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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Tributary stream. A channel between defined Utility substation. Any sewage or water pumping
banks created by the action of surface water, which station, electric power substation, transformer
is characterized by the lack of terrestrial vegetation station, telephone equipment enclosures, or other
or by the presence of a bed, devoid of topsoil, similar structures owned or operated by a utility.
containing waterborne deposits or exposed soil,
parent material or bedrock; and which is connected Vegetation. All live trees, shrubs, ground cover, and
hydrologically with other water bodies. Tributary other plants including, without limitation, trees both
stream does not include rills or gullies forming over and under four inches in diameter, measured
because of accelerated erosion in disturbed soils at four and one‑half feet above ground level.
where the natural vegetation cover has been
removed by human activity. Vegetation, climate resilient northeast native.
Plants identified as native to the northeast as
Upland edge of a wetland. The boundary between identified by the Northeast Regional Invasive
upland and wetland. For purposes of a coastal Species & Climate Changes (RISCC) Network or a
wetland, this boundary is the line formed by the Maine licensed landscape architect.
landward limits of the salt tolerant vegetation
and/or the highest astronomical tide level, including Vegetation, native. Vegetation indigenous to local
all areas affected by tidal action. For purposes of a forests.
freshwater wetland, the upland edge is formed
where the soils are not saturated for a duration Vegetation, non-native invasive species. Species
sufficient to support wetland vegetation, or where of vegetation listed by the Maine Department of
the soils support the growth of wetland vegetation Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry as being
but such vegetation is dominated by woody stems invasive in Maine ecosystems and not native to
that are six meters (approximately 20 feet) tall or Maine ecosystems.
taller.
Veterinary services. An establishment for the
Use. The purpose for which land or structures treatment of animals, where animals may be
thereon is designed, arranged, or intended to be boarded during their convalescence
occupied, or for which it is occupied, maintained,
rented, or leased. Very low-income household. A household having
an income not exceeding 50% of median income for
area of residence as set forth in regulations CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 3-25 DEFINITIONS

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