General Residential District
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Special Residential District
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Downtown Business District
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Limited Commercial/Maritime District
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Working Waterfront District
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General Business District
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Resource Protection District
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Shoreland District/Stream Protection Overlay
District
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GR
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General Residential District
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SR
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Special Residential District
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DB
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Downtown Business District
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WW
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Working Waterfront District
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LC/M
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Limited Commercial/Maritime District
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GB
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General Business District
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RP
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Resource Protection District
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Y
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Ues allowed without a permit
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C
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Uses requiring a building permit or other type
of permit from the Code Enforcement Officer
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P
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Conditional uses and requiring site plan review approval from the Planning Board in accordance with the requirements of Article V of this Land Use Code
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1,2, etc.
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Numbers adjacent to letter symbols refer to
notes at the end of the Schedule of Uses which contain additional
requirements.
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Blank
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Not permitted
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*
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Boathouses that are having more than 50% of the structure repaired
are not allowed.
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GR
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SR
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DB10
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LC/M
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WW
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GB
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RP
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Open Space Uses
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Accessory use or structure
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C
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C
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C
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C
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C
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C
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C
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Agriculture
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P
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P
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P
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Animal husbandry13
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P
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P
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Individual private campsites
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Y
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C
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Y
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P
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Earthmoving activities of less than 100 cubic
yards but greater than 10 cubic yards
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C
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P
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P
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C
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P
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Y
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P
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Earthmoving activities of more than 100 cubic
yards
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P
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P
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P
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P
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P
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P
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P
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Farm uses and structures
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C
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P
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Outdoor conservation and recreational uses not
operated for profit
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P
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P
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P
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P
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P
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P
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Forest management, except timber harvesting
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Roads, driveways and parking areas
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Y
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Y18
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Y
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P
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Nonresidential
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P
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P
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C
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P
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P
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P
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P
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Timber harvesting
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Y
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C
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C
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P
| |||
Fire prevention activities
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Y
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C
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Y
|
Y
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Y
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Y
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P
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Wildlife management practices
|
P
|
P
|
P
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GR
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SR
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DB10
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LC/M
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WW
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GB
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RP
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Water-Oriented Uses
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Accessory uses or structures
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C
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P
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C
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C
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C
| ||
Aquaculture uses. No processing or storage
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P
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P
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P
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C
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P
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Aquaculture products, processing, warehousing,
sales (retail and wholesale)
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P
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P
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Boat building and repair, commercial operations-
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P
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P
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P
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C
| |||
Boathouses
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C
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C
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C
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C
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C
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C
| |
Breakwaters and causeways
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P
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P
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P
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P
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P
|
P
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Marinas
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P
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P
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P
| ||||
Marina expansion
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P12
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P
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P
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P
| |||
Piers, docks and wharves
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C16
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C
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C16
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C17
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C17
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C
| |
Seafood products, processing, warehousing, sales
(retail and wholesale)
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P
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P
| |||||
Tour or charter boat operations
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C
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C
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C
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C
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GR
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SR
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DB10
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LC/M
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WW
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GB
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RP
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Residential Uses
| |||||||
Accessory structure
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C
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C
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C
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C
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C
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C
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C
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Residential association uses or structures
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C
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P
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C
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P
|
C
| ||
Boardinghouses
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C
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C
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C
|
C
| |||
Duplexes
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C
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C
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P
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C
| |||
Home occupations
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P
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C
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C
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C
| |||
Manufactured housing exclusive of mobile homes
(modular)
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C
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C
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C
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P
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C
| ||
Mobile homes
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C
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C
| |||||
Mobile home parks
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P2
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P
| |||||
Multifamily dwellings
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P1
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P
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Planned unit/cluster developments
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P
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P
| |||||
Single-family dwellings
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C
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C
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C
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P
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C
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P
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GR
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SR
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DB10
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LC/M
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WW
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GB
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RP
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Commercial Uses
| |||||||
Accessory uses or structures
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P
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C
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C
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P
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C
| ||
Adult business establishment and adult entertainment
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P
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Auction barns
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C
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C
| |||||
Automotive body shops
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P
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P
| |||||
Automobile repair service shops
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P
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P
|
P
| ||||
Automobile sales
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P
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P
| |||||
Banks and financial institutions
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C
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C
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Bed-and-breakfasts
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P
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P
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P
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C
| |||
Camping and tenting areas
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P
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Child-care facilities
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P
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C
| |||||
Commercial farms, gardens, nurseries and greenhouses
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P
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P
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C
| ||||
Commercial gymnasiums, fitness centers
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P
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P
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P
| ||||
Funeral homes
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P
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C
|
C
| ||||
Gasoline service stations
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P
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P
| |||||
Commercial kennels
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P
| ||||||
Laundromats, dry cleaning
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C
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C
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Lumber yards
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C
| ||||||
Micro-breweries
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P
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P
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P
| ||||
Mobile food vendors
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P19
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P19
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Motels, hotels, inns
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P4
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P
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C
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Neighborhood grocery stores
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P
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C
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P
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C
| |||
Outdoor recreational uses operated for profit
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P
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P8
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Parking areas/lots
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P
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P
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C
|
P
|
P
|
P
| |
Parking facilities
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P
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C
|
C
| ||||
Printing facilities11
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P11
| ||||||
Professional uses
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P
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C
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C
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C
| |||
Recreation facilities (indoor)
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P
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P
|
P
| ||||
Resort areas
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P
|
P
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Restaurants
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P
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P
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C
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Retail establishments
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C5
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P
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C5
| ||||
Service establishments
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C5
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P
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C5
| ||||
Shopping centers
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P
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Theaters
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P7
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P7
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Veterinary clinics
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P13
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P13
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P
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Wholesale establishments
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C5
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C5
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Wireless communications facilities
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C
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C
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Wireless communications towers
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P
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GR
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SR
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DB10
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LC/M
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WW
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GB
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RP
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Industrial Uses
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Accessory uses and structures
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C
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C
|
C
| ||||
Automobile graveyards and junkyards
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P
| ||||||
Firewood processing
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P
| ||||||
Fuel storage
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P
| ||||||
Light industry
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P6
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P8
| |||||
Recycling facilities
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P14
| ||||||
Redemption facilities
|
P
|
C
| |||||
Warehousing
|
P
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GR
|
SR
|
DB10
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LC/M
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WW
|
GB
|
RP
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Institutional and Public Uses
| |||||||
Accessory uses and structures
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
P
|
C
| |
Art gallery, museum, or library
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
| |||
Cemeteries
|
P
|
P
| |||||
Churches
|
C
|
C
|
C
| ||||
Community service organizations
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
| |||
Health clinics (do not include marijuana or
methadone clinics or dispensaries)
|
P
|
P
|
P
| ||||
Hospice
|
P
|
P
|
P
| ||||
Hospital
|
P
|
P
|
P
| ||||
Marijuana or methadone clinics or dispensaries
|
P
| ||||||
Municipal, county, state and federal uses and
structures not otherwise listed
|
P3
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
| ||
Nursing homes
|
P
|
P
|
P
| ||||
Private schools
|
P
|
C
| |||||
Public recreation
|
P
|
P
|
C
|
C
|
P
|
P9
| |
Public school
|
P
|
C
| |||||
Social and fraternal organizations
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
| |||
Yacht clubs (private and nonprofit)
|
P
|
C
|
GR
|
SR
|
DB10
|
LC/M
|
WW
|
GB
|
RP
| |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Other Uses
| |||||||
Public utilities, uses and buildings
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
| ||
Public utility lines and substations
|
C
|
P
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
P
|
Notes to Schedule of Uses:
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Except within 500
feet of the high-water mark and in areas zoned Resource Protection.
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2 Only in areas set forth in Article IV.
| |||||||||
3 In the McKown and
Juniper Points Subdistrict only.
| |||||||||
4 The construction,
operation or use of land and structures known as the "Spruce Point
Inn" Map No. 1, Lot No. 17, and the multifamily development project
known as "Spruce Point Ocean Houses," Map No. 1, Lot No. 17A, of the
1990 Tax Maps, only.
| |||||||||
5 Except those listed
as requiring site plan review.
| |||||||||
6 Only industrial
uses which are functionally water-dependent, except sea products processing.
| |||||||||
7 Except drive-in
theaters.
| |||||||||
8 North of Routes
27-96 intersection.
| |||||||||
9 Provided that such
facilities are nonstructural.
| |||||||||
10 In the Downtown
Business District, the following uses shall not be permitted:
| |||||||||
A.
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Within 75 feet of the normal high-water mark,
the conversion of an existing building to a hotel of any size or the
expansion of a nonconforming use.
| ||||||||
B.
|
The projection of second-floor overhangs into
required setbacks.
| ||||||||
C.
|
The expansion or construction of structures
constructed out over the water that are not marine-related.
| ||||||||
11 Does not include
businesses offering photocopy/computer services, which are covered
under service establishments.
| |||||||||
12 Provision restricted
to Blake's Marina.
| |||||||||
13 No outside facilities.[1]
| |||||||||
14 Meeting the definition
of light industry.
| |||||||||
15 (Reserved)
| |||||||||
16 See § 170-101B(7),
Shoreline zoning, for size and height standards.
| |||||||||
17 First requires Selectboard approval
under the Wharves and Weirs Act.
| |||||||||
18 Functionally water-dependent uses
and uses accessory to such water-dependent uses only.
| |||||||||
19 A mobile food vendor is defined
as a seller of food, beverages or other items intended for immediate
human consumption from a mobile van, truck, cart, or other conveyance.
Each such mobile van, truck, cart, or other conveyance requires approval
as a separate use.
|
GR
|
SR
|
DB
|
WW and LC/M
|
GB
|
RP
| ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minimum Land Area per Dwelling Unit or
Use
(square feet)
| |||||||
With Town water and sewerH, K
|
10,000
|
10,000
|
Resident- ial 10,000
All other 2,000
|
10,000
|
Residential 10,000
All other 40,000
|
4 acres
| |
With Town water unsewered
|
20,000
|
20,000
|
Residential 20,000
All other 40,000
|
4 acres
| |||
No Town water, unsewered
|
Multi-
family 20,000
All other 40,000
|
40,000
|
Multi-
family 20,000
All other 40,000
|
4 acres
| |||
Minimum Street Frontage (feet)
|
50
|
50
|
50
|
50
|
50
|
100
| |
Minimum Setbacks from Center Line of Public
Road or Center of Right-of-Way 25 Feet in Width or Greater
| |||||||
With Town water and sewerH
|
30
|
30
| |||||
With Town water, unsewered
|
60
|
60
| |||||
No Town water, unsewered
|
60
|
60
| |||||
Residential
|
30A
|
30A
|
S. of 27/96 30B N.
of 27/96 300B
| ||||
Com-
mercial
|
25A
|
25A
|
60A,B
| ||||
All other
|
30A
|
25A
|
60A
|
GR
|
SR
|
DB
|
WW and LC/M
|
GB
|
RP
| ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minimum Side YardI and Rear Yard Setback or the Center Line of Rights-of-Way Less Than
25 Feet in Width, Whichever is Greater (feet)
|
G
| ||||||
With Town water and sewer
|
15C,H,J
|
15D,H,J
| |||||
With Town water, unsewered
|
25C,J
|
25D,J
| |||||
No Town water, unsewered
|
25C,J
|
25D,J
| |||||
Residential
|
15J
|
15J
|
25D,F,J
| ||||
Com-
mercial
|
10E,J
|
10J
|
10D,J
| ||||
All other
|
15J
|
10J
|
10D,J
|
Notes to Schedule of Dimensional Requirements:
| |
---|---|
A
|
Plus the width of any sidewalk.
|
B
|
The minimum residential setback on Route 27,
south of the Routes 27/96 intersection is 30 feet; the minimum residential
setback on Route 27, north of the Routes 27/96 intersection is 300
feet. The minimum commercial setback on Route 27, south of the Routes
27/96 intersection is 40 feet. The minimum commercial setback on Route
27, north of the Routes 27/96 intersection, is 60 feet.
|
C
|
Existing structures made nonconforming to the
side and rear yard setbacks by the adoption or amendment or an ordinance
may continue construction at the existing setback, provided that the
new construction does not decrease the existing setback.
|
D
|
Side and rear yard setbacks shall be either
the dimensional requirements shown above or the height of the building,
whichever is greater.
|
E
|
In Subsection A(1) only, the side or rear yard
setback requirement may be relaxed through a site plan review permit,
provided that this relaxation is accompanied by the complete (throughout
the entire structure) installation of a state-approved sprinkler system
and state-approved minimum one-hour complete firewall on the affected
setbacks.
|
F
|
Fifteen feet with Town water and sewer.
|
G
|
Minimum side and rear yards. There shall be
a minimum of 100 feet between principal structures. This applies to
any building on the same lot or adjoining lots.
|
H
|
Does not apply to the McKown and Juniper Point
Special Residential Districts.
|
I
|
The side and rear yard setback shall not be
applicable to common docks where the application is made by both abutters.
|
J
|
The side yard setback shall not apply to residential
docks or piers of four feet in width or less.
|
K
|
The minimum lot size along the eastern side of Sprucewold and the West Harbor Special Residential District shall not be reduced by the installation of Town water or Town sewer. The minimum land area shall remain 40,000 square feet. The eastern side of Sprucewold shall be the area along the eastern side of Crest Avenue from the intersection of Lobster Cove Road to the intersection of Blow Horn Road and Crest Avenue. The West Harbor Special Residential District shall be as defined in § 170-26B(2) of the Boothbay Harbor Land Use Code.
|