Portland City Code ch. 14 (Land Use Code)

Citation: Portland City Code ch. 14 (Land Use Code)
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
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1 INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS legal or equitable, that may be appropriate or
necessary for the enforcement of the Land Use
1.1 TITLE Code.
The title of this chapter of the City of Portland Code
of Ordinances is the City of Portland Land Use Code 1.5.2 Violations
and is referred to as the City of Portland Land Use Any person being the owner or occupant of, having
Code or the Land Use Code. control of, or having the use of any building or
premises or part thereof, who violates any of the
1.2 ZONING MAP provisions of this Land Use Code, shall be guilty of
The City of Portland zoning map is incorporated by an offense and subject to the penalties and
reference. remedies provided in Chapter 1, Section 1-15 of the
City of Portland Code of Ordinances and 30-A
1.3 PURPOSE M.R.S. § 4452.
The intent of the Land Use Code is to protect the
health, safety, and general welfare of the residents 1.6 RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER LAWS
of Portland, consistent with the City’s 1.6.1 Federal and state law
Comprehensive Plan, through standards that govern Where conditions, standards, or requirements
the orderly and compatible use of land, the form imposed by any provision of this Land Use Code are
and mass of buildings, and the relationship of found to be inconsistent with a provision listed in
development to the public realm, Portland’s open the law or regulations of the State of Maine or
spaces, and the environment. federal government, the more restrictive provision
shall control.
1.4 APPLICABILITY
This Land Use Code applies to all land, uses, and 1.6.2 City of Portland Land Use Code
structures within the corporate limits of the City of If any provision of this Land Use Code contains an
Portland. No building or structure shall be erected, actual, implied, or apparent conflict with another