Animal Ordinances in Dixmont, ME (2026)
1 verified animal ordinances for Dixmont, Maine, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Chickens & Livestock
Dixmont's only posted livestock rule is in its Shoreland Zoning Ordinance: newly established grazing areas must stay 100 feet from a great pond, 75 feet from other water bodies and 25 feet from tributary streams and freshwater wetlands. Existing grazing that misses those setbacks continues only under a Conservation Plan filed with the Planning Board.
Dixmont Livestock Grazing Setbacks Near Water
Some RestrictionsDixmont Shoreland Zoning Ordinance § 15(N)(5)
(5) Newly established livestock grazing areas shall not be permitted within one hundred (100) feet, horizontal distance, of the normal high-water line of a great pond; within seventy-five (75) feet, horizontal distance, of other water bodies; nor within twenty-five (25) feet, horizontal distance, of tributary streams and freshwater wetlands. Livestock grazing associated with ongoing farm activi...