Biddeford City Zoning Code
Complete index of all zoning chapters, sections, and subsections
ARTICLE IV
Nonconformance
Sections
ARTICLE V
Establishment of Zones
Sections
- Section 1 Classes of zones.
- Section 2 General description of zones and allowed uses.
- Section 3 Rules governing zone boundaries.
- Section 4 Zoning affects all structures and land.
- Section 5 Basic requirement.
- Section 6 District regulations/land use/lot size requirements.
- Section 6A Dimensional requirements.
- Section 7 (Reserved) [1]
- Section 8 (Reserved) [1]
- Section 9 Contract and conditional zoning.
- Section 10 Aquifer Protection Overlay District (APO).
- Section 11 Institutional master plan.
- Table A: Table of Land Uses
- Table B: Dimensional Requirements
ARTICLE VI
Performance Standards
Sections
- Section 1 Access to lots.
- Section 2 Accessory buildings/structures.
- Section 2A Adult businesses.
- Section 3 (Reserved) [1]
- Section 4 Airport.
- Section 5 Amusement centers.
- Section 6 Architectural standards. [1]
- Section 7 Automotive service/repair garages and body shops; automobile graveyards, automobile recycling businesses, and junkyards. [1]
- Section 7A Flag/back lots.
- Section 8 Beach construction.
- Section 9 Bed-and-breakfast.
- Section 10 Boarding and rooming houses.
- Section 11 Boat, trailer storage.
- Section 12 Buffers.
- Section 13 Campgrounds and tenting grounds.
- Section 14 Car wash operations.
- Section 14.1 Cemeteries.
- Section 15 (Reserved) [1]
- Section 16 Cluster developments.
- Section 17 Commercial gardening/commercial greenhouses.
- Section 18 Commercial recreation activities.
- Section 19 Congregate housing/group homes.
- Section 20 Corner lots.
- Section 21 Culs-de-sac, frontage.
- Section 22 Day-care facilities (center and home), children's and adult.
- Section 23 Demolition disposal.
- Section 24 (Reserved) [1]
- Section 25 Dust, fumes, vapors, and gases.
- Section 26 Erosion control.
- Section 27 Essential services and water supply systems.
- Section 28 Explosive materials.
- Section 29 Experimental research and testing laboratories.
- Section 30 Extractive industry.
- Section 31 Farmland preservation.
- Section 32 Farm stands.
- Section 33 Firewood processing.
- Section 34 Fisheries: processing and storage.
- Section 35 Floodplain management.
- Section 36 Gasoline service stations.
- Section 37 Glare.
- Section 38 Home occupations.
- Section 39 Hospitals and nursing homes.
- Section 40 Inclusionary zoning [1]
- Section 41 Industrial facilities and related uses.
- Section 42 Kennels and veterinary hospitals.
- Section 43 Landscaping.
- Section 44 Net density calculations.
- Section 45 Manufactured housing/mobile home parks.
- Section 46 Mausoleums and other burial structures.
- Section 47 Multifamily developments.
- Section 47.1 Municipal uses.
- Section 48 Noise.
- Section 49 Off-street parking and loading.
- Section 50 Preservation of landscape/natural vegetation.
- Section 51 Private ways and roads.
- Section 52 Office buildings.
- Section 52A Office residential zones.
- Section 53 Primary and secondary schools, fraternal organizations, and not-for-profit clubs.
- Section 53A (Reserved) [1]
- Section 54 Recreational vehicles.
- Section 55 Refuse disposal.
- Section 56 Restaurants.
- Section 57 Sandblasting.
- Section 58 Subsurface wastewater disposal and sludge spreading.
- Section 59 Signs.
- Section 60 Storage of materials.
- Section 61 Stormwater management.
- Section 62 Studies and impact/development fees.
- Section 63 Swimming pools.
- Section 64 Timber harvesting.
- Section 65 Vegetation clearance above public rights-of-way.
- Section 66 Underground tanks.
- Section 67 Vision clearance.
- Section 68 Water quality.
- Section 69 (Reserved) [1]
- Section 70 Wildlife preservation.
- Section 71 Telecommunications facilities.
- Section 72 Condominium conversions.
- Section 73 Planned unit developments.
- Section 74 Blasting.
- Section 75 Small wind energy systems.
- Section 76 Recycling facilities.
- Section 77 Marijuana establishments.
- Section 78 Accessory dwelling units (ADUs).
ARTICLE VII
Conditional Uses
Sections
ARTICLE IX
Board of Appeals
Sections
ARTICLE XI
Site Plan Review
Sections
- I General
- II Procedure for Site Development
- Section 1 Presubmission or preliminary Planning Board site review procedure.
- Section 2 Formal site review submission procedure.
- Section 3 Review procedures.
- Section 4 Required improvements and agreements.
- Section 5 Site design and development criteria.
- Section 7 Special flood hazard areas.
- Section 8 Schedule of fees.
- Section 9 Enforcement, waiver, validity, and amendment provisions.
- XIa Site Review Checklist
ARTICLE XII
Floodplain Management Ordinance
Sections
- Section 1 Purpose and establishment.
- Section 2 Permit required.
- Section 3 Application for permit.
- Section 4 Application fee and expert's fee.
- Section 5 Review standards for flood hazard development permit applications.
- Section 6 Development standards.
- Section 7 Conditional use review.
- Section 8 Certificate of compliance.
- Section 9 Review of subdivision and development proposals.
- Section 10 Appeals and variances.
- Section 11 Enforcement and penalties.
- Section 12 Validity and severability.
- Section 13 Conflict with other ordinances.
- Section 14 Definitions.
- Section 15 Abrogation.
- Section 16 Disclaimer of liability.
ARTICLE XIV
Shoreland Zoning Ordinance
Sections
- Section 1 Purposes.
- Section 2 Authority.
- Section 3 Applicability.
- Section 4 Effective date of ordinance and ordinance amendments.
- Section 5 Availability.
- Section 6 Severability.
- Section 7 Conflicts with other ordinances.
- Section 8 Amendments.
- Section 9 Overlay districts and Zoning Map.
- Section 10 Interpretation of overlay boundaries.
- Section 11 Land use requirements.
- Section 12 Nonconformance.
- Section 13 Establishment of Overlay Districts.
- Section 14 Table of Land Uses.
- Section 15 Land Use Standards.
- Section 16 Administration.
- Section 17 Definitions.
- Attachment 1 - Table 1: Land Uses in the Shoreland Zone
ARTICLE XV
Historic Preservation Ordinance
Sections
- Section 1 Authority.
- Section 2 Purpose and intent.
- Section 3 Definitions.
- Section 4 Applicability.
- Section 5 Historic districts and historic landmarks designated.
- Section 6 Eligibility for historic designation.
- Section 7 Establishment of historic sites, landmarks, and new historic districts; expansion of existing historic districts.
- Section 8 Historic Preservation Commission membership; meetings.
- Section 9 Responsibilities.
- Section 10 Certificate of appropriateness required.
- Section 11 Application for certificate of appropriateness.
- Section 12 Hearings and action on applications for certificates of appropriateness.
- Section 13 Evaluation standards for certificate of appropriateness.
- Section 14 Demolition.
- Section 15 Exceptions to requirement for certificate of appropriateness.
- Section 16 Certificate validity.
- Section 17 Appeals.
- Section 18 Enforcement.
- Section 19 Structures or buildings identified as historically contributing.
LDR Attachment
A Fees and Charges
Sections
- 1 Zoning Ordinance.
- 2 Zoning Map.
- 3 Engineering review and inspection draw accounts.
- 4 Subdivision review.
- 5 Site review.
- 6 Conditional use.
- 7 Other reviews.
- 8 Contract and conditional zones.
- 9 Administrative appeals and variance requests.
- 10 Shoreland Zoning review.
- 11 Extraction review.
- 12 Historic preservation certificate of appropriateness.