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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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. § 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

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