Portland City Code ch. 14 (Land Use Code)

Citation: Portland City Code ch. 14 (Land Use Code)
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
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horizontal distance, of tributary streams and D. The proposal will not have an adverse impact
freshwater wetlands when such new tilling, by on spawning grounds, fish, aquatic life, bird, or
itself or combined with all other contiguous other wildlife habitat.
tillage, shall exceed 40,000 square feet in E. The proposal will conserve shore cover and
surface area. Operations in existence on the visual, as well as actual, points of access to
effective date of this section and not in inland and coastal waters.
conformance with these provisions may be F. The proposal will protect archaeological and
maintained but shall not be expanded. When historic resources.
the new tilling, by itself or combined with all G. The proposal will not adversely affect existing
other contiguous tillage, shall total 40,000 commercial fishing or maritime activities.
square feet or less, the tillage shall be set back a H. The proposal will avoid problems associated
minimum of 25 feet from all water bodies, with floodplain development and use.
tributary streams, or wetlands. I. The proposal is in conformance with the
E. Newly established livestock grazing areas shall standards set forth in this article.
not be permitted within 75 feet, horizontal
distance, of water bodies and coastal wetlands 11.6 NONCONFORMING STRUCTURES
or within 25 feet, horizontal distance, of 11.6.1 Increase in nonconformity
tributary streams and wetlands. Livestock For the purposes of this section, increase in
grazing associated with ongoing farm activities nonconformity of a structure shall mean any change
and which are not in conformance with the in a structure or property which causes further
above setback provisions may continue, deviation from the dimensional standard(s) creating
provided such grazing is conducted in the