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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V and Chapter 10, Article II of the City of Portland    written notice as set forth below and shall provide
Code of Ordinances, and the Life Safety Code as         relocation assistance as set forth below for any
adopted by the state. The developer shall post a        tenant whose gross income is 80% or less of the
copy of the permit in a conspicuous place in each       median income of the Portland SMSA, adjusted for
unit and shall make copies available to prospective     family size, as determined by the U.S. Department of
purchasers upon request.                                Housing and Urban Development at the time the
                                                        developer gives the tenant written notice of intent
18.4.6 Variation by agreement                           to cause removal of the residential unit. Such
No provision of or right conferred by this Section      written notice shall be given to the tenant at least
18.4 may be waived by a tenant, by agreement or         120 days before the tenant shall be required to
otherwise, and any such waiver shall be void. Any       vacate the premises and shall contain the following
attempt to require, encourage, or induce a tenant       statement:
to waive any provision hereof, or right conferred           The developer of this project is required
hereby, shall be a violation of this article. Nothing       by law to assist you in finding another
herein shall be construed to void any term of a lease       place to live and in determining your
which offers greater rights than those conferred            eligibility for relocation payments. If you
hereby.                                                     have questions about your rights under the
                                                            law, or complaints about the way you have
18.5 RELOCATION OF DISPLACED TENANTS                        been treated by the developer, you may
18.5.1 Purpose                                              contact the Department of Planning and
The purpose of this section is to encourage the             Urban Development, City of Portland, 389
retention of a diverse housing supply throughout            Congress Street, Portland, Maine 04101.
the downtown and in areas readily accessible to the
downtown, to ensure that persons displaced as the       18.5.3 Relocation assistance for all tenants
result of redevelopment of residential units to         The developer shall provide, upon demand,
nonresidential uses within the B-3 Downtown             assistance to all tenants who will be displaced by the
Business zone are treated fairly and consistently,      development in the form of referrals to other
and to ensure that persons so displaced will be         reasonable accommodations and in determining the
relocated at the reasonable expense of the              tenants' eligibility for relocation payments as
developer to comparable housing at a location           provided herein. The developer shall make
providing comparable access to services and             relocation payments to eligible tenants in
amenities.                                              accordance with the schedule adopted by the City
                                                        Council in Subsection 18.5.4.
18.5.2 Notice and eligibility for relocation
    assistance                                          18.5.4 Schedule of relocation payments for
When a proposed development will result in the              eligible tenants
displacement of residents of an existing structure,     The developer shall, before the tenant is required by
the developer of the property shall give all tenants    the developer to vacate, make a cash payment to CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 18-13 HOUSING
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