City of South Portland, ME, Code of Ordinances ch. 5 (Buildings), Art. VII (Rental Registration)

Citation: City of South Portland, ME, Code of Ordinances ch. 5 (Buildings), Art. VII (Rental Registration)
Jurisdiction: South Portland (municipal)
Source: Official source
Original Source: https://southportland.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1421/Ch-05-Buildings ↗

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* Editor's note--Ord. No. 2-90/91, adopted July 16, 1990, amended Art. IV to read as herein set out in
§§ 5-101--5-153. Prior to inclusion of said ordinance, Art. IV, §§ 5-100--5-153 pertained to similar
subject matter and derived from Ord. No. 42-80/81, adopted July 6, 1981 and Ord. No. 3-86/87, adopted
August 8, 1986.
Cross reference(s)--House-car trailers and mobile home parks, Ch. 11; housing, Ch. 12; subdivisions,
Ch. 24; zoning, Ch. 27.

DIVISION 1. GENERALLY

Sec. 5-101. Establishment.

The City of South Portland, Maine, has chosen to become a participating
community in the National Flood Insurance Program and agrees to comply
with the requirements of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (P.L.
90-488, as amended) as set forth in this article. The National Flood
Insurance Program, established in the aforesaid act, provides that areas
of the city having a special flood hazard be identified by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency and that floodplain management measures be
applied in such flood hazard areas. This article establishes a flood
hazard development permit system and review procedure for development
activities in the designated flood hazard areas of the city.

The city's authority to participate in the national program and to
adopt the local ordinances necessary for continued participation derives
from its constitutional and statutory home rule powers and its authority
to adopt land use and control measures to reduce future flood losses
pursuant to Title 30-A M.R.S.A. §§ 3001-3007, 4352, 4401-4407, as amended
from time to time, and Title 38 M.R.S.A. § 440, as amended from time to
time.