578 Lebanon St Sanford, ME 04073-5300

Rural Residential Zone (RR). A. Purpose. The purpose of the Rural Residential (RR) Zone is to provide areas in the City which promote high-quality rural residential environments in sections of the community which cannot be served by public water and sewerage systems, while maintaining the rural character of these areas. B. Permitted uses. (1) Uses shown on the Table of Land Uses as being permitted uses shall be permitted by right in the RR Zone. (2) Those lots listed below are considered nonconforming lots of record at the time they were rezoned in 2006 from Residential Development and may be built upon, without the need for a variance, with a single-family detached dwelling, provided that such lot is in separate ownership and not contiguous with any other lot in the same ownership and that all provisions of the Residential Development Zone can be met. [Amended 9-20-2022 by Order No. 22-440-01 ] Lots Rezoned Residential Development to Rural Residential February 2006 Considered Preexisting Nonconforming R8-3 G17-1 G17-3 R8-35B G17-2 H17-3 R8-30 G17-4 H17-4 G17-8 G17-7 H17-5 R8-6A G17-6 R8-28 R6-69C R8-5B R6-69 R8-5F R6-69D H18-11 R8-7 R8-5D R11-55C R11-90 R11-55B R6-56 R8-72C R8-72D R8-8 C. Uses permitted with site plan review. Uses outlined in the Table of Land Uses as being permitted with site plan review in the RR Zone shall be allowed, but only upon the receipt of approval of a development plan in accordance with the provisions of Article XVI . [Amended 12-3-2019 by Order No. 19-168-01 ; amended 9-20-2022 by Order No. 22-440-01 ] D. Conditional uses. Uses shown on the Table of Land Uses as being conditional uses in the RR Zone shall be allowed only if a conditional use permit for that use is approved by the Planning Board in accordance with the provisions of Articles XIII and XVI . E. Prohibited uses. Any use not listed as a permitted use, a use permitted with site plan review or a conditional use in the RR Zone shall be prohibited within the RR Zone. F. Standards. All buildings and structures shall be erected, structurally altered, enlarged, or moved and all land within the RR Zone shall be used in accordance with the following standards. (1) Space and bulk standards. (a) Maximum net residential density: one (1) dwelling unit per two (2) net acres. (b) Minimum lot size: see § 280-11-2F(2)(e) . (c) Minimum lot area per dwelling unit: see § 280-11-2F(2)(e) . (d) Minimum street frontage: [1] Arterial or collector in designated resource conservation areas: three-hundred (300) feet. [a] Route 11A from Hanson Ridge Road to Harry Howes Road.