Portland City Code ch. 14

Citation: Portland City Code ch. 14
Parent Document: Portland City Code ch. 14
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
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appropriate against the review standards of this         14.6 SITE PLAN REVIEW STANDARDS
article. Written comments from reviewers shall be        The reviewing authority shall not approve a site plan
provided to the applicant. In the case of a major        application unless the development proposal meets
site plan or master development plan review,             applicable standards of the City of Portland
comments shall include a staff recommendation to         Technical Manual and the City of Portland Design
either approve, approve with conditions, or deny         Manual and the criteria below.
the revised site plan and submittals. In the case of a
minor site plan application, following staff review,     14.6.1 Transportation standards
the Planning Authority shall approve, approve with       A.   Impact on surrounding street systems. The
conditions, or deny the revised site plan application         provisions for vehicular loading and unloading,
based on the review standards of this article.                parking, and vehicular and pedestrian
                                                              circulation on the site and onto adjacent public
14.5.11 Planning Board public hearing                         streets and ways and the incremental volume
Applicants for major site plan or master                      of traffic will not:
development plan review must appear before the                1.   Create or aggravate any significant hazard
Planning Board for a public hearing. The hearing                   to safety on the surrounding street
shall be scheduled on a date that meets all public                 network.
noticing requirements contained in Article 2. At the          2.   Substantially increase congestion on any
hearing, the Planning Board shall approve, approve                 street which is already at a level of service
with conditions, or deny an application, based upon                below Level "D" without mitigation
the review standards of this article.                              proportionate to the level of impact.
                                                         B.   Access and circulation
14.5.12 Lapse in application                                  1.   In general
A site plan or master development plan application                 a.   All development subject to this article
must be diligently pursued from the date of                             shall provide safe and reasonable
submission. Notwithstanding the submission of a                         access and internal circulation for all
complete application, any applicant shall provide                       users of the site and shall comply with
additional information, studies, or reports from                        the transportation systems and street
qualified professionals when determined by the                          design standards of the Technical
Planning Board or the Planning Authority to be                          Manual.
reasonably necessary to make any of the                            b.   Continuous internal walkways shall be
determinations required by this article. Failure to                     provided between existing or planned
submit required information within 120 days of the                      public sidewalks adjacent to the site,
date upon which the written request was made shall                      transit stops and street crossings, and
cause the application to expire and be deemed null                      building entrances on the site.
and void.                                                          c.   Points of access and egress shall be
                                                                        located to avoid conflicts with turning
                                                                        movements and traffic flows. 14-6 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE SITE PLAN
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