The Town of Falmouth is divided into the following types of
zoning districts.
Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC)
In addition to the districts listed in §
240-4.1B through §
240-4.1D, there is an Historic District established by Chapter 654 of the Acts of 1975, regulated by Chapter
36 of the Town Code.
Whenever a road, way, right-of-way, railroad, or comparable
human-made or human-designed area or feature, or a pond, stream, river,
swamp, bog, marsh, or other body of water or comparable natural or
quasi-natural geographic feature is shown on the Zoning Map as a boundary
between districts of different zoning, the geographic district boundary
shall be on the center line of that feature. A feature lying totally
within a designated zone shall be zoned as the other land around it.
No part of the land or water area within the Town shall be unzoned.