Portland City Code ch. 14

Citation: Portland City Code ch. 14 3.
Parent Document: Portland City Code ch. 14
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
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3. Conditional use applications for specific 6.5.2 General conditional use standards
uses for which the Planning Board is The review authority shall, after review of the
identified as the review authority under application, approve a conditional use upon a
Subsection 6.5.6. finding that the proposed conditional use, at the
B. Application. Applications for conditional use size and intensity contemplated at the proposed
review shall be submitted to the Building location, will not have substantially greater negative
Authority for all Zoning Board of Appeals impacts than would normally occur from
reviews and the Planning Authority for all surrounding uses or other allowable uses in the
Planning Board reviews. A nonrefundable same zone. The review authority shall find that this
application fee, as established from time to standard is satisfied if it finds that:
time by the City Council to cover administrative A. The volume and type of vehicle traffic to be
costs and costs of a hearing, shall accompany generated, hours of operation, expanse of
each application. The application shall be in pavement, and the number of parking spaces
such form and shall contain such information required are not substantially greater than
and documentation as shall be prescribed from would normally occur at surrounding uses or
time to time by the review authority. other allowable uses in the same zone.
C. Public hearing. A public hearing shall be set, B. The proposed use will not create unsanitary or
advertised, and conducted by the review harmful conditions by reason of noise, glare,
authority in accordance with Article 2 of this dust, sewage disposal, emissions to the air,
Land Use Code. odor, lighting, or litter.
D. Action. Within 30 days following the close of C. The design and operation of the proposed use,
the public hearing, the review authority shall including but not limited to landscaping,
render its decision, in a manner and form screening, signs, loading, deliveries, trash or
specified by Article 2 of this chapter, approving waste generation, arrangement of structures,
the conditional use, approving the conditional and materials storage will not have a
use subject to conditions as specified in substantially greater effect/impact on
Subsection 6.5.3, or denying it. The failure of surrounding properties than those associated
the review authority to act within 30 days shall with surrounding uses or other allowable uses
be deemed an approval of the conditional use, in the zone.
unless such time period is mutually extended in D. The proposed use will meet any additional zone
writing by the applicant and the review or use-specific standards identified in Tables 6-
authority. Within five days of such decision or A to 6-F and Subsections 6.5.6 and 6.5.7.
the expiration of such period, the Building
Authority or Planning Authority shall mail 6.5.3 Conditions on conditional use approvals
notice of such decision or failure to act to the The review authority may impose such reasonable
applicant and, if a conditional use is authorized, conditions upon the premises benefited by a
list therein any and all conditions imposed by conditional use as may be necessary to prevent or
the review authority. minimize adverse effects therefrom upon other 6-20 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE USE STANDARDS

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