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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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Portland (municipal)
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cleaning services, combined utilities, and on-site Industrial, low-impact. Industrial activity involving
management and reception. the manufacturing, packaging, assembly, or
distribution of finished or semi-finished products
Impervious surface. Area covered with low- from previously prepared material, where such
permeability material that is highly resistant to activities are conducted wholly within an enclosed
infiltration by water, such as asphalt, concrete, or building. Low-impact industrial uses do not include
rooftop, and areas such as gravel roads and the processing of raw materials or salvaging
unpaved parking areas that will be compacted operations. Low-impact industrial uses are generally
through design or use to reduce their permeability. compatible, due to their size and nature of impact,
Common impervious surfaces include, but are not with residential, commercial and other low impact
limited to, rooftops, walkways, patios, driveways, industrial uses.
parking lots or storage areas, concrete or asphalt
paving, gravel roads, packed earthen materials, and Intermodal transportation facility. A facility
macadam or other surfaces which similarly impede where two or more modes of transportation
the natural infiltration of stormwater. Pervious intersect, passengers can transfer between modes,
pavement, pervious pavers, pervious concrete, and and basic passenger amenities are provided.
underdrained artificial turf fields are all considered
impervious. Kitchen facilities. Facilities used for the
preparation of meals, including refrigerators and
Impound lot. A facility that provides temporary devices used for the cooking and preparation of
outdoor storage for vehicles that are to be claimed food.
by titleholders or their agents. An impound lot is
typically used for the