Press Release – Blue Hill Healthy Ecosystem Ordinance

02/27/2025 (Community Events)

Proposed Revised Ordinance Presentation, Friday March 21 from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. in
the Howard Room in the Blue Hill Library.


The proposed Revised Blue Hill Healthy Ecosystem Ordinance, which will be voted on
Saturday April 5th at the Town Meeting, is being presented at a public information
meeting Friday March 21st 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the Howard Room in the Blue Hill
Library.


The ordinance review committee will present the proposed revised ordinance. The
committee was organized to review and update the ordinance shortly after a stop gap
amendment to the ordinance was approved at the 2024 Town Meeting. The stop gap
amendment’s intent was to allow the continuation of treating elm trees for Dutch elm
disease within the town of Blue Hill. The amendment was approved after volunteers
committed to review the amendment and present an alternative at the 2025 Town
Meeting.
For more information visit the Town of Blue Hill website Proposed 2025 Healthy Ecosystem Ordinance – Town of Blue Hill

To contact the committee please email townclerk@bluehillme.gov or call 207-374-2281

Proposed 2025 Healthy Ecosystem Ordinance

02/25/2025 (Uncategorized) Tags:

A committee was organized to review and update the current Healthy Ecosystem Ordinance shortly after a stop gap amendment to the ordinance was approved at the 2024 Town Meeting. The stop gap amendment’s intent was to allow the continuation of treating elm trees for Dutch elm disease within the town of Blue Hill. The amendment was approved after volunteers committed to review the amendment and present an alternative at the 2025 Town Meeting. This is the proposed updated ordinance.

If this proposed ordinance is approved at the Blue Hill Town Meeting April 5th 2025, the current ordinance will be repealed and replaced with the proposed ordinance.

If this proposed ordinance is not approved, the current ordinance shall remain in effect.

2025 Proposed Healthy Ecosystem Ordinance

Current Healthy Ecosystem Ordinance

Supplementary Information

Blue Hill Healthy Ecosystem Ordinance at a Glance

Blue Hill Healthy Ecosystem Ordinance FAQ’s

Links to Citations Noted in the Ordinance

Waiver Application Procedure

Pesticide Waiver Application

Fillable Pesticide Notification Sign

Sample Pesticide Notification Sign

How to read a Pesticide Label

Further Resources

2025 “clam” Shellfish Licenses

02/20/2025 (Harbormaster, Marine, Marine Resources Committee, Services, Town Office)

Shellfish licenses on sale March 3rd at Town Office. Please see *license allocations and related cost below.

Class-Commercial              

Resident *No Limit Set @ $100

Non-resident *9 Limit @ $200

Senior Resident *8 Limit @ $0

Senior Non-resident *4 Limit @ $0

Class-Recreational

Resident *40 Limit @ $5

Non-resident *20 Limit @ $10

Senior Resident *10 Limt @ $0

Senior Non-Resident *5 Limit @ $0

Junior Resident *5 Limit @ $0

Junior Non-resident *5 Limit @ $0

LicensingDownload

Town Ordinances – Town of Blue Hill

Did you know Business Name Registration

02/20/2025 (Policy, Town Office)

for MERCANTILE PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSUMED BUSINESS NAMES is a State of Maine Requirement?

What is a DBA (or “Doing Business As”)? 

A DBA is a registered name that a business/individual uses to operate a business under a name that is not its legal name. Unlike LLCs and corporations which default to a company name, sole proprietors and general partnerships default to the business owner’s personal name. 

In Maine, sole proprietors and partnerships register DBAs with the clerk’s office in the town they do business in. 

Town Registration Information

Town Sidewalks & Curbs

02/16/2025 (Select Board)

The Town is not responsible for immediately clearing snow and/or ice from the sidewalks following a storm. Home and business owners should help keep the sidewalks in front of their own property entrance clear. Any Blue Hill resident or business owner is welcome to a five gallon bucket of salt/sand at the town sand shed.

Toddy Pond Dam Meeting: 2/12

02/11/2025 (Five-Town Dam Committee, Public Hearings, Select Board)

A public information and feedback session will be held on Wednesday, February 12 to:

  • provide an update on the process for considering ownership of the Toddy Pond dam,
  • answer questions about the status of the effort, and
  • most importantly, solicit community input on how potential ownership of the dam should be structured and who should bear the costs of ownership

Feedback from this session will inform the Blue Hill Select Board, and the other three towns abutting Toddy Pond, as to the community’s views on:

  • Whether the dam should remain or the waters forming Toddy Pond released, and
  • If the dam is retained, how costs of ownership should be apportioned between property owners and general Blue Hill taxpayers.

All members of the community are invited to attend to share their input.

For more information about the developments surrounding Toddy Pond, please visit this page.

2025 Town Meeting

02/11/2025 (Boards/Committees, Community Events, Elections/Voting, Government, Planning Board, Town Meetings)

Blue Hill Town Hall for Friday, April 4th – Elections / Referendum. The meeting opens @ 9:30 am but POLLS OPEN @ 10:00 am (until 8:00 pm)

Blue Hill Consolidated School Gym for Saturday, April 5th – Open Session 9:00 am (check-in starting 7:30 am)

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