This Falmouth Zoning and Site Plan Review Ordinance and its regulations are designed for all the purposes of zoning embraced in Maine Revised Statutes, among other things: to promote and conserve the health, safety, convenience, and welfare of the inhabitants; to encourage the most appropriate interrelationships of land uses and groups of land uses in the various parts of the town; to secure safety from fire, panic, epidemics, flooding and other dangers; to provide adequate access of light and air; to prevent overcrowding of real estate; to lessen congestion in the streets; to facilitate the adequate provisions of transportation, water, sanitary facilities, schools, parks and other public requirements, to strengthen the economic base and enhance the appearance of the business and commercial districts throughout the town; to protect significant natural, historic, and cultural resources, to preserve open space, and to preserve and increase amenities throughout the Town of Falmouth [Amended, 4/27/87; 12/22/05]

Effective on: 12/9/2013

Under the authority of the Title 30 M.R.S.A. 1917 and 4962, any other enabling statutes, and all amendments thereto, the Town of Falmouth hereby regulates pursuant to this Ordinance the inspection, materials, construction, demolition, alteration, repair, height, bulk, area, ground coverage, location and use of buildings and structures, and the use of land, throughout the Town; and also hereby divides the Town into districts of defined and described herein, and shown on an official copy of the Town zoning map, as amended, including the Resource Conservation Zoning Overlay District Map, on file with the Town Clerk which map is hereby incorporated into this Ordinance. [Amended 12/22/05]

Effective on: 12/9/2013

In general, this Ordinance is complementary to other Falmouth ordinances affecting the use, height, area and location of buildings and the use of land, but where this Ordinance imposes a greater restriction in any respect than is imposed by other laws, the provisions of this Ordinance shall control.

Effective on: 12/9/2013

The invalidity of any section or provision of this Ordinance shall not affect the validity of any other section or provision.

Effective on: 12/9/2013

It is the intent of this Ordinance that any use not specifically allowed as either a permitted use or a conditional use is specifically prohibited. The Town Council may amend this Ordinance to allow other permitted uses and conditional uses pursuant to Section 19-168.

Effective on: 12/9/2013