Dixmont, ME Home Business: Signage Rules (2026)

Section 15(I) of the Dixmont Shoreland Zoning Ordinance governs signs on land within 250 feet of great ponds and freshwater wetlands and within 75 feet of streams. The town has no general zoning ordinance, so a business sign outside the shoreland zone is not reached by this section. Table 1, item 29, marks signs yes in the Stream Protection, Resource Protection and Limited Residential districts, which the key to the table defines as allowed with no permit required, provided the use complies with all applicable land use standards.

For a business, two paragraphs matter. Paragraph (1) allows signs relating to goods and services sold on the premises, provided each sign is no more than six square feet in area and there are no more than two signs per premises. Signs relating to goods or services not sold or rendered on the premises are prohibited. Paragraph (2) allows name signs, no more than two per premises and no more than twelve square feet in the aggregate. Paragraph (6) caps every sign at twenty feet above the ground.

The remaining paragraphs cover other sign types. Residential users can display a single sign of no more than three square feet relating to the sale, rental or lease of the premises. Trespassing and hunting signs are allowed without a limit on number so long as none exceeds two square feet. Signs relating to public safety are allowed without restriction.

A home occupation is a separate permit matter. Table 1, item 17, requires a Planning Board permit for a home occupation in the Stream Protection and Limited Residential districts and prohibits it in the Resource Protection district, so the sign standards apply on top of that approval.