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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the Building Authority that installation has been and/or driveway setback requirement to no
completed. less than 50 feet, horizontal distance, upon
clear showing by the applicant that
11.4.9 Essential services appropriate techniques will be used to
A. Where feasible, the installation of essential prevent sedimentation of the water body,
services shall be limited to existing public ways tributary stream or wetland. Such
and existing service corridors. techniques may include, but are not limited
B. The installation of essential services, other than to, the installation of settling basins, and/or
road-side distribution lines and within existing effective use of additional ditch relief
service corridors, is not allowed in a Resource culverts and turnouts place so as to avoid
Protection subdistrict or within 75 feet of the sedimentation of the water body, tributary
normal high-water line of a stream, except to stream, or wetland.
provide services to a permitted use within the 3. On slopes greater than 20%, the road
underlying zone, or where the applicant and/or driveway setback shall be increased
demonstrates that no reasonable alternative by 10 feet, horizontal distance, for each
exists. Where allowed, such structures and five percent increase in slope above 20%.
facilities shall be located so as to minimize any 4. Subsection 11.4.10(A) does not apply to
adverse impacts on surrounding uses and approaches to water crossings or to roads
resources, including visual impacts. or driveways that provide access to
C. Damaged or destroyed public utility permitted structures and facilities located
transmission and distribution lines, towers, and nearer to the shoreline or tributary stream
related equipment may be replaced or due to an operational necessity, excluding
reconstructed