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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flood have been designated. This may alternatively
Fixture, fully shielded. A light fixture or luminous be referred to as a flood hazard boundary map.
tube constructed and mounted such that all light
emitted by the fixture or tube, either directly from Flood elevation study. An examination, evaluation,
the lamp, tube, or a diffusing element, or indirectly and determination of flood hazards and, if
by reflection or refraction from any part of the light appropriate, corresponding water surface
fixture, is projected below the horizontal. If the lamp elevations.
or tube, any reflective surface, or lens cover (clear
or prismatic) is visible when viewed from above or Flood insurance rate map. The official map (FIRM)
directly from the side, from any angle around the on which the Federal Emergency Management
fixture or tube, the fixture or tube is not fully Agency (FEMA) has delineated both the areas of
shielded. special flood hazard and the risk premium zones
applicable to the city.
Flag. A fabric sheet of square, rectangular, or
triangular shape having no enclosing or supporting Floodplain or floodprone area. Any land area
framework that is typically mounted on a pole. susceptible to being inundated by water from any
source (see Flood or Flooding).
Flood or flooding.
A. A general and temporary condition of partial or Floodplain management. The operation of an
complete inundation of normally dry land areas overall program of corrective and preventive
from: measures for reducing flood damage, including but
1. The overflow of inland or tidal waters. not limited to emergency preparedness plans, flood
2. The unusual and rapid accumulation or control works, and floodplain management
runoff of surface waters from any source. regulations.
B. The collapse or subsidence of land along a
shore of a lake or other body of water as a Floodplain management regulations. Zoning
result of erosion or undermining caused by ordinances, subdivision regulations, building codes,
waves or currents of water exceeding health regulations, special purpose ordinances
anticipated cyclical levels or suddenly caused by (such as a floodplain ordinance, grading ordinance,
an unusually high water level in a natural body and erosion control ordinance), and other
of water, accompanied by a severe storm, or by applications of police power. The term describes
an unanticipated force of nature, such as a flash such state or local regulations, in any combination
flood or an abnormal tidal surge, or by some thereof, which provide standards for the purpose of
similarly unusual and unforeseeable event flood damage prevention and reduction.
which results in flooding as defined above.
Flood boundary and floodway map. The official Floodproofing. Any combination of structural or
map issued by the Federal Emergency Management nonstructural additions, changes, or adjustments to
Agency (FEMA) on which the boundaries of the structures which reduce or eliminate flood damage CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 3-7 DEFINITIONS

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