Alfred City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XV
Resource Protection District
§ 160-82 Purpose.
[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.
§ 160-83 Location.
[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.
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. |
§ 160-84 Dimensional requirements.
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.
§ 160-85 Permitted uses.
The permitted uses are those indicated in Article V of this chapter.