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Code Enforcement Officer

Code Enforcement Officer: John Fuhrman

Office Hours:

Monday: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Thursday: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Friday: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

The Code Enforcement Officer handles all aspects of building permits, set back regulations, and building inspections.

When is a building permit required?
- A building permit is required for construction or alteration of any building or structure
- Installing a swimming pool of any kind
- Demolition of a structure (hazard determination may be required)
- Change in use or occupancy of any structure - including time or function
- Buildings and Structures moved into or within the Town of Gouldsboro - regardless of size
- Installing a sign or a banner
- Fill, grade, lagoon, dredge, or harvest of Timber in any Shoreland or Resource Protection Zoning District
- Plumbing
- Piers, docks, and wharves
- Driveway opening permit from DOT on State roadway

The Code Enforcement Officer shall not act upon any application for building permit until all other permits which may be required by the Zoning Ordinance, and other local ordinances, or under State or Federal law regulations have been received.

Each application for a building permit shall include:
- A plot plan drawn to scale, showing and stating the dimensions in feet of the lot, the location and ground coverage of all buildings proposed to be erected, moved, or demolished on such log, and each street, alley, or right-of-way on or adjacent to the lot, showing wetlands and waterbodies;
- A statement of the use intended to be made of any buildings and the lot itself, even in the event of demolition; and
- Wastewater disposal system documentation (i.e., Septic design or Sewer District connection approval).

Set Backs for Buildings
75' for salt water with no Aquatic Bird Restrictions
100' for fresh water
250' for Resource Protection and Bird Conservation (you can build within this area but you need a Resource Protection Permit)

Set Backs for Side Yards
15' from the side of the building and the back
35' from the center line of the road

The Code Enforcement Officer will approve or deny the application for building permit within thirty (30) days from the date of filing a complete application.

Building permit applications can be picked up at the Town Office or downloaded (in PDF format) from the link above.

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