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Portland City Code ch. 14 (Land Use Code)

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Portland City Code ch. 14 (Land Use Code)
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3-2 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE
 DEFINITIONS

Building. A roofed and walled structure built for Child care center. Per 22 M.R.S. §8301-A(1-A)(A), a
permanent use. child care center is a house or other place in which
a person maintains or otherwise carries out a
Building (within Article 16). A human-made regular program, for consideration, for any part of a
construction created to shelter human activity, such day providing care and protection for 13 or more
as a house, barn, church, hotel or similar structure. children under 13 years of age; or any location or
Building may refer to a historically related complex locations operated as a single child care program or
such as a courthouse and jail or a house and barn. by a person or persons when there are more than 12
children being cared for.
Building, accessory. A detached roofed and walled
structure that is incidental and subordinate in area Child care facility, small. Per 22 M.R.S. §8301-A(1-
and extent, and/or use to the principal building(s) on A)(E), a small child care facility is a house or other
the property. A lot may have more than one place, not the residence of the operator, in which a
accessory building. person maintains or otherwise carries out a
regularly scheduled program, for any part of a day,
Building addition. Any increase to footprint, floor providing care and protection for 3 to 12 children
area, or volume of an existing building. between 6 weeks and 12 years of age.