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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15 SUBDIVISIONS                                           15.2.2 Enforcement, conveyance, markers, and
                                                               recording
15.1 PURPOSE                                              A.   No person may sell, lease, develop or build
This article is adopted pursuant to the terms and              upon, or convey for consideration, offer or
provisions of 30-A M.R.S. § 3001 and 4403, as                  agree to sell, lease, develop or build upon, or
amended. The purpose of this article is to provide             convey for consideration any land in a
for the harmonious and economic development of                 subdivision unless the subdivision has been
the city; for the orderly subdivision of land and its          approved by the Planning Board, and unless a
development; for the orderly development of the                recording plat showing permanent marker
general area surrounding such subdivision; for the             locations at all lot corners has been recorded in
coordination of streets within the general area; for           the county registry of deeds.
adequate provisions for drainage, flood control,          B.   No subdivision plan shall be recorded by the
light, air, and other public purposes; for the                 registry of deeds which has not been approved
adequate and proper installation of streets,                   as required by this article. Approval for the
drainage, sanitary sewers, water, and other utilities          purpose of recording shall appear in writing on
and facilities; for the dedication to the City of land         the recording plat.
for streets, alleys, or other public purposes or the      C.   No public utility, water district, sanitary district,
transfer to the City of easements or other rights or           or any utility company of any kind shall install
privileges; for the reservation for the City of land to        services to any lot in a subdivision which has
be acquired for public facilities; and to protect              not received Planning Board approval.
public safety.                                            D. Any person who sells, leases, develops or builds
                                                               upon, or conveys for consideration any land in
15.2 APPLICABILITY                                             a subdivision which has not been approved as
15.2.1 Jurisdiction                                            required by this article shall be punished by a
A.   This article shall govern each and every                  fine of not more than $500 for each such
     subdivision of land as defined under 30-A M.R.S.          occurrence. The City may institute proceedings
     § 4401 and 4402 within the limits of the city             to enjoin any violation of this section.
     unless specifically exempted under this article.
B.   When application is made for the resubdividing       15.3 REVIEW PROCEDURES
     of a previously recorded subdivision under the       15.3.1 Application
     provisions of these regulations, it shall be         To obtain approval of a proposed subdivision the
     treated as a new subdivision provided the            subdivider or applicant shall submit an application
     applicant is the owner of rights in the recorded     to the Planning Authority in such form as prescribed
     subdivision.                                         by the Planning Authority. The application shall
                                                          meet the submission requirements of the City of
                                                          Portland Technical Manual, including the provisions
                                                          for a subdivision plat for presentation to the
                                                          Planning Board and public, all engineering data and CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 15-1 SUBDIVISIONS
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