[Amended in its entirety 8-15-2016 by Ord. No. 16-08. Subsequent amendments
noted where applicable.]
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Title 1: General Provisions
- Ch 1.1 Code Adoption
- Ch 1.2 General Provisions for Code Use
- Ch 1.3 General Penalty
- Title 2: Administrative Code
- Ch 2.1 Administrative Provisions Generally
- Ch 2.2 Fire Department
- Ch 2.3 Personnel System Generally
- Ch 2.4 Personnel Positions Established
- Ch 2.5 Compensation
- Title 3: Revenue and Finance
- Ch 3.1 Treasurer's Disbursement Warrants
- Ch 3.2 Purchasing System
- Ch 3.3 Applicant Service Accounts (Asa)
- Ch 3.4 Municipal Development and Tax Increment Financing Districts
- Title 4: Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 4.1 Establishment
- Ch 4.2 Selection Procedures for Council Appointments
- Ch 4.3 Board of Assessment Review
- Ch 4.4 Kittery Community Center Board of Directors
- Ch 4.5 Voter Registration Appeals Board
- Ch 4.6 Board of Trustees of Trust Funds
- Ch 4.7 Library Advisory Committee
- Ch 4.8 Shellfish Conservation Committee
- Ch 4.9 Conservation Commission
- Ch 4.10 Parks Commission
- Ch 4.11 Kittery Port Authority
- Ch 4.12 Capital Improvement Committee
- Ch 4.13 Economic Development Committee
- Ch 4.14 Education Scholarship Selection Committee
- Ch 4.15 Kittery Land Issues Committee
- Ch 4.16 Comprehensive Plan Committee
- Ch 4.17 Kittery Climate Adaptation Committee
- Ch 4.18 Kittery Housing Committee
- Title 5: Business Licenses and Regulations
- Ch 5.1 Amusement Devices
- Ch 5.2 Special Amusement Permits
- Ch 5.3 Food Service Establishments
- Ch 5.4 Garage Sales
- Ch 5.5 Massage Establishments
- Ch 5.6 Mobile Food-Vending Units
- Ch 5.7 Sidewalk Sales
- Ch 5.8 Taxicabs
- Ch 5.9 Viewing Booths in Adult Entertainment Establishments
- Ch 5.10 Use of the Public Way
- Ch 5.11 Marijuana Businesses
- Ch 5.12 Short-Term Rental
- Title 6: Animals
- Ch 6.1 Animal Control
- Title 7: Cable Television
- Ch 7.1 In General
- Ch 7.2 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch 7.3 Cable Television Franchise Requirements
- Title 8: Health and Safety
- Ch 8.1 Solid Waste Collection and Disposal
- Ch 8.2 Property Maintenance
- Ch 8.3 Emergency Management Agency
- Ch 8.4 Blasting
- Ch 8.5 Street Addressing
- Title 9: Public Peace, Morals and Welfare
- Ch 9.1 Offenses Generally
- Ch 9.2 Obscenity
- Ch 9.3 Curfew Hours for Minors
- Ch 9.4 Firearms
- Title 10: Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 10.1 Rules of the Road
- Ch 10.2 One-Way Streets; Stop Intersections and Yield Intersections Designated
- Ch 10.3 Stopping, Standing and Parking
- Ch 10.4 Bicycles, Skateboards, Scooters and Roller Skates
- Ch 10.5 Traffic Penalties
- Title 11: General Assistance
- Ch 11.1 Statement of Policy
- Ch 11.2 Definitions
- Ch 11.3 Administrative Rules and Regulations
- Ch 11.4 Application Procedure
- Ch 11.5 Eligibility Factors
- Ch 11.6 Determination of Eligibility
- Ch 11.7 Fair Hearing
- Ch 11.8 Recovery of Expenses
- Ch 11.9 Severability
- Title 12: Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places
- Ch 12.1 Excavations
- Ch 12.2 Miscellaneous Street and Sidewalk Regulations
- Ch 12.3 Rogers Park
- Ch 12.4 Seapoint and Crescent Beaches
- Ch 12.5 Fort Foster
- Ch 12.6 Shellfish
- Ch 12.7 Town Farm Forest
- Ch 12.8 Motor Vehicle Restrictions
- Ch 12.9 Legion Pond
- Ch 12.10 Political Signs
- Ch 12.11 Camping
- Title 13: Public Services
- Ch 13.1 Sewer Service System
- Ch 13.1 Art I In General
- ยงย 13.1.1.1 Definitions and abbreviations.
- ยงย 13.1.1.2 Violations and penalties; violator's liability; additional remedies.
- ยงย 13.1.1.3 Authority to enter properties to make inspections, etc.; limited authority of inquiry.
- ยงย 13.1.1.4 Liability for injuries, damages resulting from inspections.
- ยงย 13.1.1.5 Authority to enter easement; terms of easement govern.
- ยงย 13.1.1.6 Maintenance responsibility of Sewer Department.
- ยงย 13.1.1.7 Rates and charges.
- ยงย 13.1.1.8 Basis for decisions of Superintendent.
- ยงย 13.1.1.9 Damaging or tampering with equipment prohibited.
- ยงย 13.1.1.10 Liability for damage caused by excavation work.
- ยงย 13.1.1.11 Installation of toilet facilities and connection to public sewer required.
- Ch 13.1 Art II Dangerous and Harmful Wastes
- ยงย 13.1.2.1 Effect on special agreements for discharge.
- ยงย 13.1.2.2 Tests and analyses.
- ยงย 13.1.2.3 Discharge of unpolluted drainage into sanitary sewer.
- ยงย 13.1.2.4 Required discharge of unpolluted drainage.
- ยงย 13.1.2.5 Discharge of specific waters, wastes into public sewers prohibited.
- ยงย 13.1.2.6 Superintendent's authority regarding acceptance of harmful wastes.
- ยงย 13.1.2.7 Interceptors when required.
- ยงย 13.1.2.8 Maintenance of treatment, flow-equalizing facilities; cost.
- ยงย 13.1.2.9 Manholes.
- ยงย 13.1.2.10 Specific harmful discharges enumerated.
- Ch 13.1 Art III Building Sewers and Connections
- ยงย 13.1.3.1 Permit required.
- ยงย 13.1.3.2 Permit classes; application; fee.
- ยงย 13.1.3.3 Technical codes, specifications to govern building sewer installations.
- ยงย 13.1.3.4 Technical specifications.
- ยงย 13.1.3.5 Costs of installation; connection; owner's liability.
- ยงย 13.1.3.6 Separate sewer for each building; exception.
- ยงย 13.1.3.7 Use of old sewers with new buildings.
- ยงย 13.1.3.8 Elevation of building sewer.
- ยงย 13.1.3.9 Excavations for building sewer installation.
- ยงย 13.1.3.10 Inspection prior to connection; Superintendent to supervise connection.
- ยงย 13.1.3.11 Specific connections to be approved.
- Ch 13.1 Art IV Main Extensions
- ยงย 13.1.4.1 Council's authority to make changes, extensions.
- ยงย 13.1.4.2 Extensions generally.
- ยงย 13.1.4.3 Assessment.
- ยงย 13.1.4.4 Collection of assessments and charges.
- ยงย 13.1.4.5 Materials.
- Ch 13.1 Art V Private Sewage Disposal
- ยงย 13.1.5.1 Connection to private system required.
- ยงย 13.1.5.2 Permit required to construct system; application; permit and inspection fees.
- ยงย 13.1.5.3 Effective date of permit; inspections of construction.
- ยงย 13.1.5.4 Operation and maintenance of facilities by owner.
- ยงย 13.1.5.5 Effect on additional requirements of Health Officer.
- ยงย 13.1.5.6 Connection to public sewer required; cleaning and filling of private system.
- ยงย 13.1.5.7 Contents from private sewage treatment facilities.
- Ch 13.1 Art VI New Sewer Service Connection Fees
- ยงย 13.1.6.1 Benefited and assessed properties.
- ยงย 13.1.6.2 Changes to benefited and assessed properties - impact fee.
- ยงย 13.1.6.3 New main entrance connection.
- ยงย 13.1.6.4 Changes to unassessed properties - impact fee.
- ยงย 13.1.6.5 Sewer impact fee.
- ยงย 13.1.6.6 Special sewer entrance connection fee.
- ยงย 13.1.6.7 Off-premises construction costs.
- ยงย 13.1.6.8 Municipal contracts or agreements and Town property exempted.
- ยงย 13.1.6.9 Enforcement.
- Ch 13.1 Art VII Special Entrance and Impact Fee Fund Accounting
- ยงย 13.1.7.1 Special Entrance and Impact Fee Fund.
- Ch 13.2 Sewer Service Decision Appeals
- Ch 13.3 Public Safety Impact Fee
- Ch 13.4 Taxpayer Relief Programs
- Ch 13.5 Property Assessed Clean Energy (Pace)
- Title 14: (Reserved)
- Title 15: (Reserved)
- Title 16: Land Use and Development Code
- Ch 16.1 General Provisions
- Ch 16.2 Administration and Enforcement
- Ch 16.3 Definitions
- Ch 16.4 Land Use Zone Regulations
- Ch 16.5 General Performance Standards
- Ch 16.6 Master Site Development Plan
- Ch 16.7 General Development Requirements
- Ch 16.8 Subdivision Review
- Ch 16.9 Maritime and Shoreland-Related Development
- Ch 16.10 Conservation Subdivision
- Appendix
- Apx A Fee Schedules
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List