Code of Maine Rules › 18 - DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES › 134 - CAPITOL PLANNING COMMISSION › Chapter 1 - CAPITOL AREA RULES AND REGULATIONS › Sec2 134-1-3 - Definitions › Subsection 134-1-3-1 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1.
Definitions
As used in this Chapter, unless the context otherwise
					 indicates, the following terms have the following meanings:
A.
Building Height
means the
				  vertical height from the sidewalk or finished grade at the center of the front
				  of the building to the highest point of the roof surface, if a flat roof; to
				  the deck line of mansard roofs; and to the mean height between eaves and ridges
				  for gables, hip, and gambrel roofs.
B.
Family
means one (1) or more
				  persons occupying a premise and living as a single housekeeping unit.
C.
Eight Unit Dwellings
means a
				  free standing building intended and designed to be occupied and used
				  exclusively for residential purposes by each of not more than eight
				  families.
D.
Interested
				  Parties
means State agencies such as the Department of Transportation,
				  Maine Historic Preservation Commission, Maine Arts Commission, City Officials,
				  abutters or neighbors across the street but are not limited to those stated
				  herein.
E.
Lot
means a
				  registered or recorded parcel of land of at least sufficient size to meet
				  minimum zoning requirements for use and dimensions and to provide such yards
				  and other open spaces as are required. An easement shall not be considered a
				  lot.
F.
Lot Lines
(1)
Front
means the line
				  separating any lot from a street or streets.
(2)
Rear
means a line which is
				  opposite and most distant from the front lot line; in the case of a triangular
				  or irregular lot, a line ten (10) feet long within the lot, parallel to and
				  farthest from the front lot line.
(3)
Side
means any lot line not
				  a front or rear lot line.
G.
Lot Measurements
(1)
Lot
Frontage
means the fee simple or leasehold boundary line of a lot which extends along a
				  recorded or recordable street/road Right-of-Way which meets the minimum width
				  requirements for the intended use on said lot. For the purpose of determining
				  yard requirements on corner lots and through lots, all sides of a lot adjacent
				  to streets shall be considered "frontage" and yards shall be provided as
				  indicated under "yards" in this section.
(2)
Lot
Depth
means
				  the distance between the midpoint of straight lines connecting the foremost
				  points of the side lot lines in front and the rearmost points of the side lot
				  lines in the rear.
(3)
Lot
Width
means the distance between straight lines
				  connecting front and rear lot lines at each side of the lot, measured across
				  the rear of the required front yard.
H.
Non-Conforming Use
means the
				  use of buildings, structures, premises, land or parts thereof which is not
				  permitted in the district in which it is situated, but which is allowed to
				  remain solely because it was in lawful existence at the time these rules and
				  regulations or subsequent amendments took effect.
I.
On Premise Sign
means a sign
				  which is erected and maintained according to the standards set forth in these
				  regulations upon the same real property that the residence, business, facility
				  or point of interest is located. The signs shall only advertise the business,
				  residence, facility or point of interest conducted thereon or the sale, rent,
				  or lease of the property upon which it is located.
J.
Parking Lot
means a parcel or
				  area of land designed for the parking of motor vehicles.
K.
Project
means any changes as
				  described in these regulations to buildings or property within the zoning
				  districts noted that require review by the Capitol Planning
				  Commission.
L.
Quasi-Public
means a public or non-profit corporation or
				  institution.
M.
Re-construction
means the rebuilding of a structure or building in
				  which changes are made to the structure so that the spaces enclosed and/or the
				  shape and/or the size of the building is changed.
N.
Renovation
means repairs and
				  improvements which do not change the external structure, shape, or size of the
				  building.
O.
Setback
means the nearest horizontal distance from a lot line or normal high-water line
				  to the nearest part of a structure, road, parking space or other regulated
				  object or area.
P.
Story
means that portion of a building including between the
				  surface of any floor and the surface of the floor or the roof next above it. A
				  basement shall be considered a story for the purpose of height measurement
				  where more than one-half (1/2) of its height is above the average level of the
				  adjoining ground.
Q.
Streets
mean any public or private Right-of-Way of a specified
				  width, or a Right-of-Way shown on a recordable subdivision plan approved by the
				  City of Augusta Planning Board, not including State owned driveways.
R.
Structural Alteration
means
				  changes in supporting members of a building, such as supporting walls, beams,
				  columns, and girders.
S.
Structure
means anything built for the support, shelter or
				  enclosure of persons, animals, goods or property of any kind, together with
				  anything constructed or erected with a fixed location on or in the ground,
				  exclusive of fences, utility poles and associated appurtenances, sidewalks and
				  handicap ramps. The term includes structures permanently or temporarily
				  located, such as decks, signs, gas or liquid storage tanks that are principally
				  stored above ground and satellite dishes.
Any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls.
					 Buildings separated only by party walls or abutting walls without openings
					 shall be deemed to be separate buildings.
T.
Yard
(1) Front means a yard adjoining the front
				  lot line, extending between the principal structure and the street.
(2) Rear means a yard adjoining the rear lot
				  line and extending between the rear lot line and the principal
				  structure.
(3) Side means a yard
				  adjoining a side lot line extending from the front lot line to the rear lot
				  line as required by district regulations.