Zoning Ordinance
- 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.
- Table of Contents
- Article 1 - Title and Purpose
- Article 2 - Definitions
- Article 3 - Establishment of Districts
- Article 4 - Administration and Enforcement
- Article 5 - Nonconformance
- Article 6 - Board of Appeals
- Article 7 - Special Exceptions
- Article 8 - District Regulations
Article 8 Sections (listed individually)
- Article 8 Sect 1 Resource Protection District (RP)
- Article 8 Sect 2 Branch Brook Acquifer Protection District (BB)
- Article 8 Sect 3 Rural Conservation District (RC)
- Article 8 Sect 4 Rural Residential District (RR)
- Article 8 Sect 5 Coastal Residential District (CR)
- Article 8 Sect 6 Suburban Residential District (SR)
- Article 8 Sect 7 Village Residential District/West Kennebunk Village Residential (VR+WKVR)
- Article 8 Sect 8 Downtown Business District (DB)
- Article 8 Sect 9 Upper Square District (US)
- Article 8 Sect 10 York St Mixed Residential and Commercial Use District (MRCU)
- Article 8 Sect 11 Lower Village Business District (LVB)
- Article 8 Sect 12 West Kennebunk Village Mixed Use District (WKV)
- Article 8 Sect 13 Suburban Commercial District (SC)
- Article 8 Sect 14 Business Park District (BP)
- Article 8 Sect 15 industrial District (I)
- Article 8 Sect 16 Shoreland Overlay District (SZ)
- Article 8 Sect 17 Historic Preservation Overlay District (HP)
- Article 8 Sect 25 Portland Road Mixed Use District (PRMU)
- 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
- Article 10 - Performance Standards
- Article 10 Section 23 - Design Review Standards
- Design Review Standards Manual
- Better Models for Commercial Development Booklet
- Article 11 - Site Plan Review
- Article 12 - Historic Preservation
- Article 13 - Amendment and Other Legal Provisions
- Article 14 - Impact Fees
- Article 15 - Wetland Mitigation Ordinance
Street Design and Construction Standards Ordinance
Subdivision Review Standards
West Kennebunk Fire Station Impact Fee Area Map
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Brian Paul
Code Enforcement OfficerPhone: (207) 985-2102 ext. 1303
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Frank Kunkel
Code Enforcement OfficerPhone: (207) 985-2102 ext. 1303
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Appointments are required to meet with the Code Enforcement Officer. Please call (207) 604-1303 or email to schedule a telephone or in-person appointment.
Office Hours
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Office Hours
Monday:8:00-4:30
Tuesday:8:00-4:30
Wednesday*: 9:00-4:30
Thursday: 8:00-4:30
Friday:8:00-4:30
*The Department opens at 9:00AM every Wednesday.
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