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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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and cumulative impacts while leveraging                 as an IOZ, they shall submit a zone change
     potential benefits at the neighborhood, city,           application consisting of two components:
     and regional level.                                     1.   An Institutional Development Plan (IDP) in
C.   Ensure that institutional change and growth                  accordance with Subsection 8.5.4.
     both complements and, as appropriate,                   2.   A regulatory framework in accordance
     integrates adjacent or surrounding                           with Subsection 8.5.5 that would, when and
     neighborhoods through carefully planned                      if adopted, be the text and map
     transitions.                                                 amendment to the City’s Land Use Code
D. Support the formation and continuation of                      and zoning map.
     mutually beneficial public-private cooperation.    B.   Required public involvement. At least two
E.   Support an ongoing public engagement                    neighborhood meetings shall be required. The
     process that benefits both the institutions and         first shall be held prior to the formal
     nearby neighborhoods.                                   submission of a zone change application for an
F.   Reflect Comprehensive Plan and other policy             Institutional Overlay Zone and the second shall
     objectives.                                             be held during the City’s review. Meetings shall
G. Provide a consistent regulatory approach to all           identify the concerns, if any, of affected
     major institutions which allows unique                  residents and property owners, and inform the
     regulatory requirements that balance the                development of the Institutional Development
     particular needs of institutions with the needs         Plan (IDP) and regulatory framework. Meetings
     of the surrounding neighborhood and wider               shall be held in a convenient location proximate
     community.                                              to the institution. The applicant shall provide
                                                             written notification to property owners of
8.5.2 Location and applicability                             record within 500 feet of the proposed IOZ
The city’s four primary medical and higher                   boundary at least ten days prior to the meeting
education institutions are eligible to apply for             dates and maintain written records of the
designation as Institutional Overlay Zones. The              meetings.
eligible institutions are the two major hospital        C.   Required scoping meeting. The eligible
institutions of Maine Medical Center and Mercy               institution shall meet with the Planning
Hospital and the two major academic institutions of          Authority after the first required neighborhood
University of Southern Maine and University of New           meeting and prior to submission of the zone
England, their successors and assigns. Designation           change application to confirm the focus of the
as an IOZ is the preferred mechanism where the               Institutional Development Plan (IDP) and
eligible institution’s proposed development is               regulatory framework, including associated
inconsistent with the existing zoning.                       study areas that may be outside of the
                                                             proposed IOZ boundary. The IDP and
8.5.3 Establishment                                          regulatory framework will vary in detail and
A.   Application for an Institutional Overlay Zone.          focus depending on the eligible institution and
     Where the eligible institution seeks designation        its particular context. The content CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 8-5 OVERLAY ZONES