Portland City Code ch. 14 (Land Use Code)

Citation: Portland City Code ch. 14 (Land Use Code)
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
Source: Official source
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Easement. A right, privilege, or liberty which one include service drops or buildings which are
has in land owned by another for some special and necessary for the furnishing of such services.
definite purpose.
Exhibition, meeting, and convention halls. An
Elevation certificate. An official form (FEMA form indoor facility for the conduct of exhibitions,
FF-206-FY-22-152, as amended) that is used to verify conventions, or other large gatherings.
compliance with the floodplain management
regulations of the National Flood Insurance Façade. An exterior building wall, from grade to the
Program. top of the parapet or eaves. A facade incorporates
the full width of a building elevation, including any
Emergency operations. Operations conducted for projections or recesses occurring across an
the public health, safety, or general welfare, such as elevation.
protection of resources from immediate
destruction or loss, law enforcement, and Façade, blank. A building façade that contains
operations to rescue human beings and livestock expanses of wall area with no windows, no
from the threat of destruction or injury. entrances, no articulation, and no other elements or
features, or is otherwise undifferentiated.
Emergency shelter. A facility providing temporary
overnight shelter to individuals experiencing Family. One or more individuals related by blood,
homelessness in a dormitory‑style or per‑bed marriage, civil union, adoption, or guardianship
arrangement. and/or up to eight unrelated individuals living
together in a dwelling unit as a single nonprofit
Entrance, principal. A main point of access for housekeeping unit.
pedestrians into a building. Buildings may have
more than one principal entrance. Family child care provider. Per 22 M.R.S. §8301-
A(1-A)(C), a family child care