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Limington Maine
Annual Town Meeting March 2nd, 2001
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1. YES or NO
Do you favor amending the Land Use and Dimension Requirements Tables which:* Allow the CEO to grant permits for Duplexes in Rural and Residential Zones |
2. YES or NO
Do you favor amending section 7.1, Access to Lots which relieves access road/driveway construction requirements for private residences? |
3. YES or NO
Do you favor amending section 7.13.B.2 which allows for free-standing signs in the commercial district as long as established requirements are met? |
4. YES or NO
Do you favor adding section 8.19 titled "Wireless Telecommunications Facilites" to the Performance Standards? |
5. YES or NO
Do you favor adding section 8.20 titled "Miscellaneous" to the Performance Standards to capture items that do not fit under any other section with an initial addendum to govern RV's as dwelling units? |
6. YES or NO
Do you favor amending the Definitions section to add/modify terms refered to elsewhere in the zoning ordinance? |
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6.2 LAND USE TABLE - NUMBER 16B |
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6.2 LAND USE TABLE - NUMBER 35A |
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6.2 LAND USE TABLE - NUMBER 35B |
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6.3.B (Add to Note B) |
Dimensional standards for commercial/industrial uses in the commercial district will be established on a case-by-case basis by the Limington Planning Board to achieve full effective use of the district area while assuring public convenience and safety and protecting valuable town resources. Under no circumstances shall a lot be less than 1.5 acres. | In cases where the C.E.O. has the authority to issue a permit the setbacks may be approved by the C.E.O. as long as the setbacks are at least equal to those in the rural district. | ||||||||||||||||||||
6.3 Dimensional Requirements (Change) |
Lots and structures in all districts shall meet or exceed the following minimum requirements. Height requirements do not apply to flagpoles, chimneys, transmission towers, steeples, windmills or similar structures usually erected at a greater height than the principal building, however such accessory structures or appurtenances require a lot line setback distance of no less than its height. | Lots and structures in all districts shall meet or exceed the following minimum requirements. Height requirements do not apply to flagpoles, chimneys, transmission towers, steeples, windmills or similar structures usually erected at a greater height than the principal building, however such accessory structures or appurtenances require a lot line setback distance of no less than 150% of it's height. |
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7.1.B (Change) |
No building permit shall be issued to erect a structure which is located more than 100 feet from a public or private road unless an access road meeting the construction standards of Section 7.1A has been constructed. | A private road that existed and is shown on the Town Street Map (911 map dated _____, except roads located in the Resource Conservation District, may be used to provide access to and street frontage for a residential lot upon certification by the Code Enforcement Officer (C.E.O.) that:
1. Based upon the recommendation of the Fire Chief and the Road Commissioner that the road provides adequate all-season emergency access for the existing and proposed use, andIf the Code Enforcement Officer determines that the existing private road does not provide adequate all-season emergency access, the C.E.O. shall provide written improvement requirements to be made to the road to improve emergency access. The applicant shall be responsible for making the proposed improvements. No occupancy permit shall be issued until the road improvements are completed. |
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7.1.C (New) |
NUMBER OF RESIDENCES SERVED BY WAY
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7.1.D (Change and addition) |
No building permit shall be issued to erect a structure which is located more than 100 feet from a public or private road unless an access road meeting the construction standards of Section 7.1.A has been constructed. | No building permit shall be issued to erect a new dwelling unless an access road meeting the construction standards above has been constructed and minimum road frontage standards are met (see Dimensional Requirements table 6.3). |
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7.13.B.2 (Change B.2) |
No free-standing signs shall be permitted | Free-standing business signs shall be permitted in connection with any legal business or industry and shall meet the following requirements.
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SECTION 8.19 Wireless Tele- communications Facilities (Add Section) |
A. Design Criteria
The tower shall be a free-standing monopole design. Lattice style towers and similar facilities requiring three or more legs and/or guy wires for support are not allowed unless the Board determines that a monopole is not suitable for the location and that the best interest of the Town will be served by the construction of a lattice style tower.
B. Setbacks C. Applications for wireless telecommunications facilities shall include engineering justification for the need, location and height. D. Co-location
E. The Code Enforcement Officer shall notify the owner of an abandoned facility in writing and order the removal of the facility within ninety (90) days of receipt of the written notice. The owner of the facility shall have thirty (30) days from the receipt of the notice to demonstrate to the Code Enforcement Officer that the facility has not been abandoned. F. Wireless telecommunications facilities which have been abandoned for a period of twelve ( 12) consecutive months shall be removed, If the owner of a site does not remove the facility within six (6) months of abandonment the Town may enter the site and perform the work and place a lien on the property. |
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8.20 Miscellaneous (Add) |
A, No travel trailer, recreational vehicle ("RV") or similar vehicle may be used as a dwelling unit for more than one hundred twenty (120) days in any twelve (12) month period. |
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2.2 Definitions | ABUTTING PROPERTY: Property sharing a common boundary with or within two hundred fifty (250) feet of the property proposed for excavation, whether or not these properties are separated by a public or private way. | |
ANTENNA: A device for transmitting and/or receiving electromagnetic waves, which is attached to a tower or other structure. | ||
CO-LOCATION: Locating wireless communications equipment from more than one provider on a single site. | ||
DAY: A day is defined as any part of a day. | ||
DRIVEWAY: A driveway is a vehicular access to one or two private lots. | ||
FREE-STANDING SIGN: A self-supporting sign not attached to any building, wall, or fence, but in a fixed location. This does not include portable or trailer type signs. | ||
NATURALLY INTERNALLY DRAINED: Areas of a site that, as a result of predevelopment topography and interim and final topography produced during development of the site, are and will remain at all times over the course of the development graded so that neither eroded materials or runoff either crosses the property boundary or enters a river, brook, stream, great pond or freshwater or coastal wetland or other protected area. Areas that rely on man-made structures to maintain internal drainage are not considered naturally internally drained. | ||
PORTABLE SIGNS: A sign standing on, rather than fixed to, the ground, Such signs are usually, but not necessarily, supported from the ground by one (1) or more poles or posts or similar uprights with or without braces, including benches and A or sandwich boards. | ||
2.2 | Sign: A display surface, fabric or device containing organized and related elements (letters, pictures, products, or sculptures) composed to form a single unit, designed to convey information visually and which is exposed to public view. In cases where matter is displayed in a random or unconnected manner without an organized relationship, each such component shall constitute a sign. | SIGN: Any structure, display, logo, device or representation which is designed or used to advertise or call attention to any item, business, activity or place and is visible from outside a building. It does not include the flag, pennant or insignia of any nation, state or town. |
SIGN AREA: Total sign area shall be the aggregate of all exposed faces. | ||
TEMPORARY SIGN: Any sign erected, affixed or maintained on a premises for a short, fixed period of time including portable and/or mobile signs such as sandwich boards and signs on trailers. For purposes of measuring length of time a temporary sign is displayed, use of a sign for any length of time in a twenty-four (24) hour period shall constitute a day. |
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