Application of District Regulations

A. The regulations set by this Ordinance within each district shall be minimum regulations and apply uniformly to each class or kind of structure or land, and particularly, except as hereinafter provided:

1. No building, structure, or land shall hereafter be used or occupied, and no building or structure or part thereof shall hereafter be erected, constructed, reconstructed, moved or structurally altered except in conformity with all of the regulations specified in this Ordinance for the District in which it is located.
2. Any use not specifically listed or otherwise permitted in the District in which it is located shall be deemed prohibited. If there is question about the classification of a use not specifically listed, a determination shall be made by the Town Council upon petition of the Official.
3. In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this Ordinance shall be held to be minimum requirements, adopted for the promotion of the public health, safety, or general welfare.
4. Wherever the requirements of this Ordinance disagree with the requirements of any other lawfully adopted rules, regulations, ordinances, deed restrictions, or covenants, the most restrictive or that imposing the higher standard, shall govern.
5. The Official shall immediately send to the following Town Boards, Commissions, and Officials a copy of any application seeking approval for the construction of a structure to be built on five (5) acres of land or more or which proposes an occupancy load of three hundred (300) or more:
   1. Town Council
   2. School Committee
   3. Zoning Board of Review
   4. Planning Board
   5. Conservation Commission
   6. Town Planner
   7. Town Engineer
   8. Public Works Director
   9. Administrative Officer
   10. Technical Review Committee
   11. Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Committee
   12. Sewer Authority
   13. Applicable Water District

   The Applicant shall provide the Official with sufficient copies of the application so that the required notification can be accomplished. This notification requirement shall not apply to an application to construct one (1) single-family or two-family dwelling.

   The Technical Review Committee shall forward recommendations concerning all such applications to the Town Council and to the applicable Board from which approval is sought within thirty (30) days from receipt of the application. Unless otherwise provided in the Zoning Ordinance, all other Boards, Commissions and Officials who receive notice of the application may also, in their discretion, forward recommendations to the Town Council and the Board from which approval is sought within said thirty (30) day period.

   All applications to amend the Zoning Ordinance Text or Map(s), except those submitted by the Planning Board, must be sponsored by a Town Council member who shall introduce the proposed Ordinance Amendment for Consideration by the Town Council.