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Portland City Code ch. 14

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Portland City Code ch. 14
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Portland City Code ch. 14
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determined to be eligible under Article 17 shall   1.   The Building or Planning Authority shall
     be exempt from the building wall requirement.           require that any lot located in the IR-1 zone
                                                             shall be at least 40,000 square feet in area
7.5.3 Lot area                                               and in the IR-2, IR-3, and I-B zones be at
A.   Institutional uses in residential zones. No             least 20,000 square feet in area when the
     minimum lot area shall be required for                  lot is to be serviced by a subsurface
     institutional uses in residential zones in the          wastewater disposal system, except those
     following cases:                                        lots which are located in a subdivision
     1.   Uses existing as of June 1, 1983.                  approved by the Planning Board after June
     2.   Expansion on to land abutting the lot on           8, 1968 and excluding Peaks Island.
          which the principal use is located.           2.   Excluding Peaks Island from this paragraph
     3.   Expansion onto land other than the lot on          (2), any property owner whose lot does
          which the principal use is located to the          not meet the minimum lot size
          extent that such expansion consists of the         requirements outlined in (1) above may,
          reuse of surface parking area or                   for purposes of this subsection only,
          nonresidential structures existing and in          merge two or more separate lots on the
          nonresidential use as of June 1, 1983,             same island in order to meet these
          provided that such reuse is contained              requirements. Where the lots so merged
          within the lot of such structure or parking        are not contiguous, the property owner
          area as of June 1, 1983.                           shall grant to the city as holder a
     4.   Expansion onto land other than the lot on          conservation easement upon the lot or
          which the principal use is located of no           lots which will not contain the principal
          more than 15% of the total contiguous land         structure. The conservation easement shall
          area of the existing use, or one acre,             contain both an existing legal description
          whichever is less, within any five-year            and a city assessor's chart, block, and lot
          period.                                            description. The Planning Authority shall
B.   Residential lots not served by public sewers.           be authorized to accept such conservation
     A lot in an unsewered residential district shall        easements on behalf of the city. Said
     meet the provisions of the state Minimum Lot            easement shall be recorded by the
     Size Law, 12 M.R.S. ยง 4807 et seq., or the              applicant in the registry of deeds. A copy
     applicable minimum lot area, whichever is               of the recorded easement and copies of
     larger, except that the minimum lot size may be         the deeds for both lots shall be submitted
     reduced on the islands in Casco Bay as                  to the Planning Authority prior to issuance
     provided in (C) below.                                  of a building permit. The property over
C.   In island zones. In issuing any permit for new          which the conservation easement has been
     development in island zones:                            granted shall be used for passive
                                                             recreational and conservation purposes CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 7-19 DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS