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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Exhibition, meeting, and convention halls. An
Elevation certificate. An official form (FEMA form indoor facility for the conduct of exhibitions,
FF-206-FY-22-152, as amended) that is used to verify conventions, or other large gatherings.
compliance with the floodplain management
regulations of the National Flood Insurance Façade. An exterior building wall, from grade to the
Program. top of the parapet or eaves. A facade incorporates
the full width of a building elevation, including any
Emergency operations. Operations conducted for projections or recesses occurring across an
the public health, safety, or general welfare, such as elevation.
protection of resources from immediate
destruction or loss, law enforcement, and Façade, blank. A building façade that contains
operations to rescue human beings and livestock expanses of wall area with no windows, no
from the threat of destruction or injury. entrances, no articulation, and no other elements or
features, or is otherwise undifferentiated.
Emergency shelter. A facility providing temporary
overnight shelter to individuals experiencing Family. One or more individuals related by blood,
homelessness in a dormitory‑style or per‑bed marriage, civil union, adoption, or guardianship
arrangement. and/or up to eight unrelated individuals living
together in a dwelling unit as a single nonprofit
Entrance, principal. A main point of access for housekeeping unit.
pedestrians into a building. Buildings may have
more than one principal entrance. Family child care provider. Per 22 M.R.S. §8301-
A(1-A)(C), a family child care provider is a person
Essential services. The construction, alteration, or who provides day care in that person's home on a
maintenance of gas, electrical, or communication regular basis, for consideration, for children under
facilities; steam, fuel, electric power, or water 13 years of age who are not the children of the
transmission or distribution lines, towers and provider or who are not residing in the provider's
related equipment; telephone cables or lines, poles, home.
and related equipment; gas, oil, water, slurry, or
other similar pipelines; municipal sewage lines, Farmstand. A temporary structure, used for the
collection, or supply systems; and associated sale of food or non-food crops grown on the
storage tanks. Such systems may include towers, premises.
poles, wires, mains, drains, pipes, conduits, cables,
fire alarms and police call boxes, traffic signals, Fill. Soil, earth, loam, sand, gravel, rock and other
hydrants, and similar accessories, but shall not mineral deposits.
include service drops or buildings which are Filling. The placement of soil, earth, loam, sand,
necessary for the furnishing of such services. gravel, rock and other mineral deposits. Filling shall
include stockpiling. 3-6 | CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE DEFINITIONS

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