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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structures; mining, dredging, filling, grading, C. Minor development. All development that is
paving, excavation, drilling operations or storage not new construction or a substantial
of equipment or materials; and the storage, improvement, such as repairs, maintenance,
deposition, or extraction of materials. renovations, or additions, whose value is less
B. New construction. Structures for which the than 50% of the market value of the structure. It
"start of construction" commenced on or after also includes, but is not limited to: accessory
July 17, 1986 and includes any subsequent structures as provided in subsection 12.4.5(L),
improvements to such structures. For purposes mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving,
of this article, start of construction shall mean excavation, drilling operations, storage of
the date the building permit was issued, equipment or materials, deposition or extraction
provided the actual start of construction, repair, of materials, public or private sewage disposal
reconstruction, rehabilitation, addition, systems or water supply facilities that do not
placement, substantial improvement or other involve structures; and non-structural projects
improvement was within 180 days of the permit such as bridges, dams, towers, fencing, pipelines,
date. The actual start means either the first wharves, and piers
placement of permanent construction of a D. Substantial damage. Damage of any origin
structure on a site, such as the pouring of slab or sustained by a structure whereby the cost of
footings, the installation of piles, the restoring the structure to its before damage
construction of columns, or any work beyond condition would equal or exceed 50% of the
the stage of excavation; or the placement of a market value of the structure before the