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 ↗

Full Text

4,022 chars

of the applicable subdivision approval 15.4 REVIEW STANDARDS
standards, no such waiver shall be valid unless 15.4.1 Standards of review
that fact shall be expressly noted on the face of Before granting approval, the Planning Board shall
the recording plat and shall be noted in a determine that the proposed subdivision:
certificate, each of which shall conform to 30-A A. Will not result in undue water or air pollution.
M.R.S. § 4406, and such recording plat or such In making this determination the Planning
certificate or both of them are recorded in the Board shall at least consider the elevation of
Cumberland County Registry of Deeds within land above sea level and its relation to the flood
two years of final subdivision approval. plains, the nature of soils and subsoils and their
ability to adequately support waste disposal,
15.3.11 Sectional recordings the slope of the land and its effect on effluents,
Following subdivision plat approval, the Planning the availability of streams for disposal of
Board may permit the subdivision to be divided into effluents, and the conformity to the applicable
two or more sections for recording purposes state and local health and water resources
subject to any conditions that the board deems regulations.
necessary in order to insure the orderly B. Has sufficient water available for the reasonably
development of the plan. The applicant may seek foreseeable needs of the subdivision.
approval of and record a sectional recording plat C. Will not cause unreasonable burden on an
with the Cumberland County Registry of Deeds only existing water supply.
if the section constitutes at least 20% of the total D. Will not cause unreasonable soil erosion or
number of lots contained in the approval plat and, in reduction in the capacity of the land to hold
addition, shows the entire tract or parcel. For the water so that a dangerous or unhealthy
purposes of this article, tract or parcel shall mean all condition may result.
contiguous land in the same ownership, provided E. Will not cause unreasonable highway or public
that lands located on opposite sides of a public or road congestion or unsafe conditions with
private road shall be considered each a separate respect to use of the highway or public roads
tract or parcel of land unless such road was existing or proposed.
established by the owner of land on both sides F. Will provide for adequate sanitary waste and
thereof. In these circumstances, if the first section storm water disposal and will not cause an
of the plat has been recorded within three years unreasonable burden on municipal services if
after Planning Board approval, subdivision plat they are utilized.
approval of the remaining sections of the plat shall G. Will not cause an unreasonable burden on the
remain in effect for five years after Planning Board ability of the City to dispose of solid waste and
approval. sewage if municipal services are to be utilized.
H. Will not have an undue adverse effect on the
scenic or natural beauty of the area, aesthetics,
historic sites, significant wildlife habitat
identified by the Department of Inland Fisheries 15-4 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE SUBDIVISIONS

Other Sections in This Document (541)

Full Text