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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Adult business establishment. Any business, Agriculture. Land and associated structures used
including but not limited to any bookstore, for the growing of crops and raising of
newsstand, novelty store, nightclub, bar, cabaret, domesticated animals to provide food and other
amusement arcade, or theater, which: products for sale, personal consumption, donation,
A. Keeps for public patronage or permits or allows and/or educational purposes. Agriculture includes
the operation of any adult amusement device farmstands used to sell crops grown on the
as defined in Chapter 4 of the City of Portland premises.
Code of Ordinances; or
B. Customarily, meaning more often than an Airport. Land, water, or any human-made object or
average of one calendar week during any facility located thereon, which is used or intended
calendar month of operation, exhibits motion to be used for landing and takeoff of aircraft, and
pictures or displays any other visual any appurtenant areas that are used or intended to
representation described or advertised as being be used for airport buildings or other airport
“X rated” or “for adults only,” or which facilities or rights-of-way, together with all airport
customarily excludes persons from any portion buildings and facilities located thereon. Airports
of the premises by reason of immaturity of age may include airport administration, terminals,
by the use of such, or similar, phrases; or carrier operations, concessions, reservations and
C. Is adjudged to be in violation of 17 M.R.S. §§ ticket sales, freight, repair and storage, fueling
2911, 2912. services, flying schools, car rental operations, and
other associated uses.
Affordable housing. Housing for which the
percentage of income a household is charged in Airport restricted access areas. Runways,
rent and other housing expenses (including utilities taxiways, and other areas of an airport accessible to
such as electric, heat, water, sewer, and/or trash aircraft, whether access is restricted by the Federal
that the household pays separately from rent) or Aviation Administration or not.
must pay in ownership cost (including but not
limited to mortgage payments, condominium/HOA Alley. Any way designed primarily for vehicular and
fees, mortgage insurance, other insurance, and real pedestrian or utility access to the back or side of
estate taxes), does not exceed 30% of a household’s premises otherwise abutting on a street, except
income, or other amount established in City driveways unless officially designated otherwise. CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 3-1 DEFINITIONS

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