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Land Use Code

Bath Land Use Code as amended through October 27, 2010

The Land Use Code of the City of Bath, Maine, is designed to promote and conserve the health, safety, convenience, and welfare of the inhabitants of the City; to encourage appropriate uses of land throughout the City; to provide for suitable interrelationships between differing land uses; to secure safety from fire, flooding, and other dangers; to provide adequate access to light and air; to provide for adequate sewage disposal, water supply, vehicular and pedestrian access, and public facilities; to avoid undue concentration of population; to prevent overcrowding of the land; to preserve and increase amenities throughout the City; and to carry out the policies contained in the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Bath.