Shoreland Zoning Permit Checklist

SHORELAND ZONING PERMIT CHECKLIST

Appendix 1

(from MMA's Handbook for Local Planning Boards: A Legal Perspective, August 1982, rev. 1991)
prepared by Rebecca Warren Seel, Senior Staff Attorney

NOTE: THIS CHECKLIST IS INTENDED TO ASSIST THE CEO IN TRACKING A SHORELAND ZONING PERMIT THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS

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CHECKOFF FOR ALL STRUCTURES:

__ COMPLETE SHORELAND ZONING PERMIT APPLICATION

__ PAY APPROPRIATE FEE

__ LOT AREA

__ % OF LOT COVERED BY NON-VEGETATED SURFACES

__ HEIGHT OF STRUCTURE

__ SETBACK FROM HIGH WATER MARK

__ SETBACK FROM SIDE AND REAR LOT LINES

__ % INCREASE OF EXPANSIONS OF PORTION OF STRUCTURE WHICH IS LESS THAN REQUIRED SETBACK

__ COPY OF INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR PLUMBING PERMITS

__ COPY OF DEED

__ ELEVATION OF LOWEST FLOOR TO 100-YEAR FLOOD ELEVATION

__ COPY OF ADDITIONAL PERMIT(S) AS REQUIRED (See Page 5 of Application Form)

CHECKOFF FOR FURTHER REVIEW:

__COPY OF FILE TO BOARD OF APPEALS IF VARIANCE OR SPECIAL EXCEPTION IS REQUIRED

__COPY OF FILE TO PLANNING BOARD IF PLANNING BOARD REVIEW IS REQUIRED

CHECKOFF FOR SITE VISITS BY CEO:

__ PRIOR TO CLEARING AND EXCAVATION

__PRIOR TO FOUNDATION POUR

__PRIOR TO FINAL LANDSCAPING

__PRIOR TO OCCUPANCY