Applicability.
§ 170-5 Conflicts with other codes or ordinances.
§ 170-6 Validity and severability.
§ 170-7 Changes and amendments.
§ 170-8 Repetitive petitions.
§ 170-9 Effective dates; repeal of prior provisions.
Ch 170 Art II Administration and Enforcement
§ 170-10 Administering bodies.
§ 170-11 Permits required from Code Enforcement Officer.
§ 170-12 Permit application procedure.
§ 170-13 Processing of application.
§ 170-14 Expiration of permits.
§ 170-15 Revocation of permits.
§ 170-16 Requirements for structures to be occupied as residences.
§ 170-17 Issuance of plumbing permit prior to building permit.
§ 170-18 Fees.
§ 170-19 Applicant responsibility.
§ 170-20 Enforcement.
Ch 170 Art III Zoning Districts
§ 170-21 Districts established.
§ 170-22 Zoning Map.
§ 170-23 Uncertainty of boundary locations.
§ 170-24 Lots divided by district boundaries.
§ 170-25 Purpose of districts.
§ 170-26 Description of districts.
§ 170-27 Schedule of uses.
§ 170-28 Schedule of Dimensional Requirements.
Ch 170 Art IV Performance Standards
§ 170-29 Compliance required.
§ 170-30 Adult business establishments and adult entertainment.
§ 170-31 Affordable housing; density bonus.
§ 170-32 Animal husbandry.
§ 170-33 Architectural harmony.
§ 170-34 Automobile graveyards, junkyards or recycling facilities.
§ 170-35 Buffering and screening.
§ 170-35.1 Building standards.
§ 170-36 Duplexes.
§ 170-37 Essential services.
§ 170-38 Extraction/excavation or filling.
§ 170-39 Firewood processing.
§ 170-40 Fuel storage.
§ 170-41 Height of building.
§ 170-42 Home occupations.
§ 170-43 Industrial facilities and related uses.
§ 170-44 Kennels (commercial) and veterinary hospitals.
§ 170-45 Lighting and glare.
§ 170-46 Lot size calculations.
§ 170-47 Mobile homes.
§ 170-48 Mobile home parks.
§ 170-49 Multifamily dwellings.
§ 170-50 Parking standards.
§ 170-51 Planned unit development and cluster development.
§ 170-52 Public ways; regulations for openings and repairs.
§ 170-53 Retail/wholesale sales or services.
§ 170-54 Roads, streets, highways, driveways and back lot driveways.
§ 170-55 Septic waste disposal.
§ 170-56 Stormwater runoff.
§ 170-56.1 Tree cutting and clearing.
§ 170-57 Two dwellings in one lot.
§ 170-58 Wildlife wintering areas.
§ 170-59 Wireless communications facilities.
Ch 170 Art V Site Plan Review
§ 170-60 Purpose.
§ 170-61 Activities requiring site plan review.
§ 170-62 Approval required prior to commencement of work.
§ 170-63 Preapplication conference.
§ 170-64 Waiver of review procedure and submission requirements for de minims projects.
§ 170-65 (Reserved)
§ 170-66 Site plan review application.
§ 170-67 Other required permits.
§ 170-68 Access to site and records.
§ 170-69 Site plan review standards.
§ 170-70 Conditions attached to site plan approvals.
§ 170-71 Performance guarantee.
§ 170-72 Post-approval activities.
§ 170-73 Appeal of Planning Board actions.
§ 170-74 through 170-80. (Reserved)
Ch 170 Art VI Nonconformance
§ 170-81 Purpose.
§ 170-82 Nonconforming uses.
§ 170-83 Nonconforming structures.
§ 170-84 Nonconforming lots.
§ 170-85 Pending applications for building permits.
§ 170-86 Vested rights.
Ch 170 Art VII Floodplain Management
§ 170-87 Purpose and establishment.
§ 170-88 Permit required.
§ 170-89 Application for permit.
§ 170-90 Application fee and expert's fee.
§ 170-91 Review standards for flood hazard development permit applications.
§ 170-92 Development standards.
§ 170-93 Conditional use review.
§ 170-94 Certificate of compliance.
§ 170-95 Review of subdivision and development proposals.
§ 170-95.1 Appeals and variances.
§ 170-95.2 Enforcement and penalties.
§ 170-95.3 Validity and severability.
§ 170-95.4 Conflict with other ordinances.
§ 170-95.5 Definitions.
§ 170-95.6 Abrogation.
Ch 170 Art VIII Shoreland Zoning
§ 170-96 More restrictive standard to apply.
§ 170-97 Purposes.
§ 170-98 Statutory authority.
§ 170-99 Applicability.
§ 170-100 When effective; repeal of timber harvesting regulations.
§ 170-101 Availability.
§ 170-101.1 Severability.
§ 170-101.2 Conflicts with other regulations.
§ 170-101.3 Amendments; approval required.
§ 170-101.4 Official Shoreland Zoning Map; districts.
§ 170-101.5 Interpretation of district boundaries.
§ 170-101.6 Compliance required.
§ 170-101.7 Nonconformance.
§ 170-101.8 Establishment of districts.
§ 170-101.9 Table of land uses.
§ 170-101.10 Land use standards.
§ 170-101.11 Administration.
§ 170-101.12 Definitions.
Ch 170 Art IX Subdivision Review
§ 170-102 Purpose; evaluation criteria; statutory authority; administration.
§ 170-103 Definitions.
§ 170-104 Subdivision applications.
§ 170-105 Performance guarantees.
§ 170-106 General requirements and standards.
§ 170-107 Waivers; enforcement.
Ch 170 Art X Appeals
§ 170-108 Board of Appeals.
§ 170-109 Appeals procedure.
§ 170-110 Additional restrictions in areas subject to shoreland zoning.
§ 170-111 Additional restrictions in areas subject to floodplain management.
§ 170-112 Disability variances.
Ch 170 Art XI Definitions and Word Usage
§ 170-113 Words and terms defined.
Appendix
Ch A174 Cable Television
Ch A175 Mutual Aid
Disposition List
Ch DL Disposition List

Chapter 170: Land Use

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Boothbay Harbor 5-3-1999 by ATM Art. 56. Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Planning Board — See Ch. 44.

Signs — See Ch. 146.

Attachment 1 - Table A: Road Construction Standards

Attachment 2 - Table B

Attachment 3 - Table C

Attachment 4 - Table D

Attachment 5 - Table E

Attachment 6 - Table F

Attachment 7 - Table 1: Land Uses in the Shoreland Zone

Attachment 8 - Shoreland Zoning Map

Attachment 9 - Zoning Map

Chapter 170 : Land Use

Article I General Provisions

§ 170-1 Title.

§ 170-2 Legislative authority.

§ 170-3 Purpose

§ 170-4 Applicability.

§ 170-5 Conflicts with other codes or ordinances.

§ 170-6 Validity and severability.

§ 170-7 Changes and amendments.

§ 170-8 Repetitive petitions.

§ 170-9 Effective dates; repeal of prior provisions.

Article II Administration and Enforcement

§ 170-10 Administering bodies.

§ 170-11 Permits required from Code Enforcement Officer.

§ 170-12 Permit application procedure.

§ 170-13 Processing of application.

§ 170-14 Expiration of permits.

§ 170-15 Revocation of permits.

§ 170-16 Requirements for structures to be occupied as residences.

§ 170-17 Issuance of plumbing permit prior to building permit.

§ 170-18 Fees.

§ 170-19 Applicant responsibility.

§ 170-20 Enforcement.

Article III Zoning Districts

§ 170-21 Districts established.

§ 170-22 Zoning Map.

§ 170-23 Uncertainty of boundary locations.

§ 170-24 Lots divided by district boundaries.

§ 170-25 Purpose of districts.

§ 170-26 Description of districts.

§ 170-27 Schedule of uses.

§ 170-28 Schedule of Dimensional Requirements.

Article IV Performance Standards

§ 170-29 Compliance required.

§ 170-30 Adult business establishments and adult entertainment.

§ 170-31 Affordable housing; density bonus.

§ 170-32 Animal husbandry.

§ 170-33 Architectural harmony.

§ 170-34 Automobile graveyards, junkyards or recycling facilities.

§ 170-35 Buffering and screening.

§ 170-35.1 Building standards.

§ 170-36 Duplexes.

§ 170-37 Essential services.

§ 170-38 Extraction/excavation or filling.

§ 170-39 Firewood processing.

§ 170-40 Fuel storage.

§ 170-41 Height of building.

§ 170-42 Home occupations.

§ 170-43 Industrial facilities and related uses.

§ 170-44 Kennels (commercial) and veterinary hospitals.

§ 170-45 Lighting and glare.

§ 170-46 Lot size calculations.

§ 170-47 Mobile homes.

§ 170-48 Mobile home parks.

§ 170-49 Multifamily dwellings.

§ 170-50 Parking standards.

§ 170-51 Planned unit development and cluster development.

§ 170-52 Public ways; regulations for openings and repairs.

§ 170-53 Retail/wholesale sales or services.

§ 170-54 Roads, streets, highways, driveways and back lot driveways.

§ 170-55 Septic waste disposal.

§ 170-56 Stormwater runoff.

§ 170-56.1 Tree cutting and clearing.

§ 170-57 Two dwellings in one lot.

§ 170-58 Wildlife wintering areas.

§ 170-59 Wireless communications facilities.

Article V Site Plan Review

§ 170-60 Purpose.

§ 170-61 Activities requiring site plan review.

§ 170-62 Approval required prior to commencement of work.

§ 170-63 Preapplication conference.

§ 170-64 Waiver of review procedure and submission requirements for de minims projects.

§ 170-65 (Reserved)

§ 170-66 Site plan review application.

§ 170-67 Other required permits.

§ 170-68 Access to site and records.

§ 170-69 Site plan review standards.

§ 170-70 Conditions attached to site plan approvals.

§ 170-71 Performance guarantee.

§ 170-72 Post-approval activities.

§ 170-73 Appeal of Planning Board actions.

§ 170-74 through 170-80. (Reserved)

Article VI Nonconformance

§ 170-81 Purpose.

§ 170-82 Nonconforming uses.

§ 170-83 Nonconforming structures.

§ 170-84 Nonconforming lots.

§ 170-85 Pending applications for building permits.

§ 170-86 Vested rights.

Article VII Floodplain Management

§ 170-87 Purpose and establishment.

§ 170-88 Permit required.

§ 170-89 Application for permit.

§ 170-90 Application fee and expert's fee.

§ 170-91 Review standards for flood hazard development permit applications.

§ 170-92 Development standards.

§ 170-93 Conditional use review.

§ 170-94 Certificate of compliance.

§ 170-95 Review of subdivision and development proposals.

§ 170-95.1 Appeals and variances.

§ 170-95.2 Enforcement and penalties.

§ 170-95.3 Validity and severability.

§ 170-95.4 Conflict with other ordinances.

§ 170-95.5 Definitions.

§ 170-95.6 Abrogation.

Article VIII Shoreland Zoning

§ 170-96 More restrictive standard to apply.

§ 170-97 Purposes.

§ 170-98 Statutory authority.

§ 170-99 Applicability.

§ 170-100 When effective; repeal of timber harvesting regulations.

§ 170-101 Availability.

§ 170-101.1 Severability.

§ 170-101.2 Conflicts with other regulations.

§ 170-101.3 Amendments; approval required.

§ 170-101.4 Official Shoreland Zoning Map; districts.

§ 170-101.5 Interpretation of district boundaries.

§ 170-101.6 Compliance required.

§ 170-101.7 Nonconformance.

§ 170-101.8 Establishment of districts.

§ 170-101.9 Table of land uses.

§ 170-101.10 Land use standards.

§ 170-101.11 Administration.

§ 170-101.12 Definitions.

Article IX Subdivision Review

§ 170-102 Purpose; evaluation criteria; statutory authority; administration.

§ 170-103 Definitions.

§ 170-104 Subdivision applications.

§ 170-105 Performance guarantees.

§ 170-106 General requirements and standards.

§ 170-107 Waivers; enforcement.

Article X Appeals

§ 170-108 Board of Appeals.

§ 170-109 Appeals procedure.

§ 170-110 Additional restrictions in areas subject to shoreland zoning.

§ 170-111 Additional restrictions in areas subject to floodplain management.

§ 170-112 Disability variances.

Article XI Definitions and Word Usage

§ 170-113 Words and terms defined.