Portland Land Use Code

Citation: Portland Land Use Code 6.
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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6.5.4 Effect of issuance of a conditional use or City recreation and open space plan,
approval including but not limited to the state
The approval of a conditional use shall not authorize Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan, as
the establishment or extension of any use nor the such plans may from time to time be created or
development, construction, reconstruction, revised.
alteration, or moving of any building or structure, B. Buildings and structures shall not obstruct
but shall merely authorize the preparation, filing. significant scenic views presently enjoyed by
and processing of applications for any permits or nearby residents, passersby, or users of the site.
approvals which may be required by the City of C. Indoor recreation or nonrecreational uses in
Portland Code of Ordinances, including but not the OS-R zone shall serve a significant public
limited to a building permit, a certificate of purpose that cannot reasonably be
occupancy, subdivision approval, and site plan accommodated outside of the OS-R zone.
approval.
6.6 ACCESSORY USES
6.5.5 Limitations on conditional use approvals 6.6.1 In general
No conditional use approval shall be valid for a A. Accessory uses shall be permitted in
period longer than three years from the date of conjunction with permitted or conditional
approval, unless the conditional use has principal uses. Accessory uses shall be:
commenced or a building permit is issued and 1. Customarily found in association with the
construction has begun within that period and is principal use.
thereafter diligently pursued to completion. A 2. Generally consistent with the impacts of
conditional use approval shall be deemed to the principal use.
authorize only the particular use for which it was 3. Secondary in nature, clearly incidental and
issued and such approval shall automatically expire subordinate to the principal use in terms
and cease to be of any force or effect if such use of area and function.
shall for any reason be discontinued for a period of 4. Located on the same lot as the principal
12 consecutive months or more. use unless otherwise permitted.
5. Consistent with the intent of the zone.
6.5.6 Supplemental standards for certain B. No accessory use or uses within a building shall
conditional uses in the OS-R zone occupy more than a combined total of 25% of
In addition to general conditional use standards and the floor area of the principal building, with the
supplemental use standards, the following standards exception of required off-street parking, unless
shall apply to stadiums, solar energy systems, water otherwise provided in Subsection 6.6.2 below.
pumping stations, wind energy systems, and In the case of multi-tenant buildings, this
accessory uses within structures of 2,500 square standard shall apply separately to each leased
feet or more within the OS-R zone: portion of the principal building.
A. The use shall be in conformity with or satisfy a C. No accessory use or uses not within a building
deficiency identified in a federal, state, regional, shall occupy more than a combined total of CITY OF PORTLAND LAND USE CODE | 6-27 USE STANDARDS

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