The Zoning Ordinance of the Town of Kennebunk is designed for all the purposes of zoning, as embraced in the Maine Revised Statutes, including, but not limited to:

• Promoting and conserving the health, safety, convenience and welfare of the Town's inhabitants;
• Encouraging appropriate, safe, and healthful uses of land throughout the Town;
• Securing safety from fire, panic, epidemics, flooding, and other similar dangers;
• Providing adequate access to light and air;
• Avoiding undue concentrations of population and preventing overcrowding of land;
• Lessening congestion in the streets;
• Facilitating the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements;
• Preserving and increasing amenities throughout the Town; and
• Implementing the goals and policies of the Kennebunk Comprehensive Plan.

 Zoning Ordinance (Note: all underlined links below are PDFs) 

• Table of Contents (PDF)
• Article 1 - Title and Purpose (PDF)
• Article 2 - Definitions (PDF)
• Article 3 - Establishment of Districts (PDF)
• Article 4 - Administration and Enforcement (PDF)
• Article 5 - Nonconformance (PDF)
• Article 6 - Board of Appeals (PDF)
• Article 7 - Special Exceptions (PDF)

 Article 8 - Individual Zoning Districts 

• Article 8 Sect 1 Resource Protection District  (PDF)
• Article 8 Sect 2 Branch Brook Aquifer Protection District (PDF)
• Article 8 Sect 3 Rural Conservation District (PDF)
• Article 8 Sect 4 Rural Residential District (PDF)
• Article 8 Sect 5 Coastal Residential District (PDF)
• Article 8 Sect 6 Suburban Residential District (PDF)
• Article 8 Sect 7 Village Residential District/West Kennebunk Village Residential (PDF)
• Article 8 Sect 8 Downtown Business District (PDF)
• Article 8 Sect 9 Upper Square District (PDF)
• Article 8 Sect 10 York St Mixed Residential and Commercial Use District (PDF)
• Article 8 Sect 11 Lower Village Business District (PDF)
• Article 8 Sect 12 West Kennebunk Village Mixed Use District (PDF)
• Article 8 Sect 13 Suburban Commercial District (PDF)
• Article 8 Sect 14 Business Park District (PDF)
• Article 8 Sect 15 industrial District (PDF)
• Article 8 Sect 16 Shoreland Overlay District (PDF)
• Article 8 Sect 17 Historic Preservation Overlay District (PDF)
• Article 8 Sect 25 Portland Road Mixed Use District (PDF)
• Article 8 Sect 18 (The 39 Portland Rd Contract Zone)
• Article 8 Sect 19 (12 Depot Street Contract Zone)
• Article 8 Sect 20 ( One Alfred Road Contract Zone)
• Article 8 Sect 21 (119 Main Street Contract Zone)
• Article 8 Sect 22 (Cousens School Contract Zone)
• Article 8 Sect 23 (Terrace Green Contract Zone)
• Article 8 Sect 24 (Webber Hill Road Contract Zone)
• Article 8 Sect 26 (Western Avenue Contract Zone)
• Article 8 Sect 27 (14 Perkins Lane Contract Zone)

• Article 9 - Open Space Standards (PDF)
• Article 10 - Performance Standards (PDF)
• Article 10 Section 23 - Design Review Standards
  • Design Review Standards Manual
  • Better Models for Commercial Development Booklet
• Article 11 - Site Plan Review (PDF)
• Article 12 - Historic Preservation (PDF)
• Article 13 - Amendment and Other Legal Provisions (PDF)
• Article 14 - Impact Fees (PDF)
• Article 15 - Wetland Mitigation Ordinance (PDF)

Find your Zoning District (PDF)

Tax Maps

Street Design and Construction Standards Ordinance

Subdivision Review Standards

West Kennebunk Fire Station Impact Fee Area Map