Table of Land Uses.
Key to Table 1: |
Yes - Allowed (no permit required but the use must comply with all applicable land use standards) |
No - Prohibited |
PB - Allowed with permit issued by the Planning Board. |
CEO - Allowed with permit issued by the Code Enforcement Officer |
LPI - Allowed with permit issued by the Local Plumbing Inspector |
Abbreviations: |
RP - Resource Protection |
LR - Limited Residential |
LC - Limited Commercial |
GD - General Development I and General Development II |
SP - Stream Protection |
NOTE: Terms are defined in § 478-17, including but not limited to: functionally water-dependent uses. |
Table 1. Land Uses in the Shoreland Zone | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Land Uses | District | ||||||
SP | RP | LR | LC | GD | |||
1. | Non-intensive recreational uses not requiring structures such as hunting, fishing and hiking | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
2. | Motorized vehicular traffic on existing roads and trails | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
3. | Clearing or removal of vegetation for activities other than timber harvesting | CEO | CEO1 | yes | yes | yes | |
4. | Fire prevention activities | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
5. | Wildlife management practices | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
6. | Soil and water conservation practices | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
7. | Mineral exploration | no | yes2 | yes2 | yes2 | yes2 | |
8. | Mineral extraction, including sand and gravel extraction | no | PB3 | PB | PB | PB | |
9. | Surveying and resource analysis | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
10. | Emergency operations | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
11. | Agriculture | yes | PB | yes | yes | yes | |
12. | Aquaculture | PB | PB | PB | yes | yes | |
13. | Principal structures and uses | ||||||
A. | One and two family residential, including driveways | PB4 | PB8 | CEO | CEO | CEO | |
B. | Multiunit residential | no | no | PB | PB | PB | |
C. | Commercial | no9 | no9 | no9 | PB | PB | |
D. | Industrial | no | no | no | no | PB | |
E. | Governmental and institutional | no | no | PB | PB | PB | |
F. | Small nonresidential facilities for educational, scientific, or nature interpretation purposes | PB4 | PB | CEO | CEO | CEO | |
14. | Structures accessory to allowed uses | PB4 | PB | CEO | CEO | yes | |
15. | Piers, docks, wharfs, bridges and other structures and uses extending or located below the normal high-water line or within a wetland | ||||||
A. | Temporary | CEO10 | CEO10 | CEO10 | CEO10 | CEO10 | |
B. | Permanent | PB | PB | PB | PB | PB | |
16. | Conversions of seasonal residences to year-round residences | LPI | LPI | LPI | LPI | LPI | |
17. | Home occupations | PB | PB | PB | CEO | yes | |
18. | Private sewage disposal systems for allowed uses | LPI | LPI | LPI | LPI | LPI | |
19. | Essential services | ||||||
A. | Roadside distribution lines (34.5kV and lower) | CEO5 | CEO5 | yes11 | yes11 | yes11 | |
B. | Non-roadside or cross-country distribution lines involving 10 poles or less in the shoreland zone | PB5 | PB5 | CEO | CEO | CEO | |
C. | Non-roadside or cross-country distribution lines involving 11 or more poles in the shoreland zone | PB5 | PB5 | PB | PB | PB | |
D. | Other essential services | PB5 | PB5 | PB | PB | PB | |
20. | Service drops, as defined, to allowed uses | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
21. | Public and private recreational areas involving minimal structural development | PB | PB | PB | CEO | CEO | |
22. | Individual private campsites | CEO | CEO | CEO | CEO | CEO | |
23. | Campgrounds | no | no6 | PB | PB | PB | |
24. | Road construction | PB | no7 | PB | PB | PB | |
25. | Parking facilities | no | no6 | PB | PB | PB | |
26. | Marinas | PB | no | PB | PB | PB | |
27. | Filling and earth moving of <10 cubic yards | CEO | CEO | yes | yes | yes | |
28. | Filling and earth moving of >10 cubic yards | PB | PB | CEO | CEO | CEO | |
29. | Signs | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
30. | Forest management activities except for timber harvesting & land management roads | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
31. | Timber harvesting | yes | CEO12 | yes | yes | yes | |
32. | Land management roads | yes | PB12 | yes | yes | yes | |
33. | Uses similar to allowed uses | CEO | CEO | CEO | CEO | CEO | |
34. | Uses similar to uses requiring a CEO permit | CEO | CEO | CEO | CEO | CEO | |
35. | Uses similar to uses requiring a PB permit | PB | PB | PB | PB | PB | |
1 | In RP not allowed within 75 feet horizontal distance, of the normal high-water line of great ponds, except to remove safety hazards. |
2 | Requires permit from the Code Enforcement Officer if more than 100 square feet of surface area, in total, is disturbed. |
3 | In RP not allowed in areas so designated because of wildlife value. |
4 | Provided that a variance from the setback requirement is obtained from the Board of Appeals. |
5 | See further restrictions in § 478-15L. |
6 | Except when area is zoned for resource protection due to floodplain criteria in which case a permit is required from the PB. |
7 | Except as provided in § 478-15H. |
8 | Single family residential structures may be allowed by special exception only according to the provisions of § 478-16E, Special exceptions. Two-family residential structures are prohibited. |
9 | Except for commercial uses otherwise listed in this Table, such as marinas and campgrounds, that are allowed in the respective district. |
10 | Excluding bridges and other crossings not involving earthwork, in which case no permit is required. |
11 | Permit not required but must file a written "notice of intent to construct" with CEO. |
12 | Provided this chapter contains § 478-15O, or as provided in an agreement between the municipality and Maine Forest Service under § 478-15O(1). |
NOTE: A person performing any of the following activities shall require a permit from the Department of Environmental Protection, pursuant to 38 M.R.S.A. § 480-C, if the activity occurs in, on, over or adjacent to any freshwater or coastal wetland, great pond, river, stream or brook and operates in such a manner that material or soil may be washed into them: | |
A. | Dredging, bulldozing, removing or displacing soil, sand, vegetation or other materials; |
B. | Draining or otherwise dewatering; |
C. | Filling, including adding sand or other material to a sand dune; or |
D. | Any construction or alteration of any permanent structure. |
Table of Land Uses.
Key to Table 1: |
Yes - Allowed (no permit required but the use must comply with all applicable land use standards) |
No - Prohibited |
PB - Allowed with permit issued by the Planning Board. |
CEO - Allowed with permit issued by the Code Enforcement Officer |
LPI - Allowed with permit issued by the Local Plumbing Inspector |
Abbreviations: |
RP - Resource Protection |
LR - Limited Residential |
LC - Limited Commercial |
GD - General Development I and General Development II |
SP - Stream Protection |
NOTE: Terms are defined in § 478-17, including but not limited to: functionally water-dependent uses. |
Table 1. Land Uses in the Shoreland Zone | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Land Uses | District | ||||||
SP | RP | LR | LC | GD | |||
1. | Non-intensive recreational uses not requiring structures such as hunting, fishing and hiking | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
2. | Motorized vehicular traffic on existing roads and trails | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
3. | Clearing or removal of vegetation for activities other than timber harvesting | CEO | CEO1 | yes | yes | yes | |
4. | Fire prevention activities | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
5. | Wildlife management practices | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
6. | Soil and water conservation practices | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
7. | Mineral exploration | no | yes2 | yes2 | yes2 | yes2 | |
8. | Mineral extraction, including sand and gravel extraction | no | PB3 | PB | PB | PB | |
9. | Surveying and resource analysis | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
10. | Emergency operations | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
11. | Agriculture | yes | PB | yes | yes | yes | |
12. | Aquaculture | PB | PB | PB | yes | yes | |
13. | Principal structures and uses | ||||||
A. | One and two family residential, including driveways | PB4 | PB8 | CEO | CEO | CEO | |
B. | Multiunit residential | no | no | PB | PB | PB | |
C. | Commercial | no9 | no9 | no9 | PB | PB | |
D. | Industrial | no | no | no | no | PB | |
E. | Governmental and institutional | no | no | PB | PB | PB | |
F. | Small nonresidential facilities for educational, scientific, or nature interpretation purposes | PB4 | PB | CEO | CEO | CEO | |
14. | Structures accessory to allowed uses | PB4 | PB | CEO | CEO | yes | |
15. | Piers, docks, wharfs, bridges and other structures and uses extending or located below the normal high-water line or within a wetland | ||||||
A. | Temporary | CEO10 | CEO10 | CEO10 | CEO10 | CEO10 | |
B. | Permanent | PB | PB | PB | PB | PB | |
16. | Conversions of seasonal residences to year-round residences | LPI | LPI | LPI | LPI | LPI | |
17. | Home occupations | PB | PB | PB | CEO | yes | |
18. | Private sewage disposal systems for allowed uses | LPI | LPI | LPI | LPI | LPI | |
19. | Essential services | ||||||
A. | Roadside distribution lines (34.5kV and lower) | CEO5 | CEO5 | yes11 | yes11 | yes11 | |
B. | Non-roadside or cross-country distribution lines involving 10 poles or less in the shoreland zone | PB5 | PB5 | CEO | CEO | CEO | |
C. | Non-roadside or cross-country distribution lines involving 11 or more poles in the shoreland zone | PB5 | PB5 | PB | PB | PB | |
D. | Other essential services | PB5 | PB5 | PB | PB | PB | |
20. | Service drops, as defined, to allowed uses | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
21. | Public and private recreational areas involving minimal structural development | PB | PB | PB | CEO | CEO | |
22. | Individual private campsites | CEO | CEO | CEO | CEO | CEO | |
23. | Campgrounds | no | no6 | PB | PB | PB | |
24. | Road construction | PB | no7 | PB | PB | PB | |
25. | Parking facilities | no | no6 | PB | PB | PB | |
26. | Marinas | PB | no | PB | PB | PB | |
27. | Filling and earth moving of <10 cubic yards | CEO | CEO | yes | yes | yes | |
28. | Filling and earth moving of >10 cubic yards | PB | PB | CEO | CEO | CEO | |
29. | Signs | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
30. | Forest management activities except for timber harvesting & land management roads | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
31. | Timber harvesting | yes | CEO12 | yes | yes | yes | |
32. | Land management roads | yes | PB12 | yes | yes | yes | |
33. | Uses similar to allowed uses | CEO | CEO | CEO | CEO | CEO | |
34. | Uses similar to uses requiring a CEO permit | CEO | CEO | CEO | CEO | CEO | |
35. | Uses similar to uses requiring a PB permit | PB | PB | PB | PB | PB | |
1 | In RP not allowed within 75 feet horizontal distance, of the normal high-water line of great ponds, except to remove safety hazards. |
2 | Requires permit from the Code Enforcement Officer if more than 100 square feet of surface area, in total, is disturbed. |
3 | In RP not allowed in areas so designated because of wildlife value. |
4 | Provided that a variance from the setback requirement is obtained from the Board of Appeals. |
5 | See further restrictions in § 478-15L. |
6 | Except when area is zoned for resource protection due to floodplain criteria in which case a permit is required from the PB. |
7 | Except as provided in § 478-15H. |
8 | Single family residential structures may be allowed by special exception only according to the provisions of § 478-16E, Special exceptions. Two-family residential structures are prohibited. |
9 | Except for commercial uses otherwise listed in this Table, such as marinas and campgrounds, that are allowed in the respective district. |
10 | Excluding bridges and other crossings not involving earthwork, in which case no permit is required. |
11 | Permit not required but must file a written "notice of intent to construct" with CEO. |
12 | Provided this chapter contains § 478-15O, or as provided in an agreement between the municipality and Maine Forest Service under § 478-15O(1). |
NOTE: A person performing any of the following activities shall require a permit from the Department of Environmental Protection, pursuant to 38 M.R.S.A. § 480-C, if the activity occurs in, on, over or adjacent to any freshwater or coastal wetland, great pond, river, stream or brook and operates in such a manner that material or soil may be washed into them: | |
A. | Dredging, bulldozing, removing or displacing soil, sand, vegetation or other materials; |
B. | Draining or otherwise dewatering; |
C. | Filling, including adding sand or other material to a sand dune; or |
D. | Any construction or alteration of any permanent structure. |