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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residential use is permitted in the IR-1 and IR-2        growing season from May 25 through
     zones provided that adequate water supplies              October 31; and that the stand has
     and sanitation facilities are available in               received all necessary permits. The use of
     connection with the principal residential use.           produce stands shall be seasonal and
C.   Temporary sales. No “garage sale,” “lawn sale,”          temporary. Any properly permitted
     “attic sale,” “rummage sale,” or other similar           structure may remain on the premises
     casual sale of tangible personal property which          year-round. If the community garden is
     is advertised by any means whatsoever                    owned or operated by a non-profit
     whereby the public at large is or can be made            organization, sales of flowers, vegetables,
     aware of such sale, shall be deemed to be                herbs, or fruit produced in other gardens
     accessory or temporary if such sale occurs               or farms in Maine owned or operated by
     after sales have been conducted on the same              said organization shall be permitted within
     premises for six or more days previously during          the same limitations listed above. For
     the calendar year.                                       purposes of this subsection, community
D. Temporary stands                                           garden means a parcel of open land used
     1.   No premises shall be used for business              for the cultivation of flowers, vegetables,
          purposes consisting of temporary stands,            herbs, or fruit by a group of city residents
          booths, platforms, or vehicles intended for         either jointly as a single plot or through
          the sale of merchandise or other                    individual garden plots or beds.
          mercantile purposes if any part of such        3.   A single produce stand shall be permitted
          stand, booth, platform, or vehicle is               on the premises of a non-profit
          proposed to be located nearer than 125              organization incorporated pursuant to the
          feet to any residential zone, except that a         laws of the State of Maine with the
          single stand with no more than 200 square           permission of the owner and on the
          feet of floor area for the sale of                  premise of public schools with the
          agricultural products produced on the               permission of the school department;
          premises shall be permitted as accessory            provided that the stand is for the sale of
          to a permitted agricultural use.                    local fruit, vegetables, flowers, seedlings,
     2.   A single produce stand shall be permitted           and plants produced by the seller; that the
          on the premises of a community garden               stand is no more than 100 square feet in
          for the sale of flowers, vegetables, herbs,         floor area or open table area and is located
          or fruit produced on the premises,                  a minimum of five feet from any property
          provided that the stand is no more than             line; that sales on the premises are limited
          100 square feet in floor area or open table         to two days per week between the hours
          area and is located a minimum of five feet          of 9:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. during the
          from any property line; that sales are              growing season from May 25 through
          limited to two days per week between the            October 31; and that the stand has
          hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. during the         received all necessary permits. The use of 6-38 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE USE STANDARDS
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