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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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

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