Portland City Code ch. 14

Citation: Portland City Code ch. 14
Parent Document: Portland City Code ch. 14
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
Original Source: https://www.portlandmaine.gov/asset/ae8cabd1-66eb-4a1c-9224-92bbca5e792f ↗

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exiting the vehicle. Drive-throughs do not include Emergency shelter. A facility providing temporary
major or minor auto service stations. overnight shelter to homeless individuals in a
dormitory‑style or per‑bed arrangement.
Drive-through features. Features associated with Entrance, principal. The main point of access for
drive-throughs including but not limited to pedestrians into a building. A building may have
designated travel or stacking lanes, intercom more than one principal entrance.
systems, menu boards, service windows, kiosks,
mechanical devices, etc. Esplanade. That portion of a street which is located
between the curbline and the edge of the sidewalk
Dwelling unit. One or more rooms forming a single closest to the street.
unit for habitation by one family, including food
preparation, living, sanitary, and sleeping facilities. Essential services. The construction, alteration, or
maintenance of gas, electrical, or communication
Dwelling, multi-family. A building or portion facilities; steam, fuel, electric power, or water
thereof containing three or more dwelling units. transmission or distribution lines, towers and
related equipment; telephone cables or lines, poles,
Dwelling, single‑family. A single building containing and related equipment; gas, oil, water, slurry, or
one dwelling unit. other similar pipelines; municipal sewage lines,
collection, or supply systems; and associated
Dwelling, two‑family. A single building containing storage tanks. Such systems may include towers,
two dwelling units. poles, wires, mains, drains, pipes, conduits, cables,
fire alarms and police call boxes, traffic signals,
Earth-moving activity. Any removal or placement, hydrants, and similar accessories, but shall not
excavation, filling, stockpiling, or grading of soil, include service drops or buildings which are
earth, loam, sand, gravel, rock, and other mineral necessary for the furnishing of such services.
deposits.
Explosives. Any material or container containing a
Easement. A right, privilege, or liberty which one chemical compound or mixture that is commonly
has in land owned by another for some special and used or intended for the purpose of producing an
definite purpose. explosion and that contains any oxidizing and
combustible materials or other ingredients in such
Emergency operations. Operations conducted for proportions, quantities, or packaging that an
the public health, safety, or general welfare, such as ignition by fire, by friction, by compound or mixture
protection of resources from immediate may cause such a sudden generation of highly
destruction or loss, law enforcement, and heated gasses that the resultant gaseous pressures
operations to rescue human beings and livestock are capable of producing destructive effects on
from the threat of destruction or injury. contiguous objects, but shall not mean the 3-4 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE DEFINITIONS

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