Opinion ID: 1891529
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Heading: Residential Use

Text: [¶ 10] The Kennebunkport Land Use Ordinance clearly resolves the residential use question. While the marsh island on which the boathouse is situated may be within the Village Residential East Zone, the record establishes unequivocally that the marsh island is also within a Resource Protection Zone in which residential uses, absent grandfathering, are strictly prohibited. [1] The Resource Protection Zone extends to fresh water and coastal wetlands[,] . . . all land ... below the normal high water mark of any tidal water ... [and] one hundred year flood planes adjacent to tidal waters. A marsh island subject to daily tidal flooding or at least flooding on high runs of tide is certainly within all of these criteria. Construction of a residence or renovation of a structure to become a residence on a marsh island is specifically prohibited. Only grandfathered structures with grandfathered uses may be maintained on a tidal marsh.