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The following may be used a guideline for what activities are permitted by the Town of Shapleigh, in what locations and who issues and/or reviews those permits. If you have further questions feel free to contact the proper reviewing authority during regular town office hours. Thank you.
REPRODUCED FROM THE TOWN OF SHAPLEIGH ZONING ORDINANCE, CHAPTER 105, DATED JUNE 2002
105-17. Land Uses
Land uses permitted in each district, in conformance with the performance standards of Article V, are shown in the following table:
KEY:
--- = Not permitted
YES = Permitted
NA = Not applicable
CEO = Required permit issued by Code Enforcement Officer
LPI = Requires permit issued by Local Plumbing Inspector
CU = Permitted after Planning Board review to ensure that the proposed use conforms
with the land use standards specified in Article V of this chapter. (Planning Board review is required for approval of conditional use permits See Chapters 105-70 through 105-73.)
RP = Resource Protection District
SD = Shoreland District
GP = General Purpose District
FD = Floodplain District
SP = Stream Protection District
LAND USES RP SD GP FD SP
RURAL
Open space YES YES YES YES YES
Timber harvesting CU CU YES YES CU
Agriculture, commercial gardening CU CU YES YES CU
Campgrounds --- --- CU CU ---
Individual private campsites CEO CEO CEO CEO CEO
Earth removal, dredging, filling2 --- CU CU/CEO CU CU
Mineral exploration or extraction CU CU CU CU ---
Commercial outdoor recreation, --- CU CU CU CU
excluding campgrounds
Nonintensive recreational uses YES YES YES YES YES
not requiring structure, such as
hunting, fishing and hiking
Public and private recreational CU CU CEO CU CU
areas involving minimal structural
development
Motorized vehicular traffic on YES YES YES YES YES
existing roads and trails
Seasonal sale of produce and
plants raised:
Off the premises --- CU CU CU CU
On the premises --- CU YES CU CU
Nurseries --- --- CU CU ---
Commercial animal breeding or --- --- CU --- ---
care and commercial kennels
RESIDENTIAL RP SD GP FD SP
Single-family dwelling --- CEO CEO CU CEO1
Seasonal camps and cottages --- CEO CEO CU CEO1
Conversions of seasonal --- LPI LPI LPI LPI
residences to year-round
Two-family dwelling --- CU CEO CU CU1
Multifamily dwelling --- CU CEO CU CU1
Cluster (planned unit) development --- CU CU CU CU1
Mobile home parks --- --- CU --- ---
Manufactured housing units not in parks --- CU CEO CU CU1
COMMERICAL INDUSTRIAL RP SD GP FD SP
Home occupations --- CU CU CU CU
Garage sales --- YES YES YES YES
Garage sale business --- CU CU CU CU
Commercial or industrial facilities --- --- CU CU ---
Commercial or industrial areas --- CU --- CU CU1
requiring a shorefront location
(e.g., marinas, boat yards, bath
houses, fisheries)
Gas stations, motor vehicle sales --- --- CU --- ---
or repair, car washes
Eating establishments --- --- CU CU ---
Premises selling alcoholic beverages --- --- CU --- ---
Amusement arcades --- CU CU CU ---
Head shops --- --- --- --- ---
Flea markets --- CU CU CU ---
Automobile graveyards and junkyards --- --- CU --- ---
operated in accordance with state law
Waste processing or disposal facilities --- --- CU --- ---
other than sanitary landfills
Telecommunications facility --- --- CU --- ---
PUBLIC, SEMIPUBLIC, INSTITUTIONAL RP SD GP FD SP
Church, parish house or other --- CU CU CU CU1
religious building
Municipal offices, library, museum --- CU CU CU CU1
Town garage, fire station --- --- CU CU ---
Utility buildings or structures --- CU CU CU CU1
Under 120 sq. ft. --- CEO CEO CEO CEO1
Schools (public or private) --- --- CU --- ---
Nursery schools --- CU CU --- ---
Facilities for scientific or nature --- CU CU --- CU1
interpretation purposes
Cemeteries --- --- CU --- ---
OTHER RP SD GP FD SP
Piers and docks requiring permits --- CU NA CU CU
Boathouses --- CU CU CU ---
Creation of back lot (refer to 105-B(3)) --- CU CU --- ---
Signs:
Commercial --- CEO CEO --- CEO
Noncommercial --- CEO CEO CEO CEO
Uses or structures accessory to:
Permitted uses CEO CEO CEO CEO CEO1
Permitted structures CEO CEO CEO CEO CEO1
Conditional uses CU CU CU CU CU1
Uses similar to:
Permitted uses CEO CEO CEO CEO CEO
Conditional uses CU CU CU CU CU
Ponds CU CU CU CU CU
NOTES:
1Provided that a variance from the setback requirement is obtained from the Board of Appeals.
2See also 105-39.
The following may be used as a guideline for dimensional requirements for Residential Dimensions only. For information regarding both Commercial and Industrial requirements, please contact the Code Enforcement Officer during regular town office hours. Thank you.
SHAPLEIGH ZONING ORDINANCE 105-18.
DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Dimensional requirements shall be in accordance with the following table:
Residential Dimensional Requirements (A)
Resource General Stream
Protection Shoreland Purpose Floodplain Protection
Land Uses District District District District District
Minimum land area per NA1 80,000 80,000 2 80,000
dwelling unit or
principal building
(square feet)
Minimum street NA 200(B) 200(B) 200(B)
frontage per dwelling
unit or principal
building (feet)
Minimum shore frontage 200(C) 200(C) 200(C) 200(C)
per dwelling unit or
principal building (feet)
Minimum yard dimensions per dwelling unit or principal building:
Front setback from NA 50(D,F) 50(D,F) 2 50(D,F)
right-of-way (feet)
Front setback from NA 75(D,F) 75(D,F) 2 75(D,F)
road center line (feet)
Side setback (feet) NA 10(E,F) 25(E,F) 2 25(E,F)
Rear setback (feet) NA 20 30 2 30
Shore land setback (feet) 100(G,H) 100(G,H) --- <
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