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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within the area proposed for rezoning and            and all rule changes shall be placed on a City
         all property owners 500 feet beyond said             Council public agenda as a communication
         area. Notice of public hearing shall also be         requiring a public hearing. Any rule may be
         publicly posted in the City Clerk’s office at        vetoed, in whole or in part, by order of the
         least 13 days before the public hearing on           Council within 45 days of the date of filing with
         such application. In addition, notice of said        the City Clerk. No rules change shall take effect
         public hearing must be published at least            until that time period has elapsed. If a part of a
         two times in a newspaper of general                  rule is vetoed, the remainder shall continue in
         circulation in the City of Portland. The date        effect. Any rule so adopted, which is not
         of the first publication must be at least 12         required by the statutes of the state or by this
         days prior to the public hearing and the             article, may be waived by the chair upon good
         date of the second publication must be at            cause being shown. Except as otherwise
         least seven days prior to the public                 provided in Subsection 2.1.8(A)(1), all meetings,
         hearing.                                             hearings, and deliberations of the Planning
    3.   Contract or conditional zoning. Notice of            Board and its committees shall be open to the
         public hearing shall be posted in the City           public in accordance with Title 1 M.R.S. § 401 et
         Clerk's office at least 13 days prior to the         seq. Testimony at any hearing may be required
         public hearing and shall be published in a          by the Planning Board to be given under oath.
         newspaper of general circulation within          D. Keeping of records. The Director of the
         the city at least two times, the date of the         Department of Planning & Urban Development
         first publication to be at least 12 days prior       shall designate a member of their staff who
         to the hearing. Notice shall also be sent to         shall attend all Planning Board proceedings. The
         the owners of all property abutting the              staff shall provide for the keeping of minutes of
         property to be rezoned at their last known           the proceedings of the Board, showing the vote
         address. This notice shall contain a copy of         of each member on every question, or their
         the proposed conditions and restrictions,            absence or failure to vote, and shall maintain
         with a map indicating the property to be             the permanent records and decisions of all
         rezoned.                                             Board meetings, hearings, and proceedings and
    The cost of noticing shall be charged to the              all correspondence of the Board, as required by
    applicant. Failure of any property owner to               statute. Such records shall be public records
    receive a notice of public hearing shall not              open to inspection during working hours upon
    necessitate another hearing and shall not                 reasonable notice.
   invalidate any action of the board.
C. Procedures. The Planning Board shall adopt             2.1.9 Record and decisions
    its own rules for the conduct of its business not     A. Record. The minutes of the staff, and the
    inconsistent with the statutes of the state and           audio or video recording or transcript if one is
    this article. Such rules shall be filed with the          made, and all exhibits, papers, applications, and
    Planning Authority and with the City Clerk. Any           requests filed in any proceeding before the CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 2-3 ADMINISTRATION
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