Portland City Code ch. 14

Citation: Portland City Code ch. 14
Parent Document: Portland City Code ch. 14
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
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in writing all members of the date of the adjourned             2.   Public hearings. Public hearings shall be
hearing and shall notify such other interested                       held as required by the various statutes,
parties as may be directed in the vote of                            codes, and ordinances pursuant to which
adjournment.                                                         matters are brought before the Planning
                                                                     Board and shall be conducted in
2.1.7 Conflicts                                                      accordance with relevant state law, the
No member of the Planning Board shall participate                    Land Use Code, and the rules of the board.
in the hearing or disposition of any matter in which       B.   Notice. The Planning Authority shall give
he or she has an interest. Any question of whether a            notice of the time and place of public
member has a conflict of interest sufficient for a              workshops and hearings, including a brief
member to be recused shall be decided by a                      description of the application(s) to be
majority vote of the members present, except the                considered, as follows:
member whose possible conflict is being examined.               1.   Site plan and subdivision. Notice shall be
Where such vote results in a tie, the subject                        given to the general public by publication
member shall be recused from the matter.                             in a newspaper of general circulation in the
                                                                     City of Portland at least two times, the
2.1.8 Meetings and procedures                                        date of the first publication to be at least
A.   Meetings. Regular meetings of the Planning                      10 calendar days prior to the workshop or
     Board shall be held at the call of the chair or as              hearing. Notice shall also be sent by
     provided by rule of the board. Special meetings                 regular United States mail at least 10
     may be called by the chair or any four members                  calendar days in advance of the workshop
     of the Board or at the request of the City                      or hearing date to the applicant, the
     Council.                                                        owner(s) of the subject property, and all
     1.   Workshops. Workshops of the Planning                       owners of property located within 500
          Board or any of its committees may be                      feet of the subject property, except that
          held at the call of the board or committee                 for subdivisions within industrial zones the
          chair, as the case may be, for the                         notice range shall be 1,000 feet.
          presentation of information by the                    2.   Land Use Code or zoning map amendment.
          Director of the Department of Planning &                   Notice of public hearing shall be publicly
          Urban Development, their staff, an                         posted in the municipal office at least 13
          applicant, or others. These meetings will be               days before the public hearing on such
          open for public comment according to the                   application. In addition, notice of said
          rules of the Planning Board. Such                          public hearing must be published at least
          meetings, unless open to the public as                     two times in a newspaper of general
          provided in Title 1 M.R.S. § 401 et seq. shall             circulation in the City of Portland. The date
          be informational only and shall not result                 of the first publication must be at least 12
          in final decisions on any matter.                          days prior to any public hearing and the
                                                                     date of the second publication must be at 2-2 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE ADMINISTRATION
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