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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2. For the purposes of this article, non- consistent with surrounding character and
vegetated surfaces shall include, but are uses.
not limited to structures, driveways, G. New permanent structures, and expansions
parking areas, and other areas from which thereof, projecting into or over water bodies
vegetation has been removed. Naturally shall require a permit from the Department of
occurring ledge and rock outcroppings are Environmental Protection pursuant to the
not counted as non-vegetated surfaces for National Resources Protection Act, 38 M.R.S. §
lots existing on March 24, 1990 and in 480-C. Permits may also be required from the
continuous existence since that date. Army Corps of Engineers and Board of Harbor
Commissioners if located in navigable waters.
11.4.2 Piers, docks, wharves, bridges, other H. New permanent piers and docks on non-tidal
structures and uses extending over or below waters shall not be permitted unless it is clearly
the normal high-water line of a water body demonstrated to the review authority that a
or within a wetland, and shoreline temporary pier or dock is not feasible, and a
stabilization permit has been obtained from the Department
A. For the purposes of this subsection, temporary of Environmental Protection, pursuant to the
shall mean structures which remain in or over Natural Resources Protection Act.
the water for less than seven months in any I. No new structure shall be built on, over or
period of 12 consecutive months and abutting a pier, wharf, dock or other structure
permanent shall mean structures which remain extending beyond the normal high-water line of
in or over the water for 7 months or more in a water body or within a wetland unless the
any period of 12 consecutive months. structure requires direct access to the water