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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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

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