Portland City Code ch. 14

Citation: Portland City Code ch. 14
Parent Document: Portland City Code ch. 14
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
Original Source: https://www.portlandmaine.gov/asset/ae8cabd1-66eb-4a1c-9224-92bbca5e792f ↗
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All electrical outlets shall be ground fault     B.   Flood Hazard Development Permit for
         interrupt type. The electrical service                floodproofing of nonresidential structures.
         disconnect shall be located on shore above            This permit shall apply for nonresidential
         the base flood elevation and when possible            structures that are new construction or
         outside the special flood hazard area. If a           substantially improved nonresidential
         flood hazard permit application is granted,           structures that are not being elevated but that
         the applicant shall be notified in writing            meet the floodproofing standards of
         that flood insurance is not available for             Subsection 12.4.5(G)(1). The application for this
         structures located entirely over water or             permit shall include a floodproofing certificate
         seaward of mean high tide.                            signed by a registered professional engineer or
                                                               architect.
12.4.6 Permit                                             C.   Flood Hazard Development Permit. This
Upon determination that the development or                     permit shall apply for all other development
substantial improvement plan is in compliance with             and building permits that are not new
this article, the Building Authority shall issue one of        construction or a substantial improvement,
the following Flood Hazard Development Permits                 such as repairs, maintenance, renovations, or
based on the type of development:                              additions, whose value is less than 50% of the
A.   Two-part Flood Hazard Development Permit                  market value of the structure. This includes, but
     for elevated structures. Part I shall authorize           is not limited to: accessory structures as
     the applicant to build a structure to and                 provided for in Subsection 12.4.5(J), mining,
     including the first horizontal floor only above           dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation,
     the base flood level. At that time the applicant          drilling operations, storage of equipment or
     shall provide the Code Enforcement Officer                materials, deposition or extraction of materials,
     with a second elevation certificate completed             public or private sewage disposal systems or
     by a professional land surveyor, registered               water supply facilities that do not involve
     professional engineer or architect based on the           structures, and nonstructural projects such as
     Part I permit construction, “as built,” for               bridges, dams, towers, fencing, pipelines,
     verifying compliance with the elevation                   wharves, and piers.
     requirements of Subsections 12.4.5(F), (G), (H),
     or (P). Following review of the elevation            12.5 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
     certificate data, which shall take place within 72   No land in an area of special flood hazard shall be
     hours of receipt of the application, or as soon      occupied or used in violation of this article, and no
     as practicable thereafter, the Code                  structure in such an area which is developed or
     Enforcement Officer shall issue Part II of the       substantially improved shall be occupied until a
     Flood Hazard Development Permit. Part II shall       Certificate of Compliance is issued by the Building
     authorize the applicant to complete the              Authority. Said Certificate of Compliance shall be
     construction project.                                issued only after the Building Authority has received
                                                          all permits and certificates from the applicant as 12-12 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE FLOOD PLAIN MANAGEMENT
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