Economic Development

BBH Zoning
The following documents can be found on the the Town of Boothbay Harbor website:

Zoning and Development Considerations in the Boothbay Harbor Maritime/Water Dependent District (Bob Faunce, Lincoln County Planner 12/19/2017)

Proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendments

East Side Map

BBH Zoning Districts

Suggested Goals for East Side Development

Waterfront Development Information & Resources:

NOAA SMART GROWTH: FOR COASTAL AND COMMUNITIES [PDF]

• NOAA Sea Grant (Maine)
• https://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/smart-growth-coastal-and-waterfront-communities

Guiding The Way To Waterfront Revitalization: Florida Department of Community Affairs [PDF]

Urban Land Institute: Ten Principles for Coastal Development [PDF]

National Working Waterfront Network

• Information for Decision and Policymakers (includes case studies, oral histories, historic trends and more.)

Maine Specific:

Maine’s Working Waterfront Tax Law

Island Institute – The Island Institute works to sustain Maine’s island and coastal communities, and exchanges ideas and experiences to further the sustainability of communities here and elsewhere.

• What Works Solution Library
  • Residents of Maine’s island and coastal communities face challenges that are similar to those of many other small, rural communities. The What Works Solutions Library offers case studies and practical information about how residents of those rural communities have successfully addressed these challenges.
• The Sustainable Working Waterfronts Toolkit: Final Report
  • 2013. Island Institute; Maine Sea Grant; National Sea Grant Law Center; Coastal Enterprises, Inc.; Florida Sea Grant
• Working Waterfront Archive

Protecting Maine’s Working Waterfront (state program)