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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B.   Final certificate of occupancy. All                 14.13       EXTENSION OF APPROVALS
     improvements which are not completed prior          14.13.1     In general
     to the issuance of any temporary certificate of     Extension requests must be made in writing by the
     occupancy must be completed prior to the            applicant prior to the expiration of the approval. An
     completion date specified in the performance        extension may not be granted if changes to the
     guarantee or in the temporary certificate of        City’s zoning, subdivision, or site plan ordinance, the
     occupancy, whichever occurs first, in order for     Technical Manual or the Design Manual would
     a final certificate of occupancy to be issued by    render the development nonconforming in any
     the City. Where any person accepts a                respect or significantly impact the approved site
     temporary certificate of occupancy and does         plan or master development plan as determined by
     not complete the improvements as specified in       the Planning Authority.
     the certificate, the City is authorized to enter
     upon such property itself or through its agents     14.13.2 In case of appeal
     or contractors to complete such improvements        Where the approval or any related land use
     with no liability therefore and may recover the     approval granted to the same applicant by any
     costs thereof through the mechanic's lien           agency of the City with respect to the same
     procedure for the improvement of real               development is appealed to any court by an
     property to the extent that the performance         opponent of the development, the applicant shall be
     guarantee may be inadequate.                        granted extensions, beyond the expiration of said
                                                         approval, where the applicant has exercised due
14.12 EXPIRATION OF APPROVALS                            diligence with respect to defending such appeal,
14.12.1 Site plan                                        which extensions shall not last beyond one year
Site plans approved under this article shall expire 12   from entry of final judgment.
months from the date of approval unless
development has been undertaken in accordance            14.13.3 Site plan
with the approved site plan and site work or             Site plan approvals may be extended by the Planning
building construction is ongoing. Any lapse in           Authority for up to three years from the date of
construction for a period in excess of 12 months         approval.
shall result in an expiration of the site plan.
                                                         14.13.4     Master development plan
14.12.2   Master development plan                        Master development plan approvals may be
Master development plans approved under this             extended by the Planning Authority up to two times,
article shall expire six years from the date of          for up to two years from the date of expiration of
approval if no site work or building construction has    the original master development plan approval.
commenced. CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 14-25 SITE PLAN
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