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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and Wildlife or by the City, rare and lowest floor, including the basement, at least
irreplaceable natural areas, or any public rights one foot above the 100-year flood elevation.
for physical or visual access to the shoreline. N. Will provide for adequate stormwater
For subdivisions within local historic districts, management.
the Planning Board shall apply the standards of O. Will not have lots with a lot depth-to-shore
Subsection 17.8.3(C). The Planning Board may frontage ratio greater than 5 to 1 if any lots in
request that the Historic Preservation Board the proposed subdivision have shore frontage
prepare an evaluation of the proposed on a river, stream, brook, great pond, or coastal
subdivision based upon the standards of wetland as these features are defined in Title 38
Subsection 17.8.3(C). § 480-B.
I. Is in conformance with the Comprehensive Plan P. For any proposed subdivision that crosses
or its successor. municipal boundaries, will not cause
J. The subdivider has adequate financial and unreasonable traffic congestion or unsafe
technical capacity to meet the standards of this conditions with respect to the use of existing
subsection. public ways in an adjoining municipality in
K. Whenever situated, in whole or in part, within which part of the subdivision is located.
the watershed of any pond or lake or within
250 feet of any wetland, great pond, or river as 15.5 TECHNICAL AND DEVELOPMENT
defined in Title 38, Chapter 3, Subchapter I, STANDARDS
Article 2B, will not adversely affect the quality 15.5.1 Technical standards
of such body of water or unreasonably affect All subdivisions and associated improvements,
the shoreline of such body of water. excluding subdivisions exempted under Section 15.12
L. Will not, alone or in conjunction with existing of this article, shall, in addition to the criteria listed
activities, adversely affect the quality or herein, adhere to all applicable standards of the City
quantity of groundwater. of Portland Technical Manual, unless formally
M. Is or is not in a flood prone area, based on the waived by the Planning Board.
Federal Emergency Management Agency's
flood boundary and floodway maps and flood 15.5.2 Timing of subdivision improvements
insurance rate maps, and information The Department of Public Works shall establish the
presented by the applicant. If the subdivision, sequence in which work is to be accomplished.
or any part of it, is in such an area, the Where it is determined by the Public Works
subdivider shall determine the 100-year flood Authority that work has been completed prior to
elevation and flood hazard boundaries within the receipt of all approvals required by this article
the subdivision. The proposed subdivision plan or which is out of sequence or is not in compliance
must include a condition of plan approval with the standards of this section and of Chapter 25,
requiring that principal structures in the the Director of Public Works or an inspector from
subdivision will be constructed with their the Public Works Authority may issue a stop work
order. Work shall recommence only after the stop CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 15-5 SUBDIVISIONS

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