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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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Portland (municipal)

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only, and shall be subject to the following                subsection shall be construed to allow an
         restrictions:                                              owner of a currently existing and
         a.   No structure shall be permitted on                    developed lot to convey or permit a
              this property.                                        portion of that lot to be used to fulfill the
         b.   No parking or storage of vehicles or                  requirements of this subsection if such
              machinery shall be permitted on this                  conveyance would render the existing lot
              property at any time.                                 nonconforming under the terms of this
         c.   No area of this property shall be                     Land Use Code. The lot upon which a
              paved.                                                building is to be constructed shall meet the
         d.   No exterior storage for commercial                    minimum lot size requirements of
              use shall be permitted on this                        Subsection 4.3.1.
              property.                                        4.   Where an existing subsurface wastewater
         e.   The easement deed shall reference                     disposal system serving an existing
              the lot which is benefited by this                    structure requires replacement, the
              conservation easement. No                             replacement system shall meet the
              conservation easement shall be used                   applicable state requirements. The land
              to benefit more than one lot.                         area requirements in paragraph (1) above
    3.   Conservation easements shall only be                       shall not apply to such a replacement
         granted over lots which conform either to                  system.
         the provisions of Subsection 4.3.1 or to the          5.   For purposes of this subsection, the mean
         minimum lot sizes set forth in Table 7-D.                  high tide mark shall be considered to be
         Conservation easements shall not be                        the shoreline lot line.
         granted over any lot which is encumbered
         by any other easement which prohibits all        7.5.4 Lot coverage
         construction on that lot. A conservation         A.   Lot surrounded by streets or alleys. Where a
         easement may also name as a holder or                 lot containing ten thousand 10,000 square feet
         grant a third-party right of enforcement to           or less is completely surrounded by streets or
         a nonprofit corporation or charitable trust,          alleys, the lot coverage may be increased 20%.
         the purposes or powers of which include
         retaining or protecting the natural, scenic,     7.5.5 Setbacks
         or open space values of real property;           A.   Setbacks in residential and R-P zones. In any
         assuring the availability of real property for        residential zone and the R-P zone, the width of
         agricultural, forest, recreational, or open           one side setback may be reduced one foot for
         space use; protecting natural resources; or           every foot that the other side setback is
         maintaining or enhancing air or water                 correspondingly increased, but no side setback
         quality of real property. Nothing in this 7-20 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS