Portland Land Use Code

Citation: Portland Land Use Code
Parent Document: Portland Land Use Code
Jurisdiction: Portland (municipal)
Original Source: https://www.portlandmaine.gov/asset/a5dcd1dc-4117-40b3-b3da-74a56919e14b ↗
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description of the application, the address or           published at least two times in a newspaper of
     location of the property involved, and contact           general circulation in the City of Portland. The
     information where additional information may             date of the first publication must be at least 12
     be obtained. The cost of noticing shall be               days prior to any public hearing and the date of
     charged to the applicant.                                the second publication must be at least seven
C. A private applicant for a map amendment that               days prior to the public hearing.
     would permit a development subject to major         I.   For map amendments, notice of the City
     site plan review shall conduct neighborhood              Council public hearing shall be sent by regular
     outreach according to the provisions for                 United States mail to at least 13 calendar days in
     neighborhood meetings under Article 13.                  advance of the hearing date to all property
D. The Planning Authority shall review the                    owners within the area proposed for rezoning
     application against the standards of this article        and all property owners 500 feet beyond said
     and make a recommendation to the Planning                area.
     Board.
E.   The Planning Board shall hold a public hearing      1.10.3 Review fees
     in accordance with the provisions of Article 2      The applicant shall pay a fee to cover the
     and make a recommendation to adopt, adopt           professional and administrative costs for review and
     with modifications, or not adopt the proposed       analysis associated with the amendment, including
     map or text amendment, and forward the              but not limited to planning, legal, engineering, or
     recommendation to the City Council.                 other services. The fee shall be based on the hours
F.   In addition to any noticing required under          of review and processing time and the prevailing
     Article 2, a notice of public meeting sign shall    hourly rate for reimbursement of City costs. The
     be posted by any private applicant for a map        City shall periodically invoice the applicant for such
     amendment on the property where the                 costs incurred by the City, which invoice shall be
     amendment is proposed at least ten days prior       paid promptly by the applicant.
     to the Planning Board hearing date. The
     dimensions, construction, and content of the        1.10.4 Review standards
     sign shall be in accordance with standards          Except as otherwise required by law, amendments
     established by the Planning Authority. The sign     to the City’s Land Use Code shall be pursuant to and
     shall be removed from the site no more than         consistent with the Comprehensive Plan.
     three days following the date of the hearing.
G. The City Council shall review the proposed            1.11 TRANSITION RULES
     amendment and determine whether and how             A permitted use established prior to the effective
     to amend the Land Use Code or zoning map.           date of the Land Use Code that is now classified as a
H. Notice of the City Council public hearing shall       conditional use shall be deemed a lawful conditional
     be publicly posted in the City Clerk’s office at    use. Any subsequent addition, enlargement, or
     least 13 days before the public hearing. In         expansion of that use shall conform to the
     addition, notice of said public hearing must be     procedural and substantive requirements for 1-4 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE INTRODUCTORY PROVISIONS
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