Cumberland
Town of Cumberland Zoning Ordinance
§ 4-6

Prohibited uses

[Ord. No. 08-31, 10-7-2009; Ord. No. 11-02A, § 2, 8-17-2011; amended 12-6-2023 by Ord. No. 23-26]

Any use which is not specifically listed as a permitted use, by right or conditionally by special use permit, in this article, is a prohibited use. For the purposes of greater specificity, however, the following uses are prohibited in the Town of Cumberland:

  • (a) Acid manufacture including hydrochloric, nitric, picric or sulfuric acid;
  • (b) Aircraft transportation;
  • (c) Asbestos and asbestos product manufacturing, assembly or processing;
  • (d) Bulk storage, petroleum/LNG storage;
  • (e) Chlorine or other similar noxious or toxic gases;
  • (f) Extraction of underground water resources for wholesale or retail purposes;
  • (g) Glue manufacture;
  • (h) Junkyard;
  • (i) Landfill and/or solid waste transfer station;
  • (j) Leather and fur tanning and finishing;
  • (k) Mobile home park;
  • (l) Motel;
  • (m) Nuclear industries and explosives;
  • (n) Outdoor advertising for off-site uses, billboards;
  • (o) Petroleum products and related industries;
  • (p) Petroleum refining;
  • (q) Power plant, incinerator and waste facility;
  • (r) Prison or correctional institution;
  • (s) Pulp mills and paper mills;
  • (t) Rendering or refining of fats or oils;
  • (u) Self-storage facility;
  • (v) Slaughter of animals, not including fowl;
  • (w) Solid fuel outdoor furnace;
  • (x) Stockyard or feeding pen;
  • (y) Storage and/or processing of medical wastes (as a principal use);
  • (z) Tobacco processing;
  • (aa) Wind energy system.

Editor’s Note: For definitions of the prohibited uses, see Appendix A, which is included as an attachment to this chapter.