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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least seven days prior to the public                 rule is vetoed, the remainder shall continue in
          hearing. For map amendments, notice                  effect. Any rule so adopted, which is not
          shall be sent by regular United States mail          required by the statutes of the state or by this
          to at least 13 calendar days in advance of           article, may be waived by the chair upon good
          any workshop or hearing date to all                  cause being shown. Except as otherwise
          property owners within the area proposed             provided in Subsection 2.1.8(A)(1), all meetings,
          for rezoning and all property owners 500             hearings, and deliberations of the Planning
          feet beyond said area, except that rezoning          Board and its committees shall be open to the
          to industrial zone designations the notice           public in accordance with Title 1 M.R.S. § 401 et
          range shall be 1,000 feet.                           seq. Testimony at any hearing may be required
     3.   Contract or conditional zoning. Notice of            by the Planning Board to be given under oath.
          public hearing shall be posted in the City      D. Keeping of records. The Director of the
          Clerk's office at least 13 days prior to the         Department of Planning & Urban Development
          public hearing and shall be published in a           shall designate a member of their staff who
          newspaper of general circulation within              shall attend all Planning Board proceedings. The
          the city at least two times, the date of the         staff shall provide for the keeping of minutes of
          first publication to be at least seven days          the proceedings of the Board, showing the vote
          prior to the hearing. Notice shall also be           of each member on every question, or their
          sent to the owners of all property abutting          absence or failure to vote, and shall maintain
          the property to be rezoned at their last             the permanent records and decisions of all
          known address. This notice shall contain a           Board meetings, hearings, and proceedings and
          copy of the proposed conditions and                  all correspondence of the Board, as required by
          restrictions, with a map indicating the              statute. Such records shall be public records
          property to be rezoned.                              open to inspection during working hours upon
     The cost of noticing shall be charged to the              reasonable notice.
     applicant.
C.   Procedures. The Planning Board shall adopt its       2.1.9 Record and decisions
     own rules for the conduct of its business not        A.   Record. The minutes of the staff, and the
     inconsistent with the statutes of the state and           transcript if one is made, and all exhibits,
     this article. Such rules shall be filed with the          papers, applications, and requests filed in any
     Planning Authority and with the City Clerk. Any           proceeding before the Planning Board and the
     and all rule changes shall be placed on a City            decision of the Board shall constitute the
     Council public agenda as a communication                  record.
     requiring a public hearing. Any rule may be          B.   Decision. Every final decision of the Planning
     vetoed, in whole or in part, by order of the              Board and every recommendation of the
     Council within 45 days of the date of filing with         Planning Board to the City Council shall include
     the City Clerk. No rules change shall take effect         written findings of fact, and shall specify the
     until that time period has elapsed. If a part of a        reason or reasons for such decision or CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 2-3 ADMINISTRATION
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