Alfred City Zoning Code

Wetlands, both forested and freshwater, as defined in Article II;

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;

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.

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;

Land areas along rivers subject to severe bank erosion, undercutting, or river bed movement.

Land areas within the Massabesic Experimental Forest.