3.1 Districts.
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To implement the provisions of the Ordinance, the Town of Buxton is
hereby divided into the following districts:
3.2 Zoning Map.
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3.2.A. The Buxton Zoning Map shall be identified by the signatures of
the Planning Board attested to by the Town Clerk under the following words:
"This is to certify that this is the Buxton Zoning Map referred to in Article
1 of the Land Use Ordinance of the Town of Buxton, Maine, adopted March
8, 1986."
3.2.B. If action of the Town Meeting amends the Ordinance necessitating
changes in district boundaries or other matters portrayed on the Buxton
Zoning Map, such changes shall be entered on the Buxton Zoning Map and
certified on the Map as follows: "On (date) by action of the Town Meeting
the following changes were made in the Buxton Zoning Map: (brief description
of nature of change)" which entry shall be signed by the Planning Board
and attested by the Town Clerk.
3.2.C. The Buxton Zoning Map which shall be located in the office of
the Town Clerk shall be the final authority as to the current status of
zoning district boundaries in the Town.
3.2.D. Where uncertainty exists as to the boundaries of districts as
shown on the Buxton Zoning Map, the following rules shall apply:
3.2.D.1. Boundaries indicated as approximately following the center
lines of streets, highways, pole lines or alleys shall be construed to
follow such center lines or such lines extended.
3.2.D.2. Boundaries indicated as following shorelines shall be construed
to follow such shorelines and in the event of change in the shoreline shall
be construed as moving with the actual shoreline; boundaries indicated
as approximately following the normal high-water line or center lines of
streams, rivers, canals, lakes or other bodies of water shall be construed
to follow such lines. The depiction of the Resource Protection and
Shoreland Districts on the map is merely illustrative of their general
location. The boundaries of these districts shall be 300 feet from
the normal high-water mark of the water body or the upland edge of wetland
vegetation regardless of the location of the boundary shown on the map.
3.2.D.3. Where physical or cultural features existing on the ground
are at variance with those shown on the official Buxton Zoning Map or in
other circumstances not covered by subsections 3.2.D.1. and 3.2.D.2. above,
the Board of Appeals shall interpret the district boundaries.
3.2.D.4. When a lot is divided by a zoning district boundary other then
a boundary of the Resource Protection or Shoreland Districts, the requirements
and standards of this Ordinance shall apply as follows:
3.2.D.4.a. When the lot is equal to or less than two acres in area the
provisions of this Ordinance which apply to the larger portion of the lot
shall apply to the lot as a whole.
3.2.D.4.b. When the lot is larger than two acres in area the provisions
of this Ordinance which apply to either portion of the lot may be extended
for a distance of up to 50 feet beyond the district boundary.
3.2.E. In the event that the Buxton Zoning Map becomes damaged, destroyed,
lost or difficult to interpret because of the nature or number of changes
and additions, the Town Meeting may by resolution adopt a new Buxton Zoning
Map which shall supersede the prior Buxton Zoning Map. The new Buxton
Zoning Map shall be identified by the signature of the Planning Board attested
by the Town Clerk under the following words: "This is to certify that this
Buxton Zoning Map, adopted (date of adoption) supersedes and replaces the
Buxton Zoning Map adopted (date of adoption of map being replaced) as part
of the Buxton Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Buxton, Maine." The
superseded Buxton Zoning Map shall be preserved together if possible with
all available records pertaining to its adoption or amendment.
3.2.F. The attached map and amendments thereto is hereby adopted and
made a part of this Ordinance.
3.3. Flood Maps.
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The areas of special flood hazard Zones A and A1-30, are identified
by the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a report entitled “Flood
Insurance Study – Town of Buxton, Maine, York County,” dated January 5,
1982 with accompanying "Flood Insurance Rate Map" dated January 5, 1982
and "Flood Boundary and Floodway Map" dated July 5, 1982, which are hereby
adopted by reference and declared to be a part of this Ordinance.
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